I promised that I would share this so here goes!
Okay all, It has been a challenge, but I have finally finished the install of a LED assembly in an OEM Sealed Beam Headlamp.
Honestly the hardest part was getting the glass off the OEM headlamp. The rest was just time consuming.
My first attempt at getting the glass off was a disaster, cracked the lens right away. (dont try to pry the reflector off with a screwdriver)
But the second one from member belsk went real good. (I brought the lense inside the house to clean and my cat knocked it on the ceramic tile and it shattered into a million pieces....) So I bit the bullet and took apart the one from my bike (I hoped that this would turn out or I was going to have to buy a new sealed beam) Thankfully it is way better than expected!
Here are the pictures of the headlamp dis-assembly.
Now to do it; I used a real sharp pair of small needle nose pliers.
Once apart I cleaned the glass inside and out....
Now Here is the link to the LED Light Assembly (it is direct from China so it literally must have taken the Slow Boat from there! It took 3 weeks to arrive and it was sent registered mail, I had to sign for it at the post office.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2013...-New-Product-16W-LED-Motorcycle-headlight-for-motorcycles-1800lm/790870994.html
Next I traced the size of the hole needed and used a rotary tool to cut out the original bulb from the reflector.
I then assembled the LED Reflector, with the collar, the locking collar is a left hand thread. It went together real easy.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE REMOVED THE OLD RUBBER SEAL that will be left on the reflector and the glass!
I then used Clear Silicone from DUPONT (I use it because it has good adhesion properties as well as good waterproofing) to reattach the glass lens to the reflector. But I think any 100% silicone sealent will work. (Use clear so you will not see it once cured). I laid a small bead on the reflector "lip" then ensured that the top of the glass lens was oriented with the TOP of the reflector (so as to keep the general OEM beam pattern.) Then once the glass lens is in place you will see there is a bit of a gap around the glass from taking it apart. Just use some more silicone to seal around the gap and it will also aid in holding the lens in place
I let it cure overnight.
Here is a picture after the cure....You can barely see the lip of silicone around the lens...
Next was a little difficult, but I forgot to take pictures, I'm sorry about that. But I had to enlarge the hole in the headlight bucket (Mine was the OEM honda part). The LED driver (little black box) would not fit in my bucket, so I had to run it out the hole and bring the wires back inside to connect up (I also soldered the Original wires from the OEM Sealed beam that was removed so I could just connect where the wires went without having to mess with the rest of the OEM connectors on the bike.
But after it is all said and done the new light only draws 1/8th to power on high!
Here is the low beam......
And on high beam......... (it seems that my camera kept the same light output, but it is definitely Much Brighter on High!)
And looking from upper at the front of the bike.....
So no more charging issues for me! All lights on the bike are LED now. I will post in another thread on how to get the winker indicator to work properly and not have all winkers on both sides wink at the same time!
If you have any questions Please feel free to contact me, I will help you out as much as I can!
Okay all, It has been a challenge, but I have finally finished the install of a LED assembly in an OEM Sealed Beam Headlamp.
Honestly the hardest part was getting the glass off the OEM headlamp. The rest was just time consuming.
My first attempt at getting the glass off was a disaster, cracked the lens right away. (dont try to pry the reflector off with a screwdriver)
But the second one from member belsk went real good. (I brought the lense inside the house to clean and my cat knocked it on the ceramic tile and it shattered into a million pieces....) So I bit the bullet and took apart the one from my bike (I hoped that this would turn out or I was going to have to buy a new sealed beam) Thankfully it is way better than expected!
Here are the pictures of the headlamp dis-assembly.
Now to do it; I used a real sharp pair of small needle nose pliers.
Once apart I cleaned the glass inside and out....
Now Here is the link to the LED Light Assembly (it is direct from China so it literally must have taken the Slow Boat from there! It took 3 weeks to arrive and it was sent registered mail, I had to sign for it at the post office.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2013...-New-Product-16W-LED-Motorcycle-headlight-for-motorcycles-1800lm/790870994.html
Next I traced the size of the hole needed and used a rotary tool to cut out the original bulb from the reflector.
I then assembled the LED Reflector, with the collar, the locking collar is a left hand thread. It went together real easy.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE REMOVED THE OLD RUBBER SEAL that will be left on the reflector and the glass!
I then used Clear Silicone from DUPONT (I use it because it has good adhesion properties as well as good waterproofing) to reattach the glass lens to the reflector. But I think any 100% silicone sealent will work. (Use clear so you will not see it once cured). I laid a small bead on the reflector "lip" then ensured that the top of the glass lens was oriented with the TOP of the reflector (so as to keep the general OEM beam pattern.) Then once the glass lens is in place you will see there is a bit of a gap around the glass from taking it apart. Just use some more silicone to seal around the gap and it will also aid in holding the lens in place
I let it cure overnight.
Here is a picture after the cure....You can barely see the lip of silicone around the lens...
Next was a little difficult, but I forgot to take pictures, I'm sorry about that. But I had to enlarge the hole in the headlight bucket (Mine was the OEM honda part). The LED driver (little black box) would not fit in my bucket, so I had to run it out the hole and bring the wires back inside to connect up (I also soldered the Original wires from the OEM Sealed beam that was removed so I could just connect where the wires went without having to mess with the rest of the OEM connectors on the bike.
But after it is all said and done the new light only draws 1/8th to power on high!
Here is the low beam......
And on high beam......... (it seems that my camera kept the same light output, but it is definitely Much Brighter on High!)
And looking from upper at the front of the bike.....
So no more charging issues for me! All lights on the bike are LED now. I will post in another thread on how to get the winker indicator to work properly and not have all winkers on both sides wink at the same time!
If you have any questions Please feel free to contact me, I will help you out as much as I can!
