Um....' I'm not a smart man ' ( Forest Gump )......so, wasn't it difficult to install boot And clip clasp for bulb?
It was easy for me but I had chosen to take my headlight out.
It was remove the boot, open the bale clip, remove the halogen bulb.
Take LED bulb from the package, should be 2 parts - the ballast and bulb. Separate them at the connector if they are connected.
Bend and remove the 2 lower tabs off the ring.
You want it to look like this (this was the upgraded H4 halogen bulb with the 2 lower tabs removed. If you have an OEM halogen bulb it will have all 3 tabs on it.)
For the next step I cant recall if I kept the bulb as one piece or separated the ring from the center of the bulb (yes it will come apart where you can spin it.)
I did one of these things next. (I can't recall which...)
a) I put the whole bulb in, snapped the bale closed, made sure it was turned facing the right way up, put on the boot with the wire feeding out the rear
or
b) I put the separated ring in, snapped the bale closed, put the boot on and then inserted the bulb making sure it was facing the right way up. The wire would obviously be out if I did it this way.
(I think it was "b" I did. If you have the headlight out you can try each way and find what's easiest for you.)
This is how you want the bulb facing - with the "cup" up.
I then connected the ballast, looped it around the shown bits in the photo, placed some 3M brand dual lock (like Velcro) to hold the ballasts to the headlight assembly. The 3M dual lock didn't come with the bulb. I had some on hand and it made it tidier.
There was no trimming of the boot required. There seemed to be sufficient air flow. I could have pushed the center part of the boot inward some more if I wanted to I think.
The advantage of looping the wire and 3M locking the ballast was to keep the wire strain off the bulb and to make sure there was clearance and no annoying vibration sounds when the bike was running. You only hear the fans until you start the engine.
This shows the headlight assembly installed and the clearances to the nearby supports. I think some have zip tied the ballasts to the supports as well vs the 3M lock. Do whatever works best for you.
Just make sure nothing is rubbing on the brake lines and doesn't jam up the steering at all (turn the bars from lock to lock to check.)
It was then plug it to the bike harness, turn the key on in to test run it before I reinstalled everything.
It as all good so I reinstalled everything and admired the nice new whiter and brighter light.
It was just a matter of waiting until dark to admire the difference.
Other than figuring out where to loop the wires and ballasts it wasn't any more difficult than changing a regular light bulb on the bike. I would not have wanted to do this with the headlight and Tupperware installed. Yes you could do it with everything installed but you'd need a small hand, patience and some band-aids for the scraped knuckles
There's not much room, it's tight in there and you can't see where you hand is. I'd say removing the Tupperware for the first time was the harder part of the whole thing.
If you are going to do the side peanut bulbs in LED as well now is the best time to do it while you have it opened up. It's very challenging to swap the peanut bulbs in my opinion when the bike is all together.
