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Thread: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!

Created on: 10/13/12 08:42 PM

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zx14mania



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2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/13/12 8:42 PM

Does anyone has a step by step to remove the necessary fairing to install HIS kits for low and high? And where to put the ballast?
Thank you!

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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/13/12 10:30 PM

This is How I Learned Click It

This is not My bike but I wanted to show you where I installed my Ballasts,One on this side and one on the other side held in place by zip ties...Hope this Helps.

Snuffy


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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/13/12 10:38 PM

Dont know about all of the fairings, but put the tank cover on BEFORE the foreman grills, and the inner covers last



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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 6:18 AM

Remove your inners and windscreen,change out the lights,mount the ballasts in the top below the windscreen



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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 6:36 AM

I will say the absolute best solution is to remove the upper fairing complete, and mount everything in it.

That way none of the wiring to the ballasts etc. ever get in the way.

All that connects the HIDs then to the rest of the bike is the connectors to the OEM frame-side light connectors.

Clean, reliable, permanent solution.

I used clear silicon adhesive (RTF) to attach the ballasts and starters (I read they have them all combined in a single mini package now) to the inside of the upper fairing, to either side of the headlight mounts. Tie-wrapped the wires to the headlight mount frame.

Then I suppported the upper fairing about 6 inches out in front of the bike from where it would be when bolted back on, connected the electrical leads to the OEM connectors, putting die-electric grease in them first, and then silcon-ed each connector. Nothing ever pulled out or got flaky on me.

More work than just dropping stuff down in the side fairing pockets, but much more professional and satisfying, knowing you did it like a pro-shop.



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zx14mania



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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 7:59 AM

Thanks for the info guys. When I had my busa I double sided tape the slim ballast together and double sided tape them to the right air intake and zip tie them. And I heard that if you mount the ballast close to your gauge it will interfere the intruments on the gauges. But I never heard about this problem. How about you guys with the 2012 ZX-14?
I wish on that video they actaully take the fairings off instead of just saying it.

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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 8:31 AM

"I wish on that video they actaully take the fairings off instead of just saying it"....yup....same here...at the beginning.

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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 9:20 AM

+1 What Grn said



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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 10:26 AM

No offense to Smokin...but sitting there NEXT to the bike and talking about it wasn't too helpful for me...LOL!!!Nice vid though;)


Well Carabusa...at least now you know how to remove and install your Ram covers!LOL!!!!!


If your hands are smallish...you CAN get those HID's in there by removing those Ram covers and moving some of the harness aside...just don't TOUCH those HID bulbs...they will get scratched and marred easily.Even a fingerprint will cause em to fail prematurely....


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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 10:37 AM

Ya I can do it with my eyes closed as many times as I have had them off this week ! LOL !



2012 ZX 14R, Cblast ECU Flash, (RECOMENDED !!!!) 2 Brother slipons, ZG marc 1 windscreen, yosh fender eliminator, Pazzo Levers, Powerbronze hugger, heli bars, competition werks footpegs, Throttlemeister Cruise Control, CF Heel Guards,

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1978 GS 550
1968 CL 350
1972 TS 90
RM 125, YZ 250, CR 500. Taco 22 LOL !

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the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.."
Winston Churchill

'The trouble with Progressive's is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' - Paraphrase of R.R.

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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 12:24 PM

At least ya know how to NOT snap those tabs off....I promptly broke that front one off first time I 'tried' to get em out of there.Didn't actually harm anything...it still fit fine...but geez....a brand new bike....and that happening!

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RE: 2012 ZX-14 fairing removal to install HID!
10/14/12 7:01 PM

These are the best I've found, even cleared up the confusion I caused myself when I forgot which of the 3 different push rivets went where. I too wish Smokins video actually showed the process.

http://www.brocksperformance.com/Instructions/ZX14/996434.pdf



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