After getting annoyed with the performance of HID Plug n Play bulb into my vstrom assembly for about 1 year i decide to do the project properly. ( Note HID plug and play is a cheap but which works "not to bad" for Vstrom headlight - however it is far from ideal - lots of discussion about HID and reflector housing designed for Halogen bulbs on the net)
I did this about 15 months ago using HID projector retrofit source from here Bi-xenon: Morimoto Mini D2S 2.0 - HID Projectors from The Retrofit Source Inc
( i use Morimoto Mini DS2 projector because it is next to no cutting required for our vstrom headlight assembly and it is reversible, although not readily)
Unfortunately, i did not take pictures whilst disassembling. but the procedure essentially are as follows:
1) Disassemble Headlight assembly;
2) Bake :yikes: headlight housing in Oven at 90c or 200F for 10 minutes
3) Pry open headlights - insert projector and tighten at the back
4) without replacing the front lens refit headlight on the bike and test for horizontalness - on vstrom it requires approx 15 degree anticlockwise adjustment - slight dremelling of housing is required
5) Reassemble and enjoy
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I went for an asymmetric look because the light cut-off is too good on a motorbike - it's not a problem for cars - but lean over, i want more stray light above the cut off provided by the normal halogen light to help me see better ( you can see for yourself on the cut off pictures)
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Just HID projector light cut-off - note the rainbow colour just above the cutoff - note i did some mods to the cut-off curtain which makes the cut-off line not quite straight - my fault - the light above the cut-off is from reflection from the headlight reflector housing - there is zero stray light with HID projector
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for a comparison - my normal headlight on low beam
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Finally my combination - gives me evenly lit light output in the foreground without blinding myself and enough light to see further down the road without blinding others.
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more pictures of the bike look like - note these pictures are not taken in the dark with blinding camera shots like a lot of people do - my LED DRL and headlights are a lot brighter when seen from further away or at night - but this gives you the best idea of how they look like
I did this about 15 months ago using HID projector retrofit source from here Bi-xenon: Morimoto Mini D2S 2.0 - HID Projectors from The Retrofit Source Inc
( i use Morimoto Mini DS2 projector because it is next to no cutting required for our vstrom headlight assembly and it is reversible, although not readily)
Unfortunately, i did not take pictures whilst disassembling. but the procedure essentially are as follows:
1) Disassemble Headlight assembly;
2) Bake :yikes: headlight housing in Oven at 90c or 200F for 10 minutes
3) Pry open headlights - insert projector and tighten at the back
4) without replacing the front lens refit headlight on the bike and test for horizontalness - on vstrom it requires approx 15 degree anticlockwise adjustment - slight dremelling of housing is required
5) Reassemble and enjoy
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I went for an asymmetric look because the light cut-off is too good on a motorbike - it's not a problem for cars - but lean over, i want more stray light above the cut off provided by the normal halogen light to help me see better ( you can see for yourself on the cut off pictures)
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Just HID projector light cut-off - note the rainbow colour just above the cutoff - note i did some mods to the cut-off curtain which makes the cut-off line not quite straight - my fault - the light above the cut-off is from reflection from the headlight reflector housing - there is zero stray light with HID projector
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for a comparison - my normal headlight on low beam
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Finally my combination - gives me evenly lit light output in the foreground without blinding myself and enough light to see further down the road without blinding others.
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more pictures of the bike look like - note these pictures are not taken in the dark with blinding camera shots like a lot of people do - my LED DRL and headlights are a lot brighter when seen from further away or at night - but this gives you the best idea of how they look like