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mrmike

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Headlight replacement
« on: April 19, 2013, 09:42:52 PM »
      I wired the European front turn signals as running lights. I used cool white LED bulbs. Now the running lights look great, but the factory headlight has that yellowish tint. Does anyone know of a replacement headlight bulb that will give that "whiter" look I'm looking for?
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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2013, 02:13:17 AM »
Just look for those that say "Super White" on the box or "5000K"... yellowish bulbs are usually 3000K or 3500K .....  The bulb glass is usually blue in color...


« Last Edit: April 20, 2013, 02:17:24 AM by Vivo »

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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2013, 03:33:46 AM »
    I went with HID lights ,. after I heard racewalker talking about them, before that I tried all the different lights  and found them wanting,  I got the 6000 pure white ones,. from HID country,.

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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2013, 01:12:09 PM »
    I went with HID lights ,. after I heard racewalker talking about them, before that I tried all the different lights  and found them wanting,  I got the 6000 pure white ones,. from HID country,.


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           I went to several sites, but don't see any kits listed for Kymco. Which kit did you use?
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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2013, 05:12:56 PM »
They're usually somewhat generic. You figure out what kind of bulb you have and choose a kit
that works for it. You plug into the existing headlight connector and have to run some wires to
the battery. I like these kits, you can do 2 bikes with them but have to add/wire an extra relay
 for the second one.
http://www.vvme.com/hid-headlights/bi-xenon-hid-conversion-kit/h4-3-9003-bi-xenon-hid-kit/12v-50-55w-h4-3-9003-bi-xenon-hid-conversion-kit

This is a H4 with low/high beam built in. You also need to find a place to hide the ballast...
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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2013, 03:45:51 AM »
   the 300i downtown uses h8 single low beam light ,.  the gt300i I dont know what bulb you need  I entered for my scooter h8 35 w low beam  hid country,.   and picked out what I needed,. 

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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2013, 04:44:00 AM »
   I just checked your service manual and it does not list the bulb # ,. but it said it is 55 w ,. do you have seperate bulbs for high beam and low beam,.

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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2013, 11:46:11 AM »
   I just checked your service manual and it does not list the bulb # ,. but it said it is 55 w ,. do you have seperate bulbs for high beam and low beam,.

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       I wnet online to Kymcopartsmonster.com. They list the bulb as a 12v60/55w. I'm quite sure it is just the one bulb.
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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2013, 03:05:07 PM »
   looks like your going to open the light to find out the number,. it could be a h8 high and low beam or h11   ,.

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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2013, 01:58:32 PM »
  OK! I got the info. My stock bulb is a Phillips H4 12342  12v60/55w. Does anyone know of a whiter replacement bulb?
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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2013, 02:49:01 AM »
  OK! I got the info. My stock bulb is a Phillips H4 12342  12v60/55w. Does anyone know of a whiter replacement bulb?

Any brand of Super White H4 will do...

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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2013, 11:46:55 PM »
  Sylvania Silverstar ZXE shows a H4 bulb. Do all the "H4" bulbs have the same base to plug right in my existing location???
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Re: Headlight replacement
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2013, 01:52:18 AM »
  Sylvania Silverstar ZXE shows a H4 bulb. Do all the "H4" bulbs have the same base to plug right in my existing location???

I don't think there are other kinds of H4... H4 refers to the base and nothing else...




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