it might not fit right away so you'd have to fabricate some sorta bracket to make it fit. if you got time and more money u could retrofit a projector from a bimmer or benzo but IMO it's too much work - you'd half to open up the housing and make the projector fit. the focal lengths are the same so the depth it sits in the housing doesn't need to be changed - just plug 'n play. some cheaper companies will just put a flimsy adapter ring on which will change the focal length which is not good for light output.
that basically means that they took a philips bulb and put a H7 base on it so it could fit our bikes. the only basic difference between what they have and what the kit has is that since the bulbs on our bikes (i'm refering to 2003/2004) are H7's, the bulbs need to be rebased to fit our bikes. the reason why i went with them is because they are genuine philips parts - FYI, philips, osram, and hella are the OE suppliers for BMW, Mercedes and other luxury cars that come with HID lighting. I just got mine in last week and these parts are the real deal. WILL POST PIC ONCE I HAVE IT - cupfart's being weird now imagine this beam pattern with HID's.saweeeet! also, the light bleeds enough along the sides to illuminate it while you ride. in the following pic you'll see that sharp cut-off along the top of the light pattern that i'm talking about. there's a sharp beam cut-off along the top of the light pattern which is exactly what you want so it doesn't cause any unwanted glare into on-coming traffic. with the 2003/2004 R6, they already come with projector style lights, and having seen a light output beam pattern it should do just fine. WitoldR6 is correct in saying that if you wanted to do it the "right" way you'd have to retro-fit an OE projector into your bike from a BMW or Mercedes or whatever - i think that would only apply if you're putting it into 2002 and older. it includes 2 philips ballasts, 2 rebased philips D2S bulbs (not a cheap adapter ring as some kits do), and 2 wire harnesses (you must tell them that you are putting it on a motorcycle so that they can give u 2 harnesses) - no projector lenses are included.
HighBimminR6, that group buy is for a true HID conversion kit. That means takeoffs that include the bulb, ballasts, and - very important - the projector housing, are still OK to put on your bike, and - best of all - they deliver the highest quality light output. That said, OEM HID equipment is OK to resell and install. (Too many people complained about crappy installations that do nothing but blind other drivers.) So if you see some business on the net selling 'kits', they are doing it illegally and they can earn themselves some very stiff fines. Summer of 2003 is the last time that HID 'kits' could be sold legally by businesses. So they look like real HIDs, and they fool the eye into thinking that they are brighter. However, many people rave about their benefits because they give off light of a different color.
These "HID bulbs" offer no advantages over stock bulbs. These setups generally run ~200/light source and come OEM on many vehicles. This is a special bulb connected to special ballast/ingnitor, housed in specifically designed housing that properly aims the light put off by the bulb. So I'm guessing that the area immediatly surrounding a HID bulb doesn't get all that hot.īut this is a good bit of conjecture / SWAGging in my part. I also just consider this: no special considerations are made for both OEM HIDS and HID conversions that I have ever seen for what might be excessive temps. as a result that little bit of heat is disapated pretty quickly keeping the surrounding area from ever getting all that hot. I think they actually run pretty cool (guessing here) because although the arc is very hot in temp it does not actually put out a lot of heat. The only thing that might work is to check the temp immediatly after turning it off but that is still not going to be the greatest because you will still pick up temp of the hot inner quartz and not the surrounding glass bulb. the light given off by the light will make it nearly impossible to get an accurate reading and it will likely be much higher than actual. Scott from NJ don't even bother trying to use one of those IR guns to determine the temp.