 Last additions - Diavel low-beam HID |
364 viewsInstalled and ready to ride!Oct 03, 2014
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357 viewsDone! I used a piece of wire sleeve tubing (that black ribbed bit) to protect the power wires from rubbing against the zip-tie and hourglass brace. Most likely it's not necessary but while I was in there...just in case....Oct 03, 2014
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361 viewsI tucked the headlight connector into the middle left side of the headlight, below the white headlight adjustment mechanism. If you adjusted the headlight vertical adjustment earlier this is when you will want to return it back to its original position, rotating it clockwise.Oct 03, 2014
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342 viewsFor safety I wrapped each connector in electrical tape and then wrapped them together as well.Oct 03, 2014
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347 viewsPush the power supply wires into the original headlight bulb connector.Oct 03, 2014
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346 viewsTo make it a little easier getting both of the HID wires into the small space I put a single loop in the wire, as shown. Then stuff it in there with the red wire.Oct 03, 2014
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347 viewsThe red wire for the HID bulb is pushed into the top of the headlight bucket. The blue wire that I'm holding will be next.Oct 03, 2014
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351 viewsConnect the wires to the power plug. Now all the ignitor and ballast wires are attached so you can push them further into and down inside the headlight bucket. Now you can loop in the other zip-tie to secure the ballast, cutting notches in the hourglass brace like I did if you want. If you removed the high-beam bulb you can now put it back in, along with its wires.Oct 03, 2014
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357 viewsConnect the ignitor wires to the bulb. One thing I did to make this wiring install easier is to remove the weather seal that holds the 4 wires. Since everything is contained within the headlight bucket there's no need for the wiring seal. Carefully use a sharp blade, like a crescent X-acto blade, to cut the seal and remove the wiring.Oct 03, 2014
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350 viewsFirst zip-tie installed. I waited on the second one so I could move the ballast a little while working on the electrical cabling. This just helps get the ballast out of the way and keeps it from moving around too much. You can now install the HID bulb and secure it.Oct 03, 2014
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359 viewsIt may not be necessary but I wanted to make sure my ballast wouldn't move around so this is what I did. I cut a notch at the top and bottom of the hourglass brace that the zip-tie would neatly fit in to. This will keep the zip-tie from slipping and thus keep a firm hold on the ballast. A sharp X-acto knife will easily cut through the plastic so operate slowly and carefully.Oct 03, 2014
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362 viewsThis is how it should look when done. The hard part of this install has been completed!Oct 03, 2014
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366 viewsI didn't get pictures of all the steps after this one because it's a bit fiddly. This shows roughly how you want to start the process of rotating the ballast anti-clockwise and move it a little left of center under that hourglass brace (center of headlight bucket). The electrical cables coming from the ballast will be pointing to the right side of the headlight bucket and the power plug will be up and next to the ignitor when done.Oct 03, 2014
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370 viewsThis shows the plug and orientation of the ballast. That plug is where the power comes in once everything has been installed. Notice the ignitor is outside of the headlight housing.Oct 03, 2014
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372 viewsRotating ballast clockwise to get it in there. The single electrical connector, or plug, goes down the right side of the headlight housing and then towards the high-beam bulb holder.Oct 03, 2014
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372 viewsNotice that the ballast (flat, squarish box) is going in first and the ignitor (long rectangular box) is still outside.Oct 03, 2014
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439 viewsThis is how you begin to stuff the electronics into the headlight bucket. Follow along...Oct 03, 2014
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438 viewsHow the HID bulb looks when installed. It can only go in one way so it's pretty easy. Don't do it now as we need to get the electronics installed first!Oct 03, 2014
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336 viewsPush in the power supply spade connectors into the headlight connector. As can be seen in the picture, I put the black wires together and the red wire with the white wire.Oct 03, 2014
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331 viewsThe spade connectors snap in. If they are difficult to get out (at a later date, say, when replacing the bulb) you may want to use a thin, flat-bladed screwdriver to push the spade away from the female contact as shown.Oct 03, 2014
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