HID Xenon Conversion on Ducati 999

**jamie g** · 01 Feb 07, 11:46 AM

Fitted to my 999s yesterday, just the dipped beam kit. Really happy with it. Very easy to fit, the only work you have to do is mounting the ignitor box. Very bright and very white. I went for the 4300k bulbs as I didn't want much blue tint.
Has anyone else fitted them? mot ok? any problems? Mine seem great so far.
Well under £100 too.

**PTG** · 01 Feb 07, 12:03 PM

Wouldn't mind having them fitted - where'd you get yours from jamie?

**Steve** · 01 Feb 07, 12:46 PM

Jeez, only under a hundred quid for a bulb, bargain. :wink:

XP · 01 Feb 07, 01:04 PM

If one of the light houses on the Norfolk coast breaks down at least they'll know who to contact now for some temporary measures...... :wink:

**macca** · 01 Feb 07, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PTG

Wouldn't mind having them fitted - where'd you get yours from jamie?

Ditto thought xenons on my car were great would like the same on my 999

**Rick 996R** · 01 Feb 07, 09:01 PM

Are they worth it ? do you really get a huge difference

**Ollie** · 01 Feb 07, 10:21 PM

you wil have problem over here with MOT's the only thing they are ok for is vechicles with self leveling lights,

**jamie g** · 02 Feb 07, 08:26 AM

It takes only minutes to put the halogen bulb back in if needed.
I fitted some to my car aswell at the same time. I'm glad I did, the're a relatively cheap mod.
I couldn't justify buying a ducati but I did, same with the hid's and the other goodies I bought for it. I didn't need any of them. It's a toy at the end of the day.

**PTG** · 02 Feb 07, 09:56 AM

jamie old chap, any chance of finding out wher you got yours from? Want to make sure I get the right one! Cheers. 8)

**jamie g** · 04 Feb 07, 01:50 PM

hi beam(top light) is the standard halogen and the dipped(bottom) is the 4300k hid. It shows quite well how bright white the new ones are even in the dipped beam.

XP · 04 Feb 07, 02:38 PM

You can defo see the difference between the two.......the low beam gives off soooooo much more white light.......

Oh....one word of advice buddy....make sure its not set too high otherwise Mr Plod will have ya over for 'Unnecessary Dazzel' or something like 'lights not conforming to regulatory standards'

Trouble is with these super bright lights.....it's a bast*rd when its comming towards ya when they haven't been set up right.......cant see a blo*dy thing........

Theres always a pair of 8) I suppose........although it's a bit difficult at night to drive and wear these at the same time.......

:wink:

**jamie g** · 04 Feb 07, 02:50 PM

yeah they are bright so i checked the height and all seems ok even without 8) , they have quite a sharp cut off. I'll post on here if I get any attention

I think it's when you fit it to none projector style headlights it causes more of a problem.

XP · 04 Feb 07, 03:01 PM

Oh....meant to say by the way.........

Nice to see another Ducati owner with the right choice of colour scheme..........sweet...... :wink:

**998gsb** · 04 Feb 07, 04:00 PM

Where did you get them from and how much did they cost you ?

**jamie g** · 04 Feb 07, 10:17 PM

£75... I couldn't resist