Cole
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Has anyone tried a HID conversion on the Halogen Hella Micro DEs ?
Modifying Micro DEs
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Yoda
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I've got an H3 HID kit sitting in the garage - just haven't quite gotten round to it yet. 
The issue (I think) will be the retention of the HID bulb in the body. The existing H3 clip pulls down over to back end of the bulb and this just won't work with the HID. I was wondering about knocking up a couple of small "retention plates" that screw down using the existing rear body bolts.
Hope that makes sense.
The issue (I think) will be the retention of the HID bulb in the body. The existing H3 clip pulls down over to back end of the bulb and this just won't work with the HID. I was wondering about knocking up a couple of small "retention plates" that screw down using the existing rear body bolts.
Hope that makes sense.
dirtydog
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I've thought about doing this as the beemer one's really are shite quality!
Would be interested also to see how people are mounting the Hella's on the 1200 ADV light brackets?
Cole
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The BMW ones are ok once you stick the H11 HIDs in them.... they have a nice sharp cutoff and spread the light low and wide to the sides
I have seen a pair of the Hella fogs on Ebay for as little as £ 39.10 in Germany this morning ... (ref 150069021758)
I have seen a pair of the Hella fogs on Ebay for as little as £ 39.10 in Germany this morning ... (ref 150069021758)
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Hey Walt
I'm not knocking the performance of the beemer lamps, that's fine. It's the build quality, that brittle plastic they use really sucks. I only clipped the edge of the garden gate, way less than walking pace and the bloody thing stapped clean off. I've done it twice...
and at £55 a pop, it ain't no joke...
brassmonkey001
I should change this
Looks like this fella has.
ROLLINSDAN
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Still seems a little steep, you can buy the HID for £80 and the Hella's for less than £60 new and unsed........ I may do the same to mine though.
i thought 
s car parks had floodlights these days 
s car parks had floodlights these days dlevett
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I'm looking at doing this - I have a set of 50W H3 HID lamps/ballasts/igniters (from Colebatch), and have just bought a 2nd hand set of Micro DE's.
I have the Touratech version on my 1200GS (basically standard Micro DE's with the addition of an aluminium 'cover') and wanted a 2nd set so that I can rig them up on the bench while leaving the existing ones on the bike.
I'll advise on progress - might take a couple of weeks though!
I have the Touratech version on my 1200GS (basically standard Micro DE's with the addition of an aluminium 'cover') and wanted a 2nd set so that I can rig them up on the bench while leaving the existing ones on the bike.
I'll advise on progress - might take a couple of weeks though!
Cole
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Let me know how they go mate ...
I was thinking about it myself until I remembered that as they are designed as foglights, the light spread will be for a wide foglight beam (with cutoff), rather than a narrow driving beam ...
I am specifically after a narrower driving beam (to work with the high beam), as I already have the wide beam foglights that come with the Adventure in HID format and operating with the dipped beam.
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