HID in Stock Bucket

[He Man]

I was looking at DDM and they have the single ballast for MC's and the normal double for cars, and the difference is only 15 bucks. Does anyone know if there is a difference in the cord length or anything, or is it just single vs double? because to me, i can spend the 15 bucks for an extra. that, and the shipping is like 12 by itself!

yea their shipping is RAPE. $16 bucks for plain old UPS ground. thats how much i shipped my kobe 1 piece leather suit + a pair of boots for.

The cord length is the only difference. for a car, one of them is extremely long, the other is short.

theres a double car slim kit for $40, and a double moto slim kit for $40.
the single moto slim kit is $17.50, i bought  2 of those for my friends 749.
and i bought a single hi lo kit for the monster ($40)
if you buy the car dual kit, hi lo. you pay $20 more ($60 total) but you get left with 1 of them that has a long ass section of wire. you can cut it if you want and sell it or whatever, but your not saving much.

[djrashonal]

cool, thanks for the help/info.
is this the one you bought for the monster?

http://www.ddmtuning.com/index.php?p=product&id=106&parent=61

with an H4 bulb?

[He Man]

yup h4 hi/lo 35watt, not 55watt. you should be fine with 55watt as far as stock wiring goes though. i just dont think its that big of a deal.

im thinking of building a housing out of some scrap aluminum wire, shield it with a soda can, and then somehow fix a projector ontop of it. they shell projector lenses for $30 bucks on ebay

[djrashonal]

let me know how it turns out. I've got to finish my fork swap and my swingarm swap first - my bikes on blocks right now  it would be interesting to see your soda can contraption

[DarkStaR]

I was looking at DDM and they have the single ballast for MC's and the normal double for cars, and the difference is only 15 bucks. Does anyone know if there is a difference in the cord length or anything, or is it just single vs double? because to me, i can spend the 15 bucks for an extra. that, and the shipping is like 12 by itself!

It seems the Moto kit and the car kit are the same, just 1 vs 2.  

Cords are just long enough to mount in front of the air box...and that's about it.

[He Man]

what about the car kit? the wires should be longer.


i had a car kit on my bike ( dual headlights) one of them were longer then the bike. lol

[DarkStaR]

what about the car kit? the wires should be longer.


i had a car kit on my bike ( dual headlights) one of them were longer then the bike. lol

Mine is the car kit.

I got mine when they were still $80 for a pair.  Maybe the spec of the kits changed...as with the pricing.

[djrashonal]

It seems the Moto kit and the car kit are the same, just 1 vs 2.  

Cords are just long enough to mount in front of the air box...and that's about it.

but as long as it plugs into the stock headlight connector there shouldnt be an issue, right? we wouldnt need anything longer except to mount the ballast farther back in an unseen area

[DarkStaR]

What ever part the bottom arrow is pointing to, that's about the farthest back the cord would let it go.  As for the other cords, they are a bit longer.

[djrashonal]

Thanks for the pic darkstar, it really helps visualize it 

[DucLeone]

What ever part the bottom arrow is pointing to, that's about the farthest back the cord would let it go.  As for the other cords, they are a bit longer.

thats where i mounted that box,and i'm thinking of extending the ble and red wire so i could mount it somewhere diffrent.
and my kit is actually powerd straight from the battery,so there is no load on the stock wiring since it only has to activate the relay (if this make any sense)

[He Man]

do you only have 1 beam then?

[Popeye the Sailor]

when did i say my bulb burned out?

didnt u have a metal headlight bucket? U had the blue S4R, that was 2005/6 only IIRC.

You didn't-did you forget your rant on ballasts in a different thread?


This was put in the '07 695 my wife has.

[He Man]

You didn't

im hoping these willl fit my bucket. the 695 bucket was plastic wasn it?

[He Man]

son of a pregnant dog. Well after waiting about 2 weeks for the DDM kit to arrive..... some notes


1) The HiLO H4 is physicaly to large to fit into the housing of a metal 2006 S2R1000 bucket.
2) They sent me 2 bulbs, 1 ballast, and a harness for 2 bulbs (car harness)


So What to do now?
They fit in my dual headlight easily, so i can run dual HIDs....but i would need to get another ballast, i could just buy another kit for $20 and get the ballast.

or I can just tell them they sent me the wrong shit and probably wait another 2 weeks to get the right kit, but i aint paying for shipping, they rapped me $20 to ship this thing.

Or i can just get the right harness and keep the extra bulb.