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Installing a two-bulb halogen headlight by Richard Cook |
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I picked this system up on the internet to
try to get more light from high beam in rural areas and
use less power during the day by wiring the park light as
my running light. It uses halogen bulbs with an external
focusing device; the bulbs have a blue tint that may make
them more noticeable. Id prefer if the driver
talking on their cell phone sees me. |
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Since I had already installed a relay with a
spare terminal on my run side I picked up power there for
the daytime running light. All the lower right wires on
the white terminal block as you face the bike are hot in
the run position, you can tap into any of those too as
the small bulb only takes about the power of a dash
light. |
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The external focusing device makes the
lights much brighter than they would be alone. The down
side is there is not much room for the large reflector in
the Chang headlight if you have many electronics in
there. Make sure you have room for one in yours before
going to a lot of work. |
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First remove the headlight bulb. You
probably have an Allen screw or a Phillips screw on the
bottom. Take it over to the workbench and invert it,
using a piece of carpet under it helps but I was too lazy
to go get one. |
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See all those little clips? These are some
of the most annoying devices ever conceived by man. Be
very careful removing them for three reasons. 1 The edges
are very sharp on a Chang headlight and can easily cut
you. 2 The little clips can spring off and cut you or
worse. |
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3 The little clips can and will spring off
and get lost. Im not sure anyone has ever managed
to put all the clips back on one of these they took off.
You usually find one six months later in an obscure
corner of your garage. Save it, youll need it next
time, although then you probably wont be able to
find it. You may have to bend Chang ones as they are not
the finest quality. Try to end up with enough clips to
actually hold the headlight in. |
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A couple of little points about installing
these clips, Use pliers if possible to keep your fingers
back a bit. Start in two places and then check to see if
you have the bulb straight in the holder. Bulbs usually
say top and there are no location tangs to help align a
Chang bulb. If you have more than two clips on you cant
turn the bulb to align it and each time you move one of
these clips you have another opportunity to lose it. |
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Remember to not place a clip so that it will
interfere with the top lip that is not so cleverly bent
to hold the top of the headlight rim in. Better headlight
rim use slots and tangs to hold them in but we have this
design to contend with. Luckily you dont have it
off all that much. |
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My day position is now a fairly noticeable
blue that Im not sure I like. I may later change to
a white bulb. The high beam looks like it might be good
for removing paint on cars ahead of you. Ill have
to take it easy on other motorists eyes. |