Legal or illegal for HID bulb

[Racerbike]

I would like to ask you all whether it is legal to buy those phillips HID bulb and fix onto our bike? I have seen many big fixing them. Just to ensure if these will be caught for illegal modification. If no, what are the intensity of the bulb that is allowed to be fixed onto the bike. I would like to fix one on my bike and don't want to be fined for that. Thank you:help:

[ET]

caught by TP & ROV before, but none caught my headlight before...so i dont noe...

[Racerbike]

U mean they never catch you for ur HID light? I don't know what intensity of HID bulb to buy. Any recommendation?

[scooterer]

HID lights, you don't change just the bulb.

You need to change the entire assembly plus add a ballast. Must find a place on your bike to mount the ballast (about size of a big pack of cigarettes). Minimum is $200+

 

The normal bulb bike use is H4 or H7, a HID bulb uses D2S...

 

Oh yeah, its illegal to have HID on your bike unless the lights come stock (BMW).

[nsr182]

whats the diff between a hid lite and white lite???

any eg??

[hachi]

HID is like those stadium light. They do take a while to light up.

[SaintDuDu]

hard to explain... when u switch on a HID bulb. it will gif out a split sec of full brightness then it will dim itself down till its fully warmed up ..when its warmed up.. it will reach its full brightness..this process will take abt 6-8sec.. check out the advantages of HIDs.. cheers

[calyban]

HID lights need to install ballast right? heard its very troublesome to do so, true?

[calyban]

Originally posted by scooterer@Jun 16 2005, 05:49 AM

HID lights, you don't change just the bulb.

You need to change the entire assembly plus add a ballast. Must find a place on your bike to mount the ballast (about size of a big pack of cigarettes). Minimum is $200+

 

The normal bulb bike use is H4 or H7, a HID bulb uses D2S...

 

Oh yeah, its illegal to have HID on your bike unless the lights come stock (BMW).

oops, sorry, missed out scooterer's post, pls ignore my earlier qn.

[SaintDuDu]

Originally posted by calyban@Jun 22 2005, 08:54 PM

HID lights need to install ballast right? heard its very troublesome to do so, true?

actually its not.. provided ur bike got enough space for it.. most of the ballast are water proof...

[sheep]

HID is projection light right?

white light is just a normal bulb that exhudes whitelight..

I using philips diamond vision for my ride. Very white and very bright.

Stopped a few times on roadblocks and was not penalised.

Philips diamond vision is approved for road use anyway.. hehe

[scooterer]

Originally posted by nsr182@Jun 22 2005, 03:43 AM

whats the diff between a hid lite and white lite???

any eg??

Well for a start, HID is a projector light. It has no fillament. It also runs cold (meaning its hot, but less hot ), unlike the very hot normal light bulb. This is because most of the electricity is converted into light (normal buld most of the electricity is converted into heat).

 

This is why a 30 watt HID light is equal to a 100 watt normal bulb. It is more efficient in converting electricity into light. In the end its a lot kinder to your bike battery since it usually draws less power.

 

When you turn on the HID light, it is a bit like turning on a florescent tube light. There is a split second pause, not like normal lights which are "instant". Hard to describe, but when you see it you will know.

[fleaz]

where to buy Philips diamond vision?

[calyban]

Hi fleaz, there was an MO for it some time back, now no more.

They say Mustafa have, i mebbe going down later to check.

anyway wad bike u riding?

[fleaz]

i'm riding a ta200. do update if you find any.

 

anyone knows what bulb is the headlight of the ta200 using?

[calyban]

sorry, plan for mustafa was disrupted today, but will go sometime soon.

update the range and price available there then, watch this thread, hehe...

[fleaz]

if you want, we go down together? outing to buy the bulbs. but i just newbie rider, so gotta patient a bit if i too slow.

[Racerbike]

What are the types of philips bulb available? Thinking of buying to fix onto my bike. But how to prove to TP that mine is Philips legal? Can't be dismantle my headlight assembly and show him the bulb mah

[sheep]

Originally posted by Racerbike@Jun 24 2005, 12:42 PM

What are the types of philips bulb available? Thinking of buying to fix onto my bike. But how to prove to TP that mine is Philips legal? Can't be dismantle my headlight assembly and show him the bulb mah

Dunno lei... Stopped at road blocks before. but they never ask me what i using..

Guess they are more focused on catching mods like the HID.. Changing the bulb should be harmless.

[Racerbike]

Anyone knows where to buy the philip bulb that is cheaper?

[StingRhea]

HID confirm tio one~ how often u see HID mods.

 

change bulb wun tio even the bulb is tinted. But how much is the bulb? Cos wierd brands that are cheapo will melt the assembly and socket.

[SaintDuDu]

Originally posted by StingRhea@Jun 24 2005, 11:54 PM

HID confirm tio one~ how often u see HID mods.

 

change bulb wun tio even the bulb is tinted. But how much is the bulb? Cos wierd brands that are cheapo will melt the assembly and socket.

hmmm... wat makes u so sure? if they using 4800k HID and beam the light down.... really hard to tell man..

[Racerbike]

I went to mustafa to see the halogen bulb. They state is platium white. So that will be very bright. I am not sure if it is legal. So if i buy those philips diamond vision bulb, that goes to say it is also legal?

[hachi]

There was little to be gained by using higher power bulbs in a given reflector/lense setup. The reason is that when you increase the light power output you do not alter the beam's pattern because the pattern is determined by the geometry of the reflector and the optics of the lense.

 

If you look at the light that is put out by your some cars comes with HID , they are using projector lamp to aim the light and have very good light throw.

 

USing normal H4 or H1 setup, if u looked closely, those cars come with after market HID, dont really have good light throw and most cant aim their light well and resulted blinding motorists in front. Bikes I dont know, cos on the rd I havent seen one yet...

[hachi]

Originally posted by Racerbike@Jun 25 2005, 12:14 AM

I went to mustafa to see the halogen bulb. They state is platium white. So that will be very bright. I am not sure if it is legal. So if i buy those philips diamond vision bulb, that goes to say it is also legal?

As far as blue bulbs are concerned, they are a waste of money. Not only are they cheaply made but they actually decrease the amount of light on the road, this is extremely dangerous when it rains/fog..... Hear me out....

 

Blue has an extremely short wavelength and thus will bounce diffract when it hits rain, snow, etc.... This is bad b/c the more it diffracts, the less light ends up on the road. Normal yellow has a longer wavelength and thus is not bounced off every drop of rain, it "cuts" through it.