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i just bought these for my 696...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/XENON-DUCATI-MONSTER-620-695-S4RS-696-HID-Glare_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35621QQihZ020QQitemZ300258172535QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

now i'm wondering if anyone has changed the "middle" light in the headlights. now that i installed the xenon bulbs that "middle" yellowish light looks funny. i was wondering if anyone has changed that bulb to more of a whiter or blueish color. in the manual its called the side light and it uses a H6 bulb.

thats not gonna fit the 696.

Well, im assuming it wont since the 696 doesnt use the H4 bulb. If its similar sized and shape, then yea it wont have any issues. but no guarantees.

i don't under stand it won't fix the 696?

i know in the auction it says H4 bulb. but it came with the H7 for the low. and a H1 for the high. i have those installed.

now there is a H6W bulb that goes in between to two. its kind of like a park light or something. that is the one i need to change. because my headlights have that xenon look. that middle "yellowish" H6W bulb looks out of place...

well i found these and ordered them. they should work...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H6W-BAX9S-EU-SIGNAL-CITY-LIGHT-BULBS-BULB-HYPER-WHITE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ007QQitemZ170261338686QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Does anyone know if it's possible to put true bi-xenon headlight on a 696?  Not just xenon style bulbs, but an actual bi-xenon projector like out of a 2006 G35 Coupe.   I can't find anything on the subject.  [bang]

deoesn't the middle one only come on in the park mode. so you would want a lowlevel yellow light not something too bright and powerful to drain the battery.

The middle bulb is on whenever the bike is running or the key is in park.  Color and watts are not the same thing.

Other part will be required or expect a fire.

ok i see what you mean now about it being on also.
finally got my fuses replaced. yeah definitely need to find that middle bulb, store didn't have one. H6 you say ?

its a H6W. i installed mine today.

the bulb is here...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H6W-BAX9S-EU-SIGNAL-CITY-LIGHT-BULBS-BULB-HYPER-WHITE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ007QQitemZ170261338686QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

thanks.

anyone know where to get the bulb without ebaying?

i found them in UK but i was hoping stateside order.

i honestly got mine from them two days after i paid.

thats the only place in the states that i found them...

yeah but i dont have an ebay account

I bought that H6W bulb and popped it in. Still yellow... >:(

from that ebay site?

yup. The bulb looks blue when it comes out of the package, but when I turn the bike on, it's still yellow.

not cool
i've seen a site in UK that had them, guess i'll be trying them.

ordered a set of Philips blue vision h6w. comes in pairs errrr. oh they did throw in some w5w blbs??? and free shipping.

so, for sale, new set of philips w5w bulbs and 1 h6w bulb.
 [roll]

If you want it to be white, the only way to do that is with a LED. Quick search gave me this result:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-X-VERY-BRIGHT-180-DEGREE-LED-H6W-433C-BAX9-WHITE_W0QQitemZ260281358049QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20080831?IMSfp=TL080831193r27816

Here is one more link:

http://aceparts.com/all-led-bulbs/led-side-light-bulbs/h6w-5-led-sidelight-bulbs.htm

you have to look at the color temperature with the lights.

the sylvania main bulbs i have are 4000k the blue vision are 3300 which is the best i could find for the h6w. i stayed away from the led cause they didn't provide a color temp. i prefer hard numbers not a line that says 'white'

Temperature is fine with xenon gas bulbs, where they can get 8000k for example, which is pretty blue and 4300k which is white. H6W will not be a xenon gas bulb and there is no way you will get a white light from a lightbulb without the xenon gas and the ballast for a high voltage charge, that's why the LED is the only way you will get a white light from H6W parking light ;)

ok put on the middle park light bulb from UK. the bulb is blue colored 3300K bulb. Turned on it is not as white as the 4000k sylvanias but still whiter than the stock bulb. so i say win on this one.