Halogen Bulbs????

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Well after a s**t load oe research, it is near impossible to find a bosch type BA20D 35, 45 or 60W halogen bulb here in the states... Everyone who does sell them does not have any in stock, apparently they are in high demand and are not mass produced anymore... I found one place in England that sells them for 22 pounds+shipping, kinda pricey for a lightbulb... So I am still on a quest to find a friggin brighter light...If anyone knows where to find one, please let me know....

[mdsuave13]

we need to modify the headlight assembly to fit one of those old dual chevy headlight setups, that way we could put in an h4 and have our pick of bulbs...

[CathastrophiX]

Here in Sweden a Ba20d bulb costs about $5....

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How much is shipping though???

[FMYStreetRacer]

Originally Posted by mdsuave13

hey, i AM going to find what other bulbs can fit these housings. I am determined to either A: modify the housing and wiring harness to get a 55w halogen bulb in there (then once i figure out which bulb i can get to fit, i am going to order one of the xenon hid kits from ebay for 100 bux) then i will have all the light i may ever need.....

before i get harassed about hid bulbs.. note this:

hid bulbs produce 4x more light then the average 55w halogen bulb at 6000k
hid bulbs last double the life span of ordinary 55w halogen bulbs
hid bulbs run cooler and at a lower wattage in comparison (35w compared to 55w for halogen)
hid bulbs also use roughly half the power while turned on.. its just the initial draw to fire the ballasts that im concerned about i dont think it will be a problem tho

you can get dual beam high/low hid bulbs now!

so from what im seeing, it may pay off to run the hid setup... i will have to figure out if it will work, if it does great, plus with the little bit of power im shaving off the light, i can add other crap to the bike (hardwired gps, heated grips, 12v accessory plug for charging cell phones or running a radar detector)

if anyone has anything to throw in to this equation that i havent thought about or addressed here, please feel free to make me look stupid, id rather not waste 100 bux on something that wont work because i overlooked a single detail....

just please make sure the bulb has a sheild. with the light out put that a HID has you'll be spreading light every where blinding people. put a sheild on it and you'll get a nice cut off like as if though you have a projector in there.

[mdsuave13]

chances are that i will have to change the whole housing to something else with a more common bulb.. if thats the case, i will make sure whatever i get will have the correct reflector in it as to not blind EVERYONE i see.....

although it might be better to blind everyone, at least they will see me coming...