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Chinese LED 5-3/4" headlight

  • Kingchops
    Kingchops
    6 years ago
    Normally cheap means nasty, but this is one of the exceptions.  I know a couple of people who've been using these knock-off Daymakers for over a year and the reports are very good.  So I decided to get one.  I thought I'd put up some comparison pics.  It's clearly a much better headlight than the stock incandescent light.  It also runs much cooler and no doubt uses much less power.  Well worth the $63 it cost me.  There's a number of these Chinese LED headlights around, but this particular one goes under the name Wisamic on Amazon and is distinguishable by the green plug and solid black cable on the back.  I got it from this ebay link.

    See below some comparison pics between the stock incandescent headlight and the LED headlight.

    Factory incandescent headlight LOW beam:


    LED headlight LOW beam:


    Factory incandescent headlight HIGH beam:


    LED headlight HIGH beam:


    LED headlight installed:

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  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    6 years ago
    Cheap upgrade, looks good
  • JFE
    JFE
    6 years ago
    That was well worth the $73. Be interesting to see how it goes in the future. Sometimes cheaper is better (and worth a shot)!
  • mickle
    mickle
    6 years ago
    Just make sure you stay behind me, back there with Tim SG, I don't want to get hit in the head with cheap Chinese shit.
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    6 years ago
    I'm with you KC. My fear is riding at night lighting, long story, but lights out baby and 2 months hospital.
    Anyway, have bought similar to you but fixed dual for Road Glide, inserting in the new year, can't wait, but going to bush wedding in between. Hanging out to install stuff bought, lighting being one in new year. 
    That is a great improvement from OEM. Fuck knows why we buy these bikes again and agin, bloody every thing gotta be up graded. 
    Nearly as bad as owning a house!
  • gidgi
    gidgi
    6 years ago
    looks good but with chinese stuff longevity is the issue 
  • Iron
    Iron
    5 years ago
    Must be something in the water down here Mickle cause I've just put 3 on my bike as well it cost me $150 for a 7 inch and 2 fog lights , the dearest part for me was the Harley lighting bar $300


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  • jqvp
    jqvp
    4 years ago
    Quoting Iron on 02 Feb 2019 12:43 PM

    Must be something in the water down here Mickle cause I've just put 3 on my bike as well it cost me $150 for a 7 inch and 2 fog lights , the dearest part for me was the Harley lighting bar $300


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    Looks awesome, must be so bright now!
    I've got the amazon version too (Wismac branded?), I regret not getting the one with a DRL ring around it to make sure of the "parker" light connection. Over a year of use now in rain and shine without any issue.
  • Train
    Train
    4 years ago
    Put this one on the Dyna a few months back. Works well. Big difference.
    The original had to extra wires that plugged into the light. This one had the main plug only. I just taped the two extra wires up and tucked them inside the headlight bucket.
    What are those two wires for. I looked in the service manual and it didn't mention anything.


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  • HOG63
    HOG63
    4 years ago
    Got one of these on eBay for $65...

    Made the stock H4 look like a candle. 

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  • gidgi
    gidgi
    4 years ago
    Quoting Train on 22 Jun 2019 02:56 AM

    Put this one on the Dyna a few months back. Works well. Big difference.

    The original had to extra wires that plugged into the light. This one had the main plug only. I just taped the two extra wires up and tucked them inside the headlight bucket.
    What are those two wires for. I looked in the service manual and it didn't mention anything.


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    with out seeing the fitting is hard to say but I am now searching for some for my Road king with passing lamps & have noticed some head lights include turn signals within the unit maybe the case here, dunno, yours looks nice BTW
  • shaggy
    shaggy
    4 years ago
    Quoting Train on 22 Jun 2019 02:56 AM

    Put this one on the Dyna a few months back. Works well. Big difference.

    The original had to extra wires that plugged into the light. This one had the main plug only. I just taped the two extra wires up and tucked them inside the headlight bucket.
    What are those two wires for. I looked in the service manual and it didn't mention anything.


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    I know on my FXR when the headlight blows I lose illumination for the speedo/tacho.
    I assume the light for the gauge is fed power from the headlight circuit. Might be similar for you WRT the extra wires?

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