Aftermarket Lights

[nater006]

Got a 200w stator on the way soon with an adjustable timing plate. Still running the stocker lights with the 30w bulbs. I ride lots of farm land (orchards) and woods, and some dunes, and I like my lighting power! Must be the farmer side of me coming through...hehe... anyway..

 

Is there a way to modify the stock lights to run good ol regular H3/H4 bulbs, or are there any stock-sized decent replacements I can run? The small lil lazerlites or ricky stator lights look nice but I'm a fan of the normal sized ones at this point instead of the small ones, but not monster huge lights either.

 

So, basically looking to either mod the stock lights to accept better (and more easy to obtain!) bulbs or find a set of aftermarket lights roughly the same size and style.

 

Thoughts?

[sheechandchong]

did you check out the duner set at ricky stator? I have them with a 200W stator and they are awesome. 2-piaa lights about 6 in round.

[nater006]

Yeah, those look nice... that seems to be my first choice at this point. Problem is that I run a lot of woods and farm land and would worry about them getting smacked up and breaking a lens

[boonman]

I run Hella 500's on my bike with a Ricky 200W stator. Let me tell you about light!!!!! There are no more worries than stock lights in the breaking department. They have been whacked by everything.... Still fine....

[nater006]

Offhand... a silly curious question since I'm at work and not in front of the shee (unfortunately!) .. does anyone know the diameter of the stock lens off the top of their head?

 

Boonman, those Hella 500's look nice. I've always been pleased with their products. Have a set of their "cheaper" Optilux line of lights on my S10 right now -- the 2020 model, combo of fog and driving -- I upgraded the wiring a bit and ditched the "Fog or Driving" switch that came with the kit and installed two separate rocker switches so I could be offensive and run both sets simultaneously if wanted, and they work like a charm. They've been whacked by branches (the farmer thing coming out again..) a bit but still never hesitate to work.

 

Well if anyone knows the stock diameter or doesn't mind spending 5 minutes going to their garage with a tape measure... I'd be your fan for a day If not, I just have to get 'em later after work. Thanks!

[nater006]

Oh yeah.. the reason I ask... a friend owns/runs a small auto accessory store and has a set of PIAA 540 driving lights he wants to get rid of. He doesn't sell them normally in the store so they got offered to me It shouldn't be hard to fabricate a mount, or pop out the existing lower part of the mount and crank them down with the stock bolts in the stock mounts. They look real nice and they'd be a steal.... and they look to be about the same size as the stockers which would be cool. Just a cheaper alternative at the time being..

[Justintoxicated]

what is so great about the size of the stockers?

 

If you really want to go bright, get a battery kit and a 100 watt HID bulb in an aluminum mount...Oh wait you didn't want small, that that setup would probably be about the same a 1000W hallogens!

[nater006]

To me they're just about the size I want. Eventually I'll probably end up with the small ones but.. the stockers aren't bad sized. The larger PIAA/Hella ones are fine, too, but I don't want to get into much over 6". Something around the stocker size would be great.

 

Dunno.. just a preference thing I guess. Nothing bad Just not wanting to get anything much larger, and the smaller ones are nice but not really my fav at this point.

 

The HID would be a lil too expensive for me at this point. Thanks for the suggestion though.