Got my lights sorted

[warped one]

So after buying some of the micro fog lights from Halfords, tonight I finally got them fitted and with plenty of pictures to go into a manual of how to do it, but basically i've changed my high beam from a puny 55watts to a massive 145 watts and it looks amazing.

When I can get the pictures sorted out then I will put up the manual of how to do it.

Cheers

Warped
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[Im-a-Ridah]

I've never seen a 145w bulb... only 80/100w, 90/130w and 100/160w in H4 type. I've got a 90/130w fitted at the moment. Did you change the wiring loom over for a relayed connection to the battery? If not your going to trash the wiring pretty fast and the voltage drop will be huge meaning the lights anywhere near as bright as they could be. Is this bulb one of the 55/60w = 100/130 types with blue tint and such?

Or is this the combined power of the foglights? I'm confused as to how you would get 145w when two fog lights at 55w is 110w...

[Blau Zedong]

[hellkat]

Ahhh spoilsport, LOL... give the lad a chance to leave 'em on til he takes pix, at least.

Sounds interesting.
Dodgy, but interesting
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[truslack]

You have fog lights linked into your highbeam? Why!? Get a spot/driving light if anything.

Relayed I presume?
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[warped one]

Ok so the bulbs are wired through the low beam live wire, and with there own switch through a relay, so even if i leave my lights on and accidently put the low beam on with the new lights on then the lighting will be only 145 watts instead of 165 watts but if I turn them off then they will only be 35watts on the low beam.

Before all you safety nazi's get on your high horse about how i'm going to kill people through blinding them, I must state that when ever I come up against a car then the lights go off they are only used when I am on a dark section of road and need to actually see, not for normal night use. So I am going to be totally legal with them.

And they are powered straight from the battery, to the relay via a optimate plug (can't remember the name) as said I will put up a full manual to put these light's on as soon as I can because just looking at the difference that 55watts top light to 145watts it makes me feel a lot safer in the knowledge of I can see what I am doing.

Cheers

WArped
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amnesia - Never in the history of usernames has one been more accurate. Warped indeed. You sir are a fecking oddball.

[Im-a-Ridah]

can you list what lights you have on your bike as I'm slightly confused... e.g

2 foglights - 55w each
1 headlight - 60w high beam, 55w low beam

[Blau Zedong]

[The Tot]

You should have just bought HID kits if you wanted illumination and illegality combined - I swapped mine over to halogens for the MOT and guess what, i'm back on my HID's now - I really DO hate riding in the dark especially through unlit sections... I would have gone for the HID option regardless - the HID ballast is the only thing that draws the greatest voltage, but after that, it'll only draw 35W.

Show pics of your setup and how you installed it? HID installation is relatively easy so I just want a comparison.
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[Ichy]

[warped one]

[rotax81]

so you are riding around on low beam at 145w then when a car/bike comes the other way you put it on high beam to turn the retina destroyers off?
have i got that right
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[Finglonga]

As said you are going to plunge yourself into darkness when you go onto high beam.

I have 55w fogs fitted for poor visibility I also have 100w uprated bulbs in my spot lights fitted to turn on with my high beam.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/finglonga/DSCF1296.jpg
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[Jamrock]

Can't wait to see the guide because then I'll do it to my bike! Wouldn't want to touch her without some instructions to follow.

Any chance of a link to them on the net as well? Need to get some in.

Cheers

[Xenocide]

[warped one]

The manual is 50mb with all the pics so can anyone tell me how to / where to post it because it aint working.

[quote]so you are riding around on low beam at 145w then when a car/bike comes the other way you put it on high beam to turn the retina destroyers off?
have i got that right[quote]

nope the "retina destroyers" have there own switch on the clock surround but they maybe used as a deterant to anyone that thinks it's ok to leave their full beams on when a bike is coming.

Cheers

Warped
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amnesia - Never in the history of usernames has one been more accurate. Warped indeed. You sir are a fecking oddball.

[Jamrock]

If it's one single file then I'd upload it to Rapidshare personally, their servers are fast and you don't have to pay to use them. If it's in multiple files then get a program called WinRAR and add all the files to an archive then upload the single file

If you can't do it still you could always hit me up on MSN and I'll host it for you.

[Blau Zedong]

Point 145 watts at me and I might just drive into you for a fucking laugh.....

IMHO 55/60W as per most halogen setups is perfectly adequate on bikes unless the reflector design is shit, in which case putting a bulb brighter than the sun in won't really help.
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[Stelmer]

He probably took the feed from the low beam to power the relay so he couldn't use the extra lights when the low beam is off. The main feed for the 2x55w lamps comes from the battery.


2 extra 55w lamps will draw around 10amps extra so i'd be weary about burning out the charging system as the load will exceed the charging capacity and the capacity of the battery.

I'd wire it so that one came on with low beam and the other with hi beam. There should be an extra 4 or 5 amps spare to power one.

[m0l0t0v]