headlight delete

[gregs tired]

hi guys , a little carnage this weekend , now I am looking at a headlight delete , now with the head lights gone , do I need anything electronically to resist power or use power that the stator is making, or just unplug the lights and no big deal , ride on ????
thanks , ,

 

[backcountryislife]

no.

 

[Thunder101]

What years need the resistor ?

 

[Chapman]

What years need the resistor ?

05 and 06 maybe?

 

[Jonathanpitzl]

m7's need resistors, m8's do not

 

[J&L Snowhawk]

resistor details please. I have read a hundred threads on this subject and not one time did i see anthing telling what size resistor to use and where to install.
I almost feel like its a BS call on needing them because there has never been any solid proof that there needed on the M7's.

 

[Hardass]

Its a 100 watt 2 ohm i beleive when i used them on my polaris it plugged into the voltage regulater and was then grounded. Not sure on the cats and what years. When i called BD about it oh ya you had to have it then the next guy there says well you dont really need it but its good insurance. So who knows i have a 09 i run with no hood or my mini hood as it were no issues so far.

 

[backcountryislife]

resistor details please. I have read a hundred threads on this subject and not one time did i see anthing telling what size resistor to use and where to install.
I almost feel like its a BS call on needing them because there has never been any solid proof that there needed on the M7's.

Even the M7's it wasn't guaranteed you'd have a problem, I know many that rode without hoods or lights, and never had an issue... BUT it wasn't exactly rare either.

most I know added handwarmers & never had a problem.

This was fixed back in 07, and there are thousands of sleds from then to now that run without lights & have zero issues.

 

[Chapman]

Here's what I run for a resistor on an m7 if anybody needs one:

http://www.amazon.com/Chassis-Mounted-Aluminum-Wirewound-Resistor/dp/B008MLKDN8

As far as needing one/not needing one on the m7 I decided to run one just in case. Pretty cheap insurance compared to the alternative (cooking ecu).