Tint

[Ueafa]

Would it be hard to tint a the head lights and tail lights of a bike? How much visibility do you think would be lost?

[Rodskii]

Would it be hard to tint a the head lights and tail lights of a bike? How much visibility do you think would be lost?

It's not hard at all. AZ350Z has the see through 3M coating and does it at SRD. Reduced light projection by about 10% I believe. Send him a PM for pricing. And it looks bad ass!!!

[Ueafa]

It's not hard at all. AZ350Z has the see through 3M coating and does it at SRD. Reduced light projection by about 10% I believe. Send him a PM for pricing. And it looks bad ass!!!

Fully blacked out though?
Plan on throwing in HID's as well in a couple months

[Half Black Chalk]

Out of curiosity, will that 3M tape be able to handle the heat of HID's?

[Blue Devil]

Out of curiosity, will that 3M tape be able to handle the heat of HID's?

HID's run cooler then regular lights.. ;)

[Ueafa]

HID's run cooler then regular lights.. ;)
Some do, depends on the harnerss your aquire. Many have been known to melt the harness. Figured I would try and find a company that does the mask overs for the visors of helmets (where the patern runs through the screen). Little holes that still portray the image....? Blacked out gas cap, heat shield, levers, and took some shit off the exhaust (plastic). Looking on eBay for some heat wrap and undertail kit :D

[Blue Devil]

actually thats wrong... the heat from the light does not melt the wiring harness. The HID bulbs actually run very cool compared to a stock bulb. What melts the harness is the initial startup of the HID. When you watch an HID light illuminate it slowly gets up to max brightness where as a regular light is almost instant. This slow start up draws much more amps then required to run an HID once it hits its temperature. We all know that our bikes run a 12v system. The HID bulbs require a constant 85v to keep running... this is why you have a ballast. When you buy a complete not half ass kit HID kit it comes with a separate power wire and ground wire that you run directly to your battery and grounding point. They do this because the small gauge stock wires can not handle the amps drawn. The harness actually melts due to the amps drawn during startup of the HID... not because the heat it gives off. So when you buy an HID kit make sure it uses a new power wire that runs directly to the battery and not the stock harness


So ill say it again... All HID's run much cooler and give off FAR less heat then your regular lights :dance

[Ueafa]

Thats great, fun read....... but what I really need to figure out is a company that makes the covers for visors, like on the side of city buses where the patern runs right over windows. Contacted a couple companies and get some bullshit run arounds about it, so just quit with that end of it.

[Blue Devil]

there are a few out there that sell it... Keith had it on his headlight. IMO it really doesnt look good and he ended up taking it off because it didnt look tinted... your better off going with the 3m vinyl overlays tint.

When I get HID's in a few weeks i plan to get it...

[BrockLT1]

actually thats wrong... the heat from the light does not melt the wiring harness. The HID bulbs actually run very cool compared to a stock bulb. What melts the harness is the initial startup of the HID. When you watch an HID light illuminate it slowly gets up to max brightness where as a regular light is almost instant. This slow start up draws much more amps then required to run an HID once it hits its temperature. We all know that our bikes run a 12v system. The HID bulbs require a constant 85v to keep running... this is why you have a ballast. When you buy a complete not half ass kit HID kit it comes with a separate power wire and ground wire that you run directly to your battery and grounding point. They do this because the small gauge stock wires can not handle the amps drawn. The harness actually melts due to the amps drawn during startup of the HID... not because the heat it gives off. So when you buy an HID kit make sure it uses a new power wire that runs directly to the battery and not the stock harness


So ill say it again... All HID's run much cooler and give off FAR less heat then your regular lights :dance

PWNSHOPPED!

ftw

:shocked

[Rodskii]

PWNSHOPPED!

ftw

:shocked


+1 :shocked

[evilbeef54]

i have the lp mesh blackout screen on my healights and tail light, looks good and didn't noticably efect brightness, you can see the difference, obviously the raven has the screens and the blue doesn't

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/evilbeef54/4466beb4.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/evilbeef54/d1a8f9ce.jpg

[Jimmy3]

Those bikes are nice.

[Blue Devil]

the mesh is nice but what i don't like is it gives the headlights a matte type of finish where as the vinyl overlay gives more of a gloss finish

[evilbeef54]

yea when i ordered it i thought it was gonna be the vinyl but i got the mesh, im real happy with it and the black on black actually blends pretty good i dont think the other colors would be as good in the mesh though, i also wonder how the vinyl will hold up to the heat from the tail pipes on the 04+ r1

[Blue Devil]

i used to have the black mesh on my rear tail lights but took it off because the flat look.

Evil- Your right though, i have seen your bike and it does look really good