HID's a little bit illegal as retrofits in the UK!!

[baldy3853]

Guys I don't know about the FJ but on my FJR I've plugged my HID kit straight into the original wire harness where the standard ligh goes and have no difficulty, the lights are great and light up the road, don't have people flashing me to say my lights are too high, you may have to adjust your headlight.
The other thing about the HID kit is the amount of power they DON"T use compared to the Standard bulb
Standard bulb- 55w/60w = 115w
perfomance -90W/100W = 190w

HID = 35w/35w = 70W  which equals less power being sucked out of the system...... equals brighter lights see more been SEEN by more
Baldy

It doesn't work that way..... You are only using one filament at a time, so it would be one or the other. The power figures do NOT add...

55W/60W=60W max
90W/100W= 100W max, etc.

OOPs my maths is out the FJR runs 2 lights up front

55 x 2 = 110...... 35 x 2 = 70
60 x 2 = 120...... 35 x 2 = 70

90 x 2 = 180...... 35 x 2 = 70
100 x 2 = 200 ... 35 x 2 = 70

HID less power sucked out of the bike more available for othe electronic gysmos

baldy

[racerrad8]

Sorry I was a day late, yesterday was a holiday...

I have added the relay and connector pigtail to inventory.

Relay, 30amp
Connector, Relay

Randy - RPM

[backstreetheros]

my vans...




someone who hates HID's is someone that hasnt had HID's

[RichBaker]

Guys I don't know about the FJ but on my FJR I've plugged my HID kit straight into the original wire harness where the standard ligh goes and have no difficulty, the lights are great and light up the road, don't have people flashing me to say my lights are too high, you may have to adjust your headlight.
The other thing about the HID kit is the amount of power they DON"T use compared to the Standard bulb
Standard bulb- 55w/60w = 115w
perfomance -90W/100W = 190w

HID = 35w/35w = 70W  which equals less power being sucked out of the system...... equals brighter lights see more been SEEN by more
Baldy

It doesn't work that way..... You are only using one filament at a time, so it would be one or the other. The power figures do NOT add...

55W/60W=60W max
90W/100W= 100W max, etc.

OOPs my maths is out the FJR runs 2 lights up front

55 x 2 = 110...... 35 x 2 = 70
60 x 2 = 120...... 35 x 2 = 70

90 x 2 = 180...... 35 x 2 = 70
100 x 2 = 200 ... 35 x 2 = 70

HID less power sucked out of the bike more available for othe electronic gysmos

baldy

OK.... with 2 lamps, they would add......

[fj11.5]

Hid lights are awesome, , I'm so impressed will be fitting a twin set up , but keeping the single headlight unit , just twin hid in the shell , hopefully I won't melt everything  , , will post pics once fitted ,,

[Lamric]

I fitted a HID bulb in my FJ12 back in 2009 and it passed two MOTs that way, I even pointed out to the MOT bloke that it was a HID - he wasn't interested in the bulb type as long as the beam spread is legal.

On night rides in the countryside my mates would make me ride in front so they could see 

Sadly, the bulb went this summer so I slipped the old H4 bulb back in just to get me home.

[FJmonkey]

I fitted a HID bulb in my FJ12 back in 2009 and it passed two MOTs that way, I even pointed out to the MOT bloke that it was a HID - he wasn't interested in the bulb type as long as the beam spread is legal.

On night rides in the countryside my mates would make me ride in front so they could see 

Sadly, the bulb went this summer so I slipped the old H4 bulb back in just to get me home.

Welcome Lamric to the FJowner's club. The HID on my FJ at night is just like having the Sun shooting out front and lighting the way home. After my FJ got HID, my truck got them soon after. Now my wife is tired of the weak ass standard H4 bulbs in her vehicle. One more HID convert...

[nurse]

Well finally made my mind up, went with this one in the end.  The uk market seem to be full of kits that vary wildly in both quality and price!  I was very tempted to go with the DDM kit as it seem to be the only one that has consistant positive feedback, but they dont honour warranties abroad, and i will get stung for import duties and UK sales tax.  So i had to gamble on something from the UK.  I even emailed them and offered to distibute in the UK for them, but they are not interested!

So this is what i settled on:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-FJ1100-FJ1200-Xenon-HID-Headlamp-Conversion-NEW-/170572956337?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item27b6f0c2b1

[Broggy92]

I have that same kit and it seemed ok while I had it fitted, only took it off as I had electrical problems (turned out to be a duff battery!!)  Will be refitting it for next year.