Well I finally got a truck again. The whole car thing was just not working out for me. I tried and it lasted about 6 months then I was going through major truck withdrawals. After countless hours of searching I finally found someone who was willing to trade a Tacoma for my 03 VW Golf. I picked the truck up about two months ago and absolutely loving every second of it.

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The Electrosport Booth

If you’re in to truck & buggy racing, and in Southern California, there’s an event you need to check out!
The SXS Stadium Series events are a short-course dirt track stadium race, held each month in the spring and summer  at Perris Auto Speedway, in Perris California (about 20 miles north of Temecula off the 215 freeway).
Electrosport is now a proud vendor at this event and will have a booth setup at each race!

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Ian's 56 Pontiac Starchief

For all of you classic car guys out there, you REALLY need this upgrade!

The Electrosport 7″ Sealed Beam to HID conversion is a huge upgrade on these older cars!
It’s an easy, < 1 hour install, and will work with any H4 bulb 7″ (5 3/4″ kits available too) sealed beam housings.  It easily doubles your lighting output, making your car safer to drive at night, while still looking stock!

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73 Duster w/ HID's

Well I guess I should use this post to introduce myself. I’m Evan Grist, the new Research & Development guy at Electrosport.  I’ll be posting here on the blog as much as possible to keep you informed of the interesting projects going on here at Electrosport.

I figured I’d give you all an update on a recent  HID install. I recently traded my 1964 Plymouth Barracuda (built 318, 4speed with a Hurst shifter, very fast car!) for the 1973 Plymouth Duster you see above. It has an original 225ci slant six engine, and gets excellent mileage. However, it was sorely lacking in lighting output with the stock 7″ sealed beams, making driving at night a challenge to say the least.

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  2009 Dealer Expo Show!

Scott, our General Manager, Laura, our Operations Manager, Eric, from Research and Development and Trent, Technical Sales all packed up and headed into frigid nine degree weather.  In addition to arctic shock, we also enjoyed long work days and sleepless nights….  Why? To attend the biggest blow-out-bash industry show of the year of course!

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Ok… so, it took a while to recover my sight after burning my retinas during the last HID installation on the Jeep Jeepster but, I am back at it.

Colby, the Service Manager at Anaheim Harley in Orange County, CA asked about lights for his Ford F350 after seeing all of the HID kits that were being installed in the Harleys going through his service department.  Colby’s truck has it all… a lift, custom interior, billet wheels, and even retracting steps to climb up into the cab.  Our HID light conversion kit was an obvious choice.  Not only is it much brighter than the original bulbs, it is twice as bright as the single bulb HID kits being sold out there when on high beam.  You see, our high end kit has two bulbs packed into one   When high beam is on, both lights scorch the road!  When on low, there is a solid area of light in front of the car or truck but, because of the way that they are designed… oncoming traffic is not blinded.  Pretty cool.

HID lights in Colby's Ford F350

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Let’s face it, old jeeps are just plain cool.  Like any vehicle that has years of use on it, things get old and technology that once was state of the art becomes a relic of a bygone era.  Don’t get me wrong, I am a fan of vintage stuff but, every once in a while something comes along that transforms the way that you see things.

When Pete from JP Magazine contacted us about doing a HID kit in his Jeep Jeepster to replace his original headlights, we jumped at the chance.  Pete is a complete Jeep addict with something like twelve or thirteen Jeeps.  He uses his Jeeps the way that they were meant to be used… hard.  He wanted bright lights but he also wanted to keep the original look.

Headlights on classic vehicles are anemic at best.  Sure, it is a step up from a whale oil lantern but not much of a step up.  I knew from my own classic cars over the years that Pete was in for a treat.  Moab is going to be fun this year…

Jeep Jeepster with HID sealed beam conversion kit.

HID vs original sealed beam headlight

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Well my buddy finally convinced me to throw a light on my dirt bike to ride with him at night. At first I was a little bit skeptical because I have never rode at night before, except for riding double on quads out at Ocotillo Wells and Borrego which is not a good idea by the way. At least for me it isn’t, I always seem to run myself over, so I try and stay away from quads. Anyways I put a HID headlight (http://www.electrosport.com/products/product-detail-501.php), a ESL960 60w lighting stator (http://www.electrosport.com/products/product-detail-543.php) , LED taillight (http://www.electrosport.com/products/product-detail-1720.php) and a ESR600 (http://www.electrosport.com/products/product-detail-622.php) Regulator/Rectifier on my personal 04 Kawasaki KX250. I must admit I did cheat alittle bit because the ESL960 stator is not the stator that we have listed for the KX250. The ESL960 is for the CRF250R/450R, however I was not satisfied with running just a 35w halogen bulb because you might as well just ride with a candle. So I figured out a way to run the L960 on my bike. This sooner or later will be the new stator for the KX, but I am currently doing some testing on it to make sure it works flawlessly. So pretty much I am the test dummie for this new part. I must say with this HID light I absolutely love riding at night, it adds a whole new level of sketchiness to riding.

Even Next to Steven’s (Tech Support) RM in broad daylight you can see the HID in my KX is ridiculously brighter.

I just finished up putting an ElectroSport HID2 lighting kit on a Service Honda Junior R.  This bike is pretty cool.  It is a CRF250R motor stuck into a 150 frame.  We used one of our ESL960 stators, a Dakar battery, and a ESR600 regulator/rectifier to power the light.  The headlight shell is one of our Dakar lights with the HID upgrade.

This picture is straight from the camera…

As you can see, these lights are stupid bright.  Even better, these come in an optional 2 lamp bulb.  Two HID lights in a single bulb!  This install was with a single lamp only due to the small motor’s stator.  The ballasts are really compact and fit so well that you barely notice they are there.

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So when I was given the opportunity to escape from behind my monitor, and get my hands dirty working on this SV650, naturally I jumped at the opportunity. I have always had a thing for naked bikes, and streetfighters have a whole other attitude to them.

Luckily for us we had the bike loaned to us by some one in the Army who was going to be on deployment for 15 months. That gave us plenty of time to get everything perfect. After all, if he’s out there risking his life for my freedom, he should get nothing less than perfection!

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