HID headlights on 2009 RMK 800 Dragon

[sidelinellc]

you most likely have them plugged in correct cause the halogen is working.
Here's a simply way to see if your sled's dc will power them. make a jumper and power a ballast with a ground and the dc (red/white tracer wire) and see if it lights. Mine would try, but i think it's cause i ordered the wrong ones(55w). I also have a snowbunji batt on the dc. side to power my gps/sirius. mounted it under the secondary clutch by the spedo pickup, plenty of room,
I added a bridge rectifier to eliminate the need to pull off the dc side of the sleds regulator and the batt. I want it to work off the original (yellow) lighting wires, thus added a rectifier in series.
I may have to order the relay and power it off the dc side were the batt. is for the startup, will wait to here if the 35s on your sled powered up.
as previously stated, our staters are smaller 'cause were carbed.
let us no if they light. thanks

 

[Polarismaster26]

You mean the main big plug that you plug directly into the ballast?



That's correct. The two little ones are a one way plug. The main that goes into the ballast can be plugged in either way.

 

[600xc4me]

you most likely have them plugged in correct cause the halogen is working.
Here's a simply way to see if your sled's dc will power them. make a jumper and power a ballast with a ground and the dc (red/white tracer wire) and see if it lights. Mine would try, but i think it's cause i ordered the wrong ones(55w). I also have a snowbunji batt on the dc. side to power my gps/sirius. mounted it under the secondary clutch by the spedo pickup, plenty of room,
I added a bridge rectifier to eliminate the need to pull off the dc side of the sleds regulator and the batt. I want it to work off the original (yellow) lighting wires, thus added a rectifier in series.
I may have to order the relay and power it off the dc side were the batt. is for the startup, will wait to here if the 35s on your sled powered up.
as previously stated, our staters are smaller 'cause were carbed.
let us no if they light. thanks

Yeah I think they are plugged in right. So I don't quite follow. Power the ballast with a different power source then? Or with the sled running? I don't quite get what you mean.

You mean the main big plug that you plug directly into the ballast?



That's correct. The two little ones are a one way plug. The main that goes into the ballast can be plugged in either way.

Ah ok. We checked and I thought there was only one way to plug that one in, but I'll get him to double check.

 

[sidelinellc]

the hid kit plugs in to the existing headlight plug to get it's power. the black is the ground, the two reds are the high beam and low beam(low bwam poweres the hid unit). Rather then plug it in to the sleds factory harness, take two wires, one hot, one ground and attach them to a Bat to power the unit up and be sure it's operational.
Next, disconnect from the bat and power off the red/white dc power from the sled.

 

[600xc4me]

the hid kit plugs in to the existing headlight plug to get it's power. the black is the ground, the two reds are the high beam and low beam(low bwam poweres the hid unit). Rather then plug it in to the sleds factory harness, take two wires, one hot, one ground and attach them to a Bat to power the unit up and be sure it's operational.
Next, disconnect from the bat and power off the red/white dc power from the sled.

o ok awesome. Thanks i got it now. Going to try it this evening. Ill let you know if it works. So if it works with a battery, then all we need it a rictifier to make it work on the sled? Sorry i am about totally useless when it comes to wiring and electical.

 

[600xc4me]

OK we can't get a rectifier in town, but my buddy, (the one with the edge) is in the city right now, and wants to pick one up there. Problem is the people everywhere he goes asking for one, all have no idea what he is talking about. I have never seen one in my life either. Is this what he needs?

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062582

 

[jdtech65]

I got mine installed on my 08 600 CFI with no problems yesterday. Halogens and HIDS both worked correctly from the get go.

 

[harrysmith500]

Good to hear somebody had a perfect experience.

 

[Super B]

I should have my kit tomorrow! I am looking forward to installing them!

 

[600xc4me]

Does anybody know what we need? No body we talk to and anywhere we go no body knows wat we need. I need some help here. If not then they will be coming off his sled. Somebody know if that is the right rectifier?

 

[SPARK PLUG]

mine plugged right in and worked great. wow what a big difference

 

[alaska_racer9974]

Any way to wire them so the HID's come on for high beams, as I have the projector beam installed that comes on for highbeams.

 

[2strokes_are_awesome]

You could run a relay that activates when you turn your high beams on and have it send power to the HID circuit as well as the halogen high beam circuit.

 

[YaMon]

Those look great. Can anyone tell me if they will draw more amps/current away from my heated grips? I have an issue where my grips don't really get warm enough and I think any more draw would just make things worse. Anyone else having this problem? '09 RMK-800

 

[2strokes_are_awesome]

the 35w HID kit will draw 20 less watts per bulb if the halogens were 55w. It will pull about 9-10 amps per ballast on startup but drop down to just under 3 amps when the bulbs warm up.

once the sled is on for 45 seconds the HID's will use less power to get more light than the halogens.

 

[YaMon]

the 35w HID kit will draw 20 less watts per bulb if the halogens were 55w. It will pull about 9-10 amps per ballast on startup but drop down to just under 3 amps when the bulbs warm up.

once the sled is on for 45 seconds the HID's will use less power to get more light than the halogens.

So I am moving in the right direction. I will order up a set right now. Thank you! Great thread!

 

[off road rider]

I cant say that I know about each ind. sled..
But I do know if you don't have a battery or capacitor in your dc power system your hids wont work, If you are running without a cap or battery and you get them to light by letting them fire several times,and reving up the motor.. your ballast will fry.. Good luck

 

[harrysmith500]

I cant say that I know about each ind. sled..
But I do know if you don't have a battery or capacitor in your dc power system your hids wont work, If you are running without a cap or battery and you get them to light by letting them fire several times,and reving up the motor.. your ballast will fry.. Good luck

tell that to cat killer... He's had them on his sled for 1000's of flawless miles.......

 

[ak49er]

Slow down for a minute here.....

I read this thread and saw the photos and ordered two kits. I instaled one and was dissapointed by the results, first low beams don't work, but no big deal as I pulled the kit anyhow.

First, the photos posted are all "corona" meaning the light was too bright too even get a good picture of the bulb/beam.

This is because "we" are trying to put HID bulbs in Halogen reflectors.

Main difference, halogen bulbs have a frosted or shaded tip, to prevent the blinding corona that is a bright bulb, such as halogen or HID.

Purpose built HID reflectors have a bulb sheild that blocks the blinidng corona that HID produce.

So take a HID bulb, put it in a Halogen reflector and you get great light relfected, but also projected at you.

Have you ever traveled down a highway and had an oncoming vehicle have PAINFULLY bright lights, then you flash a reminder and then they actually hit the brights and your eyes burn? Most likely the operator has put an HID kit in a Halgen relflector.

This is what we are reproducing by installing this kit into our IQ Halogen Reflectors, unless you add a bulb tip shield.

I am going to use my kit in a project car that already has ahlogen bulbs in an HID reflector.

Please if you use these kits on your sled, car or whatever, consider the other guy and add tip shields.

nuff said, ride on.


What I am saying is, bright light is good for you, the rider, but think of the next guy, who might even be a forum rider, do you want to go around knowing yourhyper bright bulbs are burning th retinas of oncoming traffic?

 

[YaMon]

So how can we add the shields?