[Plaid Dad]

Want to put a LED bar on my bike. would like to see pics of Kodiaks with LED.
Ordered fairing will be in next week and I have the third light.(SE)
I was out last weekend and buddy had LED light on his grizz and it blew me away the difference in light.

 

[MinnesotaSE]

I will be getting a E2 10" - Diffused by Rigid Industries on my 2017 SE within a month. Will post when applied.

 

[Kodiakjoe]

I just bought this 2016 Kodiak and I put this Light Bar on. I also changed the stock headlight bulbs to Led Bulbs. The led bulbs are SO much brighter! the headlight bulbs do not have high beam so I just spliced Led light bar into the the headlight high beam wire so the stock light switch on low beam the headlights come on and when switched to high beam they all come on. It was very easy. It is crazy bright! I also changed the brake light bulb to led and that is also at least 2 times brighter. Led uses very little power but do not try to put a real big light bar without using a relay.

 

[Nomad]

Want to put a LED bar on my bike. would like to see pics of Kodiaks with LED.
Ordered fairing will be in next week and I have the third light.(SE)
I was out last weekend and buddy had LED light on his grizz and it blew me away the difference in light.

I have the 7.5" kimpex combo light on mine. Great addition to the Kodiak. I am in NS also.

 

[Nomad]

I just bought this 2016 Kodiak and I put this Light Bar on. I also changed the stock headlight bulbs to Led Bulbs. The led bulbs are SO much brighter! the headlight bulbs do not have high beam so I just spliced Led light bar into the the headlight high beam wire so the stock light switch on low beam the headlights come on and when switched to high beam they all come on. It was very easy. It is crazy bright! I also changed the brake light bulb to led and that is also at least 2 times brighter. Led uses very little power but do not try to put a real big light bar without using a relay.

Could we get a little detail on the led replacement headlamps? What is the bulb number ? Any mods needed? Thanks

 

[Kodiakjoe]

Sure.. The headlight bulbs are H6M and the Tail light/ brake light is 1157 i used a red Led for the the tail light and I am very happy with both. Here is the item# for the headlight bulb from ebay 361511834355 and the tail light is eBay item number:121997587979 well worth the money and I did research a lot and these are great quality and price.

 

[cjg]

Sure.. The headlight bulbs are H6M and the Tail light/ brake light is 1157 i used a red Led for the the tail light and I am very happy with both. Here is the item# for the headlight bulb from ebay 361511834355 and the tail light is eBay item number:121997587979 well worth the money and I did research a lot and these are great quality and price.

Thanks for putting the item numbers. That's a lot of help.

 

[Plaid Dad]

Flood or Spot? have been looking at diff led systems. not sure which way to go. will be mounting on fairing just above 3rd headlight. led approx. 6-10"

 

[Kodiakjoe]

I bought this 12" combo Spot/flood 72 watt from eBay item number:391209299451 I only paid 27 dollars and it crazy bright and the spot Leds give you the long distance. This seller has tons of the good Cree Leds. You can get them in a lot of diff sizes. 7" 9" 10" Just be careful a lot of the Lights on ebay are junk.

 

[pikester]

Kodiakjoe,

When you installed the LED bar, where was the high beam wire located that you spliced in to?

Thanks,
Pikester

 

[Kodiakjoe]

Hey Pikester
Take off the front rack and cover, You will see the wire going into the head light I spliced about a foot up from the head light bulb. Just make sure you have enough slack in the wire from the new light Bar.

 

[pikester]

Thanks Kodiakjoe! I have the LED bulbs & light bar on order.

 

[Kodiakjoe]

Your Welcome! Pikester.. It is a nice way to convert over to quality Led without spending lots of money and time with crazy retrofitting.. Good luck let me know how you make out when its done.

 

[pikester]

Kodiakjoe,

Dumb question, but were you able to mount the LED light-bar with the included mount, or did you use something else? I looked closer at your picture, but I could not tell. With the parts they included, I can't for the life of me figure out how to make them work. I appreciate your help & ride safe!

Thanks,
Pikester

 

[Kodiakjoe]

Pikester, Yes i used the brackets that it came with. Maybe you need to flip the bracket upside down? The only thing I needed to buy was longer bolts and make sure you also use lock washers. I will see if I have another picture with a diff angle. Also I drilled the holes in the rack a little bit of an angle so The bolt heads were not on top of rack. Hope that helps you.

 

[Nomad]

Is that lightbar not blocking your air inlet KJ?

 

[pikester]

Thanks Kodiakjoe! Looking at your pictures, I must not have received the right brackets. My bar came with two curved pieces and bolts/washers.

 

[pikester]

Here is a picture of what came with my light-bar.

 

[Kodiakjoe]

Just go on ebay and look up this Led light bar look at all of the pictures they have.. eBay item number:302148208495 It uses the same bracket they sent you. It is a little different then mine, it is fine and it will work.

 

[pikester]

Thanks for all your help Kodiakjoe!