sunburnedaz
05-05-2011, 08:46 AM
Alright so I never do anything half assed on my bike. So here is the HID setup waiting on a few parts to finish the build for now but I thought I would post up whats been done so far. So if you want to do this follow along.
First remove the headlight housing, strip it of any bulbs, wires, blood or what ever else does not need to be there the more stuff that is out of the way the better.
Then set your oven on 200 degrees and let it warm up. Put a rack in the next to lowest position and put a towel down on the rack. Then toss your headlight assembly into the oven for 2 - 3 minutes. That warms the glue that holds the clear lens over the headlight and makes it soft, then use a wide flat blade screw driver pop the tabs that hold it together and start to pry it apart. As the glue cools you will have to toss it in for a few more minutes each time. When you are done the clear cover and the base should be separate.
Now remove the reflector assembly by turning the adjuster screws all the way out. And remove the adjuster inserts from the reflector.
Now is where you have to get creative. I made an adapter plate that had slots for the adjuster inserts, 4 holes to mount the projector and 1 big hole for the back of the projector to stick though.
http://i.imgur.com/bZlx3.jpg (http://imgur.com/bZlx3)
Next I played with some 10mm spacers to find out what the proper depth for the projectors was in this case it was 33.6mm from the adapter plate to the mounting flange of the projector.
http://i.imgur.com/FXjJY.jpg (http://imgur.com/FXjJY)
I then went and got stainless steel hardware and aluminum spacers for the final assembly.
http://i.imgur.com/FL6OK.jpg (http://imgur.com/FL6OK)
When the rest of the parts get in I will show you how I am finishing this off. Hint, LED's, metal tape, CCFL's and an interesting wiring set up is up next.
First remove the headlight housing, strip it of any bulbs, wires, blood or what ever else does not need to be there the more stuff that is out of the way the better.
Then set your oven on 200 degrees and let it warm up. Put a rack in the next to lowest position and put a towel down on the rack. Then toss your headlight assembly into the oven for 2 - 3 minutes. That warms the glue that holds the clear lens over the headlight and makes it soft, then use a wide flat blade screw driver pop the tabs that hold it together and start to pry it apart. As the glue cools you will have to toss it in for a few more minutes each time. When you are done the clear cover and the base should be separate.
Now remove the reflector assembly by turning the adjuster screws all the way out. And remove the adjuster inserts from the reflector.
Now is where you have to get creative. I made an adapter plate that had slots for the adjuster inserts, 4 holes to mount the projector and 1 big hole for the back of the projector to stick though.
http://i.imgur.com/bZlx3.jpg (http://imgur.com/bZlx3)
Next I played with some 10mm spacers to find out what the proper depth for the projectors was in this case it was 33.6mm from the adapter plate to the mounting flange of the projector.
http://i.imgur.com/FXjJY.jpg (http://imgur.com/FXjJY)
I then went and got stainless steel hardware and aluminum spacers for the final assembly.
http://i.imgur.com/FL6OK.jpg (http://imgur.com/FL6OK)
When the rest of the parts get in I will show you how I am finishing this off. Hint, LED's, metal tape, CCFL's and an interesting wiring set up is up next.