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Can-Am Headquarters ...Aurora Wheelers ATV Forum > ATVs > Can-Am / BRP > Results: 35W Headlight Bulbs Upgrade to 55W on 800 |
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Half Stuck Member 
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I called Customer Service with Bombardier and they informed me that there is no upgrading to the 55w bulbs. Not being satisfied with their answer I called Philips Lighting Company USA (Bulb: Philips HS1 #12636 35/35W Type/Base PX43T) and they informed me that the bulb is made in Germany and there is no higher wattage bulbs for the PX43T Base. Summary: I used the instructions in the Official Service Manual and realligned the headlights (off, but not by real far) and that helped. I installed two Optronics Driving Lights (35w) and got the 55W bulb Upgrade for them at the same time. Big difference! I am attaching a photo of the Driving lights I installed on the Motovan Front trunk Box in front of the Lowrance Color Chart Plotter / GPS. I hope this Research helps someone. Driving light Kit $49.81 http://www.automotivepartsnetwork.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=176&idproduct=5792 Light Bulb Upgrade to 55W $7.99 http://www.autopn.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=5521 Attachment: Yellow Thunder.jpg (Downloaded 302 times) Last edited on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 08:03 pm by Half Stuck ____________________ Lowrance 6600C HD Color Chartplotter/GPS Dual 55w Driving Lights 27" Maxxis Bighorn Radials Perfex Skidplate/Floorboard Plates Custom Voltage & Water Temp Gauges built into Quick Release Motovan Front Box |
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roaddog Member 
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Those are the exact same lights i was thinking of adding. I dont have a box on front so i was going to mount them on the back part of the rack by the counsel. How did you route the wires? Did you have to drill through the plastic? If so where? How did you connect the wires? To what power source? Where did you mount the switch, Is it sealed? Sorry for all the questions. Need the lights because if i plow at night the stock lights hit the rear of my plow. Last edited on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 10:45 pm by roaddog ____________________ 2006 Viper Red 800 H.O. V-Twin EFI XT #206 Team Outty 800 Member #12 Build Date 09-2005 50" Moose County Plow & Fender Extentions BRP Heated Grips & Thumb Throttle Vip-air Windshield w/ 20 1/4" shield Silverstar Ultra & ext. 55 Watt Xenon Lights Ricochet Skid Plate,Front A-arms 27" Mudlite XTR's on SS 108 rims 4-Crutchfield stage 2 shocks |
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roaddog Member
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Well I just ordered mine. I hope I needed to select 2 for the 55 watt bulbs at $7.99 each. If you can take some more pics of the install and hook up for me. I was debating getting these for a while. I hope the back part of the rack will be high enough to get over my plow blade and not put alot of light on the rack and front of quad. Thanks, Roaddog  Last edited on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 11:40 pm by roaddog ____________________ 2006 Viper Red 800 H.O. V-Twin EFI XT #206 Team Outty 800 Member #12 Build Date 09-2005 50" Moose County Plow & Fender Extentions BRP Heated Grips & Thumb Throttle Vip-air Windshield w/ 20 1/4" shield Silverstar Ultra & ext. 55 Watt Xenon Lights Ricochet Skid Plate,Front A-arms 27" Mudlite XTR's on SS 108 rims 4-Crutchfield stage 2 shocks |
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brewster Member
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hey guy's. i swapped the front headlight bulbs with Sylvania 9003 st/2 bulbs and the fit and work fine. there really bright compared to what's in there. i don't know why there telling you different. the only drawback is the price but i got them on ebay for like 25 bucks for the pair.
____________________ 06 outty 800 red xt bumpers,hand guard,a-arm protectors, full skids,55w headlites,27" mudlites,dalton,hmf,warn #38 |
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Half Stuck Member
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Thanks Brewster. I will definatly check out the lights and see if they fit. Roaddog, the light kit comes with a waterproof switch and all types of hardware to fit them and everything you possibly would need to make it work. Since the lights are on top of my front box it has a lot of clearance. One thought (Like I did on my wife's Rincon) is to mount them on some 1/2" CPVC pipe nipples (around 6" long) and for the 2" round base just U-bolt it to the rack if you don't have a box. I picked all this up at Lowe's Hardware for about $10.
____________________ Lowrance 6600C HD Color Chartplotter/GPS Dual 55w Driving Lights 27" Maxxis Bighorn Radials Perfex Skidplate/Floorboard Plates Custom Voltage & Water Temp Gauges built into Quick Release Motovan Front Box |
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spicyman Member
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Hey there 1/2 stuck............im wondering not being an electrical type of person, can you run the factory lights along with the auxiliary lights without over tasking the charging system, or do you just run the auxiliary lights only and is there a significant difference in the light that they provide..........thanks for your help............spicyman
____________________ Yellow 2006 Outlander Max 800HO EFI Mud Lite XTRs W/ITP Series 6 wheels BRP A-Arm Guards Perfex Skid Plates Kolpin Front Storage Box Speedo Intro "This Side Up" Built 11-05 |
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turboman Member 
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Confused. the dealer told me it's a H4 bulb. I've got a pair of PIAA's H4's sitting on the shelf, haven't installed them yet because it's been so cold in the garage. In the Owners Manual the bulb install photos they look the same as H4s? This is weird.
____________________ 800 MaxXT,25"XTR's.RAM GPS,Twin-Air, Ricochet,ELKA fronts,EBC pads,Kevlar cable,PIAA bulbs,grip-reinf's,Leeds hitch,Precision damper,1" Rr spacers,Iridium plugs,Rene'wgts,OEM w/shield,OURY grips,WestCo coated muffler,Saeng mirrors,flares,AGM bat |
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OSOKILL Admin Assist/ Enforcer 
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spicyman wrote: im wondering not being an electrical type of person, can you run the factory lights along with the auxiliary lights without over tasking the charging system, or do you just run the auxiliary lights only and is there a significant difference in the light that they provideI have the driving lights on my Grizz and I run both. The headlights seem to provide a longer/farther beam. The driving lights I have add a flood like fill and makes it look liike daylight almost lol. How does yers look Half Stuck?
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OSOKILL Admin Assist/ Enforcer
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OK I just ordered the Sylvania 9003 st/2's and I also ordered some PIAA H4 Ion Crystal 150W Super Brights lolol ok so I got carried away but hey sometimes you just gotta experiment a little lolol 
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Half Stuck Member
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On the back side of my Quick Release Motovan Front Trunk Box I installed a backlighted Volt meter and monitored the voltage while running both bright headlights AND the pair of 55W driving lights for over 1-1/2 hours straight while night riding two nights ago. The voltage never dropped below 13.5vdc showing a possitive charge. (12.6vdc is a fully charged battery) So all the lights and all the accessories were running totaly off the Stator (400w output at 6000rpm so the book says). Not a problem. I probably could have run another set along with it without any problems. Just in case I have mounted a duplicate battery as the main outty battery inside the trunk. I like to be able to run the driving lights seperatly if need be to light up the swim holes on our night runs (obviously Summers only).  If you guys can't tell yet I run the Electrical Division onboard a Drilling Rig so my handywork shows that. I love these projects.
____________________ Lowrance 6600C HD Color Chartplotter/GPS Dual 55w Driving Lights 27" Maxxis Bighorn Radials Perfex Skidplate/Floorboard Plates Custom Voltage & Water Temp Gauges built into Quick Release Motovan Front Box |
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mr.ellsworth Member
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Nice work Half Stuck. Other than rigging something up myself does anyone know if there is a light kit that would mount to the handle bars so I would always have a light pointing the way I am turning. I already asked the company that makes that sweet windshield and they said it would be to expensive to make a new mold so they wont be adding one.
____________________ 2006 Outlander 800XT Team Outty Member #43 |
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turboman Member
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Check out SaengTA.com website. They have their own line of mountings for about everything including high intensity, small size motorcycle lites that have received favorable comments in cycle magazines. My "link" didn't work, use Google.
____________________ 800 MaxXT,25"XTR's.RAM GPS,Twin-Air, Ricochet,ELKA fronts,EBC pads,Kevlar cable,PIAA bulbs,grip-reinf's,Leeds hitch,Precision damper,1" Rr spacers,Iridium plugs,Rene'wgts,OEM w/shield,OURY grips,WestCo coated muffler,Saeng mirrors,flares,AGM bat |
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turboman Member
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OSOKILL wrote: OK I just ordered the Sylvania 9003 st/2's and I also ordered some PIAA H4 Ion Crystal 150W Super Brights lolol ok so I got carried away but hey sometimes you just gotta experiment a little lolol Last edited on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 06:42 am by turboman ____________________ 800 MaxXT,25"XTR's.RAM GPS,Twin-Air, Ricochet,ELKA fronts,EBC pads,Kevlar cable,PIAA bulbs,grip-reinf's,Leeds hitch,Precision damper,1" Rr spacers,Iridium plugs,Rene'wgts,OEM w/shield,OURY grips,WestCo coated muffler,Saeng mirrors,flares,AGM bat |
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OSOKILL Admin Assist/ Enforcer
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turboman wrote: OSOKILL wrote:thats what it said ..... they are shippin them and I guess Ill find out soon enough LOL ... here its ebay what do you think???http://cgi.ebay.com/PIAA-H4-Ion-Crystal-Brand-New-150W-Super-Bright_W0QQitemZ8020387727QQcategoryZ33709QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Half Stuck Member
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Yea yea....that's it, lets try some 500w Mercury Vapor lights and mount the ballast next to the auxilliary generator, maybe that will finaly melt the plastic. 
____________________ Lowrance 6600C HD Color Chartplotter/GPS Dual 55w Driving Lights 27" Maxxis Bighorn Radials Perfex Skidplate/Floorboard Plates Custom Voltage & Water Temp Gauges built into Quick Release Motovan Front Box |
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outlandish AWF Admin 
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I thought the lights on the 800 were pretty good. They are a lot brighter than my 400 lights are. The 400XT's had this nifty little accessory bar in front of the handlebars that I wish the 800 had. The lights turn with the handlebars. I bet there would be a way to mount lights on the VIP-AIR fairings........
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spicyman Member
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Great responses guys, lots of good info here. I will wait to see how the different lights perform in further discussions, thanks for the help.
____________________ Yellow 2006 Outlander Max 800HO EFI Mud Lite XTRs W/ITP Series 6 wheels BRP A-Arm Guards Perfex Skid Plates Kolpin Front Storage Box Speedo Intro "This Side Up" Built 11-05 |
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coconut56 Member 
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I went across the road at lunchtime today to the Autozone store and got me a pair of 9003 Extra Vision Sylvania bulbs,we will see how long it takes the plastic to melt
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brewster Member
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i can tell you the plastic does get a bit warm with the 9003 bulbs but there is a fair amount of distance between the bulb and lens so i don't fore see a problem. but those 150w bulbs i would be careful with. i doubt those lenses are cheap.
____________________ 06 outty 800 red xt bumpers,hand guard,a-arm protectors, full skids,55w headlites,27" mudlites,dalton,hmf,warn #38 |
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OSOKILL Admin Assist/ Enforcer
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brewster wrote: but those 150w bulbs i would be careful with. i doubt those lenses are cheap. yeah I am gonna put em in my driving lights first that has glass lenses and see what the temp is
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FlyinMonkey Member 
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brewster wrote: i can tell you the plastic does get a bit warm with the 9003 bulbs but there is a fair amount of distance between the bulb and lens so i don't fore see a problem. but those 150w bulbs i would be careful with. i doubt those lenses are cheap. Let alone easy to get, If they are anything like the rest of the parts for this quad, They will be backordered 6 months too!
____________________ And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death. and Hell followed with him. |
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