Yup 8k. Still making adjustments. I wound up turning the lights in further towards the center. The light was bright enough to shine across the next lane to the side and into the woods, not to mention inside peoples cars. The light was a little too far to the sides with the stock settings. This made the pattern brighter in the center.
Up and down is tedious. Depending on weight and suspension settings. If you raise or lower your bike, you need to raise and lower the headlights. Do you ride more upright or lay on the tank? If you set the lights for highway blasting, the wind pushes the front down, thus the lights go down. Then if you are in town riding upright or leaned over, but not on the tank, the lights are shining higher and vice versa. Set the lights for riding in town and upright, then get on the highway and get some speed. The wind pushes the front of the bike down, then the lights point lower, sometimes too low. Its a happy medium.
The nice part is the beam cutoff at the top. They are not giant spotlights. I can set the lights to point at a certain distance on the trunk lid, and i know they will not shine any higher. The stock projector does a very good job at dispersing the light. Its not like the assholes that put HID's in the hondas and have this light shining all over, and its not two spot lights. The beam pattern is more of an upside down trapezoid. I need to lower my high beams, i never touched them. There is a gap between the high and low beam on the road. I haven't had the un settling need to turn on the high beams with the HIDs like a did with the stockers. I adjusted my stockers day 1. IF you leave the stock settings, the HID's will shine too high.
Here is a picture i found on the internet.
The right side is what you will have, except the highbeam will protrude further out. I have a gap right where the low beam ends, because my high beams are still on the stock ajustment. Probobly need 2 turns down.
* Last updated by: fatsix on 1/15/2014 @ 12:37 PM *
2012 ZX14R CSB
