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Scooters - Big Bore => Xciting 500 => Topic started by: sissy mary on January 01, 2012, 02:10:39 PM
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I want to install a new head light in my 07 X500. What are the steps to do do this? Is it very hard to do? :-*
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It's not TOO difficult. But you'll be fumbling and cursing while trying to hold the front fairing in one arm while getting your other arm inside to disconnect the headlight connector and pop out the turn signals. You can let the fairing rest on the front fender and try to stabilize it with your knees or something. The turn signal bulbs come loose by turning counter-clockwise a half turn or so. They have rubber O-rings which might fall off so watch for them. Their wiring is loosely in little hooks from which it will come right out. No need to unplug their connectors.
I lay a towel over the front fender to keep from scratching it -- push it through the front forks to make sure it stays in place.
Fairing comes loose by screws starting up near the instruments on each side and there's 3 or 4 more going down the edge of the black plastic till you get to the place where it meets the side skirts. There's one screw front middle right above the horn opening. Once they're all out it might start to drop or you might have to jiggle and tug.
Headlight bulb has a retainer which is held by a screw or two.
Edit: Disregard all of this! See below!
Going back on with the fairing, you have to get all the little alignment tabs lined up and going in properly. usually takes me a lot of struggling but, again, not TOO bad. :-)
By the way, can you briefly tell me what a PIAA light is?
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Thanks. PIAA seem to have the brightest bulbs, but after reading some reviews , they seem to last only about a year. The Sylvania bulbs only seem to last about 4 months or so? The more powerful the bulb, the shorter time frame they last! I guess I will have to take a middle road on the bulbs to get the best of both worlds? The ones I was looking at had the power of a 110 watt bulb, but taking only the normal power of a stock bulb, about 55 Low, 60 High. I may just get a little more powerfull bulb that will last longer than the super power bulbs, as I do not want to try to change a bulb at midnight, in the middle of no-where. And 1,000 miles from home. :-*
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You might try HID BiXenon cost more but lasts about 3000 hours. Much brighter but still only 35 watt. I have them on all of my vehicles. 2 trucks and 2 scooters.
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you can change the bulb without rem0ving them plastics, will take less than 3mins... Less then a minute when your used to it.
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Ah ha! Was wondering if that were possible. Great! ;)
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OK, drifter, HOW?
Karl
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Yes how? Me got's to know? :-*
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You have a 300i. X500's use an H4 @ 55 & 60 watts, not 35? Do they make an H4 bulb for us po-folks with the old X500's? :-*
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n0t good on explaining things. Will take a video n0w and upload it on youtube.
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can't post the vid here. Just search it on youtube. Kymco xciting bulb removal.
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I can't find it on u tube? Someone else had a video on it, but was done with his phone camera, and I could not understand him?
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not sure if it was my video you saw. Sorry for my bad english. Try searching my user name. Carlozdrc. Will try to link it here via my fone if possible.
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Sorry, I should have said I could not understand what he was doing. I saw where a big rubber ring was pulled out and then the bulb, but I could not see where the wire bulb plug-in had been. What held the bulb in? It did not look like it was the rubber piece? It may have been impossible to get the cammera close enough to see with the limited space? :-*
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I watched it and then looked at the service manual again. Indeed he is right! Even though the manual says to take off the front fairing. If your hands and arms aren't huge you should be able to do this. You can disregard my earler advice! I've tried and tried but can't figure out how to post pictures copied out of the service manual here. >:(
The rubber dust cover pulls right off. There's a tab on it to pull by. Then there's a bulb retainer which has to be unhooked and swung aside. (no screws as I had incorrectly stated)
I'll try to take pictures of going through the process on my spare module.
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This might go easier if you remove the small black fender up in between the forks.
Here's the back of the module untouched. (http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac134/Hepafilter_2010/100_0330.jpg)
Here I've pulled the connector off and I'm pulling off the dust cover. There's a tab on it but you can grab it anywhere. (http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac134/Hepafilter_2010/100_0332.jpg)
Mash hard on this steel wire retainer tab. Hard enough to almost hurt your finger and ease it upward too. It'll let go and it's hinged to rotate out of the way. (http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac134/Hepafilter_2010/100_0334.jpg)
Like this.(http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac134/Hepafilter_2010/100_0335.jpg)
The bulb then just lifts/falls out.(http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac134/Hepafilter_2010/100_0336.jpg)
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Thanks, now I can see how it is held in! I think, at least the first time I change the bulb, I will remove the front plastics and such so I can get a better idea of how to do it from behind, as in the video. :-*
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I just received my order of hid lites from hid country in sarasota fl. to many connectors for me to figure out, would you have a wire diagram to install in a 300i downtown like yours, I bought 4 lites & ballist set for upper & lower beams,.
I thank you , & I ordered a belt I found out belt size is 1004mmx 25.2 mm 30degree & 14.7 thick,. my belt measures
1010 mm x 24 so I ordered a new one,.derand shop said it will be in this week,.$260.00 ,.ouch !!thanks again joe goulet
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Carlozdrc, I looked for your video on YouTube and could not find it. How about a hint?
Karl
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It will work on my 2009 xc 500
Video from My Phone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0IuFMLh8A0#)
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On bulb life. The manufacturers have started specking their bulbs at a lower voltage so when you
run them at stock voltage in a vehicle you get more light but for less time. If you look on this page the Osram
Rallye is specked at 13.2V! http://store.candlepower.com/h4hb29003bulbs.html (http://store.candlepower.com/h4hb29003bulbs.html)
You bike runs at 14.7V so if the life was supposed to be 1000 hours now it will be 400. That's why
those fancy PAIA's only last a year or two. Most stock bulbs on motorcycles are heavy duty (HD)
which are more vibration proof. I have seen overwattage bulbs that are HD for more light but still
won't die from the vibration on a bike but I'm not sure any scooter has extra power to run higher
wattage lights.
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I've got one of them newfangled PIAA "yellow" lamps. I love the light output, color rendition and overall appearance.
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z229/Chandlerazman/XC500PIAA2E.jpg)
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z229/Chandlerazman/XC500headlightonE.jpg)