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f4i headlights

stevo

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san francisco
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06gsxr600 & cb350 caferacer.
hello everyone,
i have a question to all...
does anyone know how to change the wiring on the headlights so that both lights turn on at both low and high lights?
and one more,
if i buy H7 lights how hard are they to replace?
 
. h4's are 3 terminal 2 filament and H7's are 2 terminal single filament . You can do the conversion but need to splice some wires . let me o know if I should continue.
 
Changing the bulbs out is pretty easy...

Why don't you ride w/ your high beams on all the time, if you don't like the way one headlight looks? I had bright-white bulbs and rode w/ my high beams ALL the time.
 
Yes David even at night

the headlight isn't that bright to begin with.. so I ride with the highbeams on all the time. :teeth
 
F4i headlights have single direction reflectors which mean they EITHER point high or low. The problem with this is that when you switch to a dual filament bulb, you won't have a true "high" beam in the sense that it shines further. It may only shine brighter, depending on which bulbs you have.

You will need to make sure your high beam reflector is adjusted downward such that it doesn't blind people at night time. Instructions to do so are in your owner's manual and are very straightforward. Next you will need to find a way to mount H4 bulbs into your H7 reflector sockets. It shouldn't be too hard. You need to probably buy some H4 receptacles also.

The receptacles are the plastic things that plug into the BACK on the bulb before the plug that goes to your electrical system. They should be cheap.

Once you have the receptacles, you can go about splicing around. This diagram should help you, but I haven't done it so there are no guarantees. The worst that will happen is that you burn out a fuse. Check your F4i's fuses. If they say 10A you have a maximum of 120W lighting you can draw. More likely they say 20A and you can draw 240W total. You will need to account for some power spiking when you flip the switch, so a 20A fuse can probably only support 200W total power in reality.

H7's have two filaments: Ground, Power
H4's have 3 filaments: Ground, Lo Power, Hi Power

See below, goodluck. Let me know if it works! If not, you didn't get this from me. :teeth

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got it!

got it, im hitting it this weekend!
one more thing, are all the DOT headlights approved also for use in california? found some 6000k blue lights D.o.T. not sure if this is leagl here.
thanks!
 
is there suppose to be condensation build up on high beam side on the 02 f4i? please pm me. thanks.
 
This should help (never tried it though)

And no, there shouldn't be any condensation inside either headlight. It will shorten the lifespan of the bulbs considerably. Check the seal around the housing.
 
is there suppose to be condensation in the headlights? the guy that told me this said it was like when he bought it from the dealer.
 
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