Anybody tried Cheap H4 LED Bulbs in a new Spyder???

[Captainmal]

Traded my Ryker on a new F3-S Spyder. On the Ryker I bought a cheap (Ebay) set of H4 LED headlight bulbs. Put them in and they worked perfectly. Fog lights coming to replace the plugs up front. Since I have to take things apart, good time to change bulbs.

Anybody tried regular LED bulbs on the Spyder?

[Peter Aawen]

A quick search shows this recent thread on F3 LED choices:

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...&highlight=LED

And this thread on which/how to avoid hyperflash:

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...&highlight=LED

But there's a whole lot more if you look!

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Traded my Ryker on a new F3-S Spyder. On the Ryker I bought a cheap (Ebay) set of H4 LED headlight bulbs. Put them in and they worked perfectly. Fog lights coming to replace the plugs up front. Since I have to take things apart, good time to change bulbs.

Anybody tried regular LED bulbs on the Spyder?

" regular " LED bulbs ???? .... I got my LED 's off E-bay ( 2 seasons ago ) .... " Forerunner Brand ...... 16,000 lumen's I think they work fantastic ..... good price .....Mike

[Captainmal]

" regular " LED bulbs ???? .... I got my LED 's off E-bay ( 2 seasons ago ) .... " Forerunner Brand ...... 16,000 lumen's I think they work fantastic ..... good price .....Mike

Do have the LED fog lights coming from Slingmods. As for headlights, that "hyperflash" issue is for turn signal lighting...I think. The LED headlights from Slingmods and Lamonster are viable replacements but rather expensive. I tried something like that with those heavy bases. Still have two in a locker. Useless as they are too long in back and those plastic mounts were too think to use on my Ryker.

On this new Spyder I will look for the Forerunner 16,000 lumens and get them to try if the bases are metal. Here is what I just brought home. Wife cleaning off a spot as we wait for all the luggage, windshield, footboards and more to get here.

Thanks for the tip and appreciate anyone else who has experience with regular LED bulbs. Thinking they might upset the Canbus system, if the Spyder has one. Here's the wife with the new toy upon arrival. We have only tried a 10 minute ride so far.

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[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Do have the LED fog lights coming from Slingmods. As for headlights, that "hyperflash" issue is for turn signal lighting...I think. The LED headlights from Slingmods and Lamonster are viable replacements but rather expensive. I tried something like that with those heavy bases. Still have two in a locker. Useless as they are too long in back and those plastic mounts were too think to use on my Ryker.

On this new Spyder I will look for the Forerunner 16,000 lumens and get them to try if the bases are metal. Here is what I just brought home. Wife cleaning off a spot as we wait for all the luggage, windshield, footboards and more to get here.

Thanks for the tip and appreciate anyone else who has experience with regular LED bulbs. Thinking they might upset the Canbus system, if the Spyder has one. Here's the wife with the new toy upon arrival. We have only tried a 10 minute ride so far.

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I can't say for sure the H-4 is plastic ( I use 9005 or HB-3 ) ..... but every Forerunner bulb I've seen has been plastic base including mine ...... I had no issues mounting them ....Mike I had TriCled LED's and these are much brighter and better focused IMHO .....Mike

[CloverHillCrawler]

I just got these off of amazon for my wife's mazda you can get them with just the HB3, they are nice and cheap and pretty bright. I got a set of 4 for $50
Nice thing about these are they are fanless and the driver is built right into the bulb so it is a direct plug and play replacement.

https://www.amazon.com/AUTOONE-Bulbs...ps%2C70&sr=8-2

I found some HB2's High/Low beams which are used in the 2020 F3 don't know if yours uses the same and they are on sale now for $38 only difference is these do have a fan but are still plug and play

https://www.amazon.com/AUTOONE-H4-90...zcF9hdGY&psc=1


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[Captainmal]

I just got these off of amazon for my wife's mazda you can get them with just the HB3, they are nice and cheap and pretty bright. I got a set of 4 for $50
Nice thing about these are they are fanless and the driver is built right into the bulb so it is a direct plug and play replacement.

OK... Based on this and the other comment about the base being plastic, I just ordered two of these.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/386313933766

Will find out and report but expect that to take another week or more. Thanks for the response.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I just got these off of amazon for my wife's mazda you can get them with just the HB3, they are nice and cheap and pretty bright. I got a set of 4 for $50
Nice thing about these are they are fanless and the driver is built right into the bulb so it is a direct plug and play replacement.

OK... Based on this and the other comment about the base being plastic, I just ordered two of these.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/386313933766

Will find out and report but expect that to take another week or more. Thanks for the response.

I read all the info they put in the description ..... At the top in Large print 360,000 lumens .... In small print at the end it states Light Output ... 16,000 Lumens.... Good luck please keep us informed ..... Mike

[CloverHillCrawler]

Do what you want with the info, I am happy with the ones I have gotten for my wife's car and I'll probably go back and order some for cafe` silverado, that's what I call my truck since it is used a lot for quiet packed lunches at work.

The auxito's that were chosen are not a bad choice either, I have heard some good things about them. If it is available in a fanless model I would go for those first no worries about a fan failing on it or any rf noise created from it.

[Bfromla]

EBay find

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Been good from '19 OEM H4 LH multiple fails in short time frames...

[Captainmal]

I read all the info they put in the description ..... At the top in Large print 360,000 lumens .... In small print at the end it states Light Output ... 16,000 Lumens.... Good luck please keep us informed ..... Mike

Saw that. The lights I used on my Ryker were only 6,000 lumens. They worked when I went out to test one evening. Never rode at night. Really never want to. 16,000 lumens seemed to me like a lot.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Saw that. The lights I used on my Ryker were only 6,000 lumens. They worked when I went out to test one evening. Never rode at night. Really never want to. 16,000 lumens seemed to me like a lot.

Well, if you ONLY drive in daylight, then you only need your headlights for LEGAL purposes. .... However, you never know when you might be compelled to drive in the dark or get a motel room. My ForeRunner LED's are also 16,000 lumens ($ 27 a pair.) They are well focused & and way better than stock or the LED's I got from TriCled ..... Good Luck .... Mike

[Captainmal]

Finally got the headlight bulbs. Will put them in tomorrow. No fog lights to put in. Slingmods screwed up the fog lights, sending me a pair that were opened, maybe used and had parts missing. Jumping through hoops right now to both return and maybe get money back or proper product. Of course weeks have gone by and I still have not gotten all the luggage from them. did get some wrong parts I sent back at my expense and time and a defective F4 windshield.

Beyond the frustrating and now looks like I go to Daytona without the stuff I paid for.

Oh - another glitch (topping $2,500 in them)...ordered a M2 rear shock, not arrived yet. 40 miles total of riding with the wife on OEM shock and we slammed the rear tire into the underseat pan. The two weeks of ownership have been evil.

[Mikey]

When the guys at M2 asked you the combined weight of load did you not tell them the truth? That shock should have not compressed like that so easily, unless they forgot to load it, or you soften the adjustment to much and forgot you were going to ride 2up!

[Captainmal]

When the guys at M2 asked you the combined weight of load did you not tell them the truth? That shock should have not compressed like that so easily, unless they forgot to load it, or you soften the adjustment to much and forgot you were going to ride 2up!

The M2 shock from Marcus has NOT arrived yet. The problem is the factory garbage for a solo ride on a bike sold with two seats for two-up riding. My Ryker was way better.

I told Marcus our exact weight and the future weight of the luggage - if I ever get it. Weeks gone by and the evil Slingmods has yet to supply all those parts. You don't want to know.

Appreciate the interest and the comment. People like you show you care and try to be helpful.