[ivan-ator]

well....today i was in the garage and i was thinking there has to be a sealed beam head light that will fit my atv. so i went down to the auto parts store and there was one that looked like the part.. so i got it and sure thing it fits great and it looks so good. its a bit brighter then the factory one and its a 50 watt.
the factory one is 45 watt. so i had a bit of wiring to do. and now it works great and the high beam and low beam works and i replaced the tail light bulbs and now the tail lights work....can't wate to ride it in the dark!!!!!!!!

 

[ostrx250]

what light did you use and get us some pics so we can all see i believe shadetree did some leds in his quad a while back and it looked real good

 

[ivan-ator]

so heare is the part number to the head light i put in my atv H4656 That is a SYLVANIA XTRAVISION.
i will be posting pics sone.

 

[shadetree]

what light did you use and get us some pics so we can all see i believe shadetree did some leds in his quad a while back and it looked real good

yeah..i put some LED's for my back up..lol..i got tired of not being able to back up..and not see what or where i was going..the tail lights on mine weren't bright enough to shine any light...so i put some LED's for back up lights.

 

[ivan-ator]

lightss

sweet did u replace just the bulb or the hole tale light housing???

thank u

 

[shadetree]

sweet did u replace just the bulb or the hole tale light housing???

thank u

yes..and no..lol..i added LED bulbs to my tail lights..and added a clear set of LED back up lights..they light up the yard pretty good when i back up..got them at advanced auto..they were on clearance..i think i paid about 25 bucks for them...kinda hard to see how good they look in the dark !..lol.

 

[ivan-ator]

very nice... i like it. ur atv is very clean did u srtip it down and paint every thing??? i like nice clean
mantend things... lol i want to wire up a back up light to turn on when backing up...

 

[shadetree]

very nice... i like it. ur atv is very clean did u srtip it down and paint every thing??? i like nice clean
mantend things... lol i want to wire up a back up light to turn on when backing up...

yes..when i brought it home...i stripped it down to the bare frame ( a few pic of it when i got it...sorry if they are to small to see..camera settings were off..lol. )..i spray painted every part on it..from the frame up to every last detail..it took me about 6 months to finish it..it was in bad shape when i got it..and it took me that long just to locate parts for it...the easy thing about my bike..it's like a timex watch..takes the lick'n..and keeps on tick'n...the hard part about her..was finding parts !!!..they are getting very rare to find good working parts..as most of them are not being made any more...as for wiring your back up lights to come on..when you go into reverse..after a few tries..i finally gave up ( the nuetral and reverse wires are hot at all times until you go in to them..soo..i found this out to be a problem..and just wired me a rocker switch with a fuse..and when i want to see behind me..i just flip the switch..other than that..it works great !!!..the lights i added can be angled down or up..they swivle..not a bad buy for 20 something bucks..lol.. anyway..just a few pic's from start to finish..she turned out very nice !..again..sorry for the small pic's on some of them ( stupid camera ! )..lol

 

[Helmut]

as for wiring your back up lights to come on..when you go into reverse..after a few tries..i finally gave up ( the nuetral and reverse wires are hot at all times until you go in to them..soo..i found this out to be a problem..and just wired me a rocker switch with a fuse..and when i want to see behind me..i just flip the switch

You could have run the backup lights off a relay and spliced into the hot wire going to the reverse light to switch the relay.

 

[shadetree]

as for wiring your back up lights to come on..when you go into reverse..after a few tries..i finally gave up ( the nuetral and reverse wires are hot at all times until you go in to them..soo..i found this out to be a problem..and just wired me a rocker switch with a fuse..and when i want to see behind me..i just flip the switch

You could have run the backup lights off a relay and spliced into the hot wire going to the reverse light to switch the relay.

tired that..it never worked..lol.and don't tell me how to wire atv's..lmfaooo..no..for real..tried everything..for some reason..the reverse wires that go into the reverse sensor..is always hot..until you go into reverse..then it goes dead..well..i thought..ok..i'll wire the nuetral up..because it's not hot..wrong again..it was hot..until it goes out of neutral..then it goes dead..sooooooo..i thought..okkkkkk..i'll wire it off the reverse light on the dash panel..nope..that didn't work either...and yes..i had it wired with a relay..no go jo !..lol..soooooo..i wound up just putting a rocker switch inline from the battery to the lights..works perfect..and yes..there is a fuse inline..lol...but..thanks for the info...even after i tried it..and it never would work..i guess i kinda got tired of chasing the ghost..and just did it the easy way..lol.

 

[ivan-ator]

i like what u have done with ur atv its very nice. how is the 4 wheel drive on those? I am thinking about striping mine down to the frame and having the frame and related parts powder coated that would be sweet. i dont know what color yet but my wheels are being powder coated right know they will be gun metal. i will just add some lights to the front and maybe a wench?????

thanks for the info..

 

[shadetree]

i like what u have done with ur atv its very nice. how is the 4 wheel drive on those? I am thinking about striping mine down to the frame and having the frame and related parts powder coated that would be sweet. i dont know what color yet but my wheels are being powder coated right know they will be gun metal. i will just add some lights to the front and maybe a wench?????

thanks for the info..

thanks for the comment's ivan-ator..took me alot of hours to bring her back to life. if you add a winch....you will need to make your own mounting plate for it..and trim back the front fender in order for it to mount under the front fender..i had put an old warn 2000 lb on my old trx250..it took some fabing..but it turned out nice...they dont make the old style 2000 lb winches anymore..but you may luck out and find one on ebay ??..who knows..added..the 4x4 is sweet..kinda hard to turn..as you already probally know..they don't drive like a cadilac !..lol..other than that..it goes where i need it to !..lol.

 

[ivan-ator]

sweet i will look into that. i am still wating for my rear wheels and i cant wate to put my new rear tires on lol lol.... i just want to be able to ride it lol lol. it is a great project.. lol lol. do u know of a new better rear shock/spring for it?

 

[shadetree]

sweet i will look into that. i am still wating for my rear wheels and i cant wate to put my new rear tires on lol lol.... i just want to be able to ride it lol lol. it is a great project.. lol lol. do u know of a new better rear shock/spring for it?

i don't know of any after market shocks..i always stay stock..a shock off a older model 300 may fit it..not sure. i do know shocks are not cheap by any means !..lol..just one shock alone for my '89 trx350d foreman is over 200 bucks....can you guess which shock is still on it ?????..lmfao.

 

[swiftsix]

ivan-ator, did you need to do any fab work to have the new light fit? is this something a novice could take on? my wife's an engineer so I should be fine rewiring.

 

[swiftsix]

ivan-ator, did you need to do any fab work to have the new light fit? is this something a novice could take on? my wife's an engineer so I should be fine rewiring.

 

[ivan-ator]

yea it is very easy just put it in like a stock headlight and make the wire harines fit the new headlight its just having to cut off the old harnes and use spade concters for the new headlight...

good luck