Headlight--high low split modification

[REDSLED1]

I wonder if the focus of the rx-1 an the apex are the same. I think the new ones might benefit from this idea.

 

[RSD]

any one try this on a 08 nytro

 

[08NitroRTX]

RSD I will be trying it on my FX nytro BUT I can tell you right now... I'm NOT going into the detail that oldschool did!1 I'm just going to say Yes or nope!

BTW I have acctual H.I.D. bulbs and ballasts in mine so MIGHT be a little different than stock!

 

[ReX]

Wow, I missed this post.

The gap between low and high beam has always been one of my biggest functional complaints about my Apex.

I think I'm going to have to give this a try.

Sounds like a very simple trick to make a huge improvement to the headlights.

 

[Metallicat]

I posted this before...but for my sled all I did was adjust the high beams way down so they are just about perfect for night riding, maybe even a bit lower than ideal. In this position, blowing snow isn't illuminated excessively so you don't have to worry about using the crappy low beams in blowing snow conditons. I now just use the lows to dim for oncoming sled and vehicle traffic. I am also using the Silverstar Ultras which produce a very clean and white light.

 

[ReX]

I posted this before...but for my sled all I did was adjust the high beams way down so they are just about perfect for night riding, maybe even a bit lower than ideal. In this position, blowing snow isn't illuminated excessively so you don't have to worry about using the crappy low beams in blowing snow conditons. I now just use the lows to dim for oncoming sled and vehicle traffic. I am also using the Silverstar Ultras which produce a very clean and white light.

I'm probably pickier than most, but I want my high beams to light as far ahead as possible and I want my lows to light at least 40-50 feet in front of me without blinding oncomming traffic (basically to work like headlights in a car do).

I for one cannot get this functionality with my headlights. Nor can anyone else I personally know with an Apex.

 

[yamadoo]

Oldsledder "
That is great info.!!!

I kept thinking that like a mag lite flash lite if we could move the source we could change the angles.

I hope it works practically as I hate the highs to high

THanks

Yamadoo

 

[nate007]

Wow, you guys have alot of time on your hands, but thanks for the great tech. info!!!

 

[T-Bone]

Any feedback from anybody that has tried this?

 

[cat hunter]

I tried Silverstars and they showed the top of the trees clearer!!! There was a post on this last year about the headlight pod lifting with the wind.Some guys were building a stiffer base that worked for them.I got a little lazy and tied mine down with a piece of mechanics wire and it works great on high and low beam the way it should.

 

[rightarm]

Got bored out in the garage the other day, decided to do some testing on the low/high beam problem (when the low is adjusted where I want it the high is too high). Found that spacing the bulb back about .150 inch reduces the "SPREAD" between the high and low about 50 per cent. I did this testing in the comfort of the garage, this is how the test was done.

1. taped a yard stick to the garage door
2. lined up the sled highlight 134 inches away from the yard stick.
3. wired the bulb to a battery (did not want to run the sled in the garage
4. hooked up a photocell to a digital meter.
5. turned light on low beam
6. slid the digital meter up and down the yardstick until I found a repeatable reading, recorded this reading, and recorded the location on the yardstick.
7. switched to high beam slid the meter up and down the yard stick until I got the same meter reading as in step 6, recorded the location on the YARD STICK.
8. made a note of the DELTA (difference between the low beam yardstick reading and the high beam yard stickreading)
9. in my test the DELTA was 16 inches.
10. spaced the bulb back .150 inches, (remove bulb put spacer in where bulb goes, put bulb back in).
11. repeat steps 6,7 and 8 ( use the same digital meter reading)
12. delta was 13.75 inches.
13 spaced bulb bac .200 inches.
14 repeated steps 6,7 and 8.
15 delta was 13.250 inches.
end of test.

These tests indicate that the "DELTA " or "SPREAD" between low and high beams gets smaller as the bulb is spaced back in the the reflector assembly, ploting this out on chart paper indicates that if your low beam was at 20 feet befor it would now be at 40 feet. high would remain the same. Spacing the bulb back further than .200 inches causes problems hooking up the retaing "SPRING" that holds the bulb in the reflector. (you can notch the metal on the bulb and get around this). I need totest this on a flat piece of ground to see the real effect, so remember, this is just a test, and something to think about, looking at the way the BULB works with the internal bulb reflector, I thin Tiltingthe bulb would probably have the same effect, maybe better. Just my two cent guys.

Oldsledder, not bored anymore.

Great r&d wish I was bored too! let us know what the outcome is.By the way what do you think about these 4-strokes anyways, compared to the 2-strokes. are they alright

 

[snoman]

got some pix of spacing the bulbs ?

 

[Tork]

I wonder if the focus of the rx-1 an the apex are the same. I think the new ones might benefit from this idea.

As I recall my 2005 Delta 1 sled had a better headlight and less spread between high and low. 1st night ride on the apex I was wanting to see what was in the dark area between the high and low beam so I didnt smack into anything.

 

[Ported Hornet]

Anybody try this yet, I was going to try this today?

 

[Charged RTX]

I just did this but I folded over the 3 tabs that hold it in place instead. It did help plus I added Silver Stars.