HID kit on a ruckus?

[kbcr3]

has anyone attempted this?

I've installed true HID kits on several cars. It can be done for under 200 bucks on a car.

Issues I see are in regards to the initial power use to ignite the ballasts. HIDs don't like to have power fluctuating, so a switch would have to be installed to allow the rider to manually turn on the lights after the scooter has been started.

there's also the fact that the light housings are not ideal for HIDs being that they spread light erratically. plus, you'd need a dry place to mount the equipment.

i'm also not sure of the constant power draw of the HIDs. from my experience, its less than a regular halogen bulb.

[chanito]

The idea of a HID lights is good, the only problems i see are that the HID light are way hotter than the stock units and they might crack the housing, and you do not want too long of wires between the starters and the light so you will need to fabricate some sort of housing and install it on the grill behind the lights

[kbcr3]

yeah, this def wouldn't be a plug-and-play setup. I might have to pull some stuff apart this weekend and size it up.

i remembered that I have a second HID kit at my parents' house that i could try fitting.

to add to all the complication, these kits are getting harder and harder to come by...as they're illegal.

[chanito]

Great please do not forget to post and comments ;D

[blackdeath]

I can get new lifetime warranty hid locally, from ddm tuning
about $55 for low beam only with harness

Im not sure if the high/low will fit as its longer. Next time I take apart my other scooter that has them I will see.

But anyways I installed some last night. Yes using the socket for the headlights will cause the hid to turn off at low idle. I searched around some plugs and found a constant 12v on with key. Works great, minimal voltage at idle, but thats expected. Normal 13+volts riding around.

They are a must for me, especially since the stock lights dimmed so low at idle.



www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7mc-L4xqzA

[chanito]

;D Wow! nice congrats, some more details on the install will help ;D ;D

[blackdeath]

Nov 13, 2011 7:51:50 GMT -5 chanito said:

;D Wow! nice congrats, some more details on the install will help ;D ;D[/quote

well its basically plug and play with the $15 wiring harness I bought, with the HID's
Sorry for the crap picture
The green dots are the hid ballast, and connector block. One ballast s hidden so thats why its not marked. The red circle is the plug I tapped into, it has a heavier gauge wire I believe black, maybe a white stripe but look for a fatter black wire. Then make sure to verify with a volt meter it comes on with the switch, reads a strong 12-13v whatever your battery is at the time.

So the harness uses a blue wire for the positive, which goes into the red circle. Then a white for negative which I grounded at the ecu screw





The harness is like 8 feet long so its hidden pretty well, maybe one day I will cut it shorter. The driver bulb wires go through the notch with all other wires. The other bulb wires go down underneath near the steering because even though it has weather proof connections I wanted them as dry as possible.

They really dont get that hot, since they are only 35watt. No more hotter then stock. I did thorough tests on the power loss before and after have it written down somewhere. But in the end I come back home exactly the same amount of voltage as with the stock bulbs, over 13v

The hid harness has a fuse, which I routed near the steering, I can stick my finger in the hole and pull it out. This way if I ever run into battery drain I can unplug the fuse turning off the lights. Only because I need to run the lights more to make sure to me there wont be problems.

My ruckus is going to be a trail bike so I need to make sure im not going to be stranded in the middle of no where. I just got it last week so im riding it all over making sure its all good.

[blackdeath]

Just added a 3000K (yellow) to one side
interesting color at night, but during the day the yellow looks to be orange, like the stock bulb

so im still debating on keeping it. I will try to get a video the cell phone camera during the day would not work it was too bright

[blackdeath]

Installed hid's on gy6 swapped ruckus
did same thing, looked for wire on with key and hooked up the harness
charges up great not much drain at idle, barely rev it and goes back to 13v

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHIRIbgsXA

[griff85]

can someone post a step by step installation with pics??

[ruckozzy]

Hey whats up guys. Regarding the hids they can be done. This was one of the first mods i did. I went ahead and got a kit from ddm tuning. Slim becuas of the space in the battery box. Then i got a relay harness off amazon for h4 hids for 5 bucks and a switch from autozone for 3 bucks. I drilled a little hole in the battery box and hooked it up to the positive on the battrey and positive on the switch and no dimming or hids turning off! Just pure ruck freshmess! Ppl cannot help but to be so helpless and stare at the light! Lol i went with 5000k h4 .let me nnow if yiu need any more info. It was real simple!

[chanito]

;D Gracias for the info ;D