HID's on a 2016 M8000, anyone?

• Nov 6, 2019

• #1

Jorg Jorgenson

Active VIP Member

Joined

Oct 1, 2016

Messages

749

Reaction score

2,255

Location

Not close enough to the Mountains, AB

I was rummaging through the basement and came across my set of HID's which were originally on my 2010 Polaris Dragon. Bulb size is the same as my new-to-me 2016 Cat that I picked up a few weeks ago.

I am wondering if anyone has any experience with putting in HID's on their Cats and if they worked well / didn't work well / stator or other electrical issue afterwards etc.

These have the standard 35W ballast and the high beam bulb is a halogen only low beam is an HID.

Someone told me that I'll have nothing but headaches if I proceed to install them.... so any real life experiences out there?

Thanks,

 

• Nov 6, 2019

• #2

L

Levithan

Active member

Joined

Mar 11, 2015

Messages

130

Reaction score

194

Location

alberta

No hid's unless you have a battery.
The ballasts need the battery juice to light the arc.
Go led, no battery needed and much more reliable overall.

 

• Nov 6, 2019

• Thread starter
• #3

Jorg Jorgenson

Active VIP Member

Joined

Oct 1, 2016

Messages

749

Reaction score

2,255

Location

Not close enough to the Mountains, AB

Levithan said:

No hid's unless you have a battery.
The ballasts need the battery juice to light the arc.
Go led, no battery needed and much more reliable overall.

Click to expand...

Is that just for the cats? Because my iq chassis sled did not have a battery just plug & play into the headlight bulb housing.

 

• Nov 6, 2019

• #4

slededjr

Active VIP Member

Joined

Nov 25, 2011

Messages

1,577

Reaction score

1,972

Location

sherwood park

Our group all run LED lights in our cats.

 

• Nov 7, 2019

• #5

Allseasons

Active VIP Member

Joined

Jan 21, 2014

Messages

506

Reaction score

1,054

Location

Rocky

I also installed super bright LED bulbs. Needed to do a little cutting on the rubber sealing boot, but was easy to install. No idea on the HID

The only reason I made the switch was to free up amps/draw from my stator

 

• Nov 13, 2019

• Thread starter
• #6

Jorg Jorgenson

Active VIP Member

Joined

Oct 1, 2016

Messages

749

Reaction score

2,255

Location

Not close enough to the Mountains, AB

I opted to not install the HID's in case it caused stator or other electrical issues. Maybe in the future I'll replace with LED's. Thanks everyone for the input.

 

• Nov 13, 2019

• #7

Dawizman

Active VIP Member

Joined

Feb 24, 2014

Messages

2,821

Reaction score

9,999

Location

Cold Lake, AB

Continuing on this topic... do the e-start M8000 push AC or DC to the headlight? Wouldn't mind throwing LEDS in mine.