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04Bolt
09-13-2009, 10:40 PM
Hey everyone, Im wanting to put HID's in my Firebolt..Anyone had any problems doing this? Also, there are colored HID's ya? This something I could easily install or is there much to it? Thanks for looking!

dave_xb12r
09-13-2009, 10:51 PM
HID kits are pretty much plug and play, then hide the ballast. But our buells have a HID killing feature, the headlights turn off momentarily during startup. To get the longest life out of your investment, it's best to put a timer on the lights, causing it to wait a determined number of seconds before igniting the lights.

As far as color, maximum brightness is a little less than 5k. I would not recommend anything over 8k. It starts looking too blue and is distracting to other drivers and could get you ran over by a drunk driver.

Maestro
09-13-2009, 11:06 PM
Dave, how hard is it to put a timer on? Ive been looking at getting this kit. http://www.motorcyclehidlights.com/buell-lightning-cityx-xb9sx-hid-lights-c-69_443/digital-hid-kit-slim-ballasts-p-209 Any input?

dave_xb12r
09-13-2009, 11:11 PM
I've heard great things about this place.

ddm tuning (http://www.ddmtuning.com/index.php?p=product&id=107&parent=87)

Thanks to LVsleeper, here is a write up on installing the timer. link (http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Forum/Buell-Firebolt-XB12-XB9/Firebolt-12000K-Xenons-installed)

04Bolt
09-13-2009, 11:23 PM
Thanks Dave. Anywhere you suggest purchasing these from? Thanks much!

dave_xb12r
09-13-2009, 11:38 PM
No problem! I suggest purchasing the HIDs from ddm tuning (http://www.ddmtuning.com/index.php?p=product&id=107&parent=87)

04Bolt
09-13-2009, 11:52 PM
Sorry for Noob questions.. buuttt.. Does it matter on the Bulb type?[sad] just dont want to get the wrong thing and waste the money!

dave_xb12r
09-14-2009, 12:06 AM
Yes it matters. H3 for Firebolts, H7 for Lightnings. I dont really know how the 55w systems work in our bikes.

teh Nub
09-14-2009, 11:56 AM
If you have the "both headlights on high beam" mod, your low beam doesn't go out when starting, at least not on my SS. So I won't have to worry about starting the bike and if I chose to run a high beam HID as well, just turn it on after the bike is running, which I do now with stock bulbs... However if I had the issue of the light shutting off on start up, I would just splice into the power wire to the headlights and install an on off switch rather than messing with a timer...

Anyways, I bought a set of H7 5000k HID's from DDM and their H7 halogen hyper white driving lights. My plan is to use a low beam HID and hyper white high beam leaving me with an extra set to sell to a fellow bueller... They should show up tomorrow and I may have time to throw them on tomorrow night, but regardless should have them posted up here for sale by the end of the week.