Brickhands Rick Strikes Again! Headlight lens toasted

[Rider Rick]

Well, a friend had a brand-new Trucklite LED Headlight phase 7 (7") he took off his Harley, less than an hour on it, so I thought I would see if it would fit on my R. Thought a 7" would fit for some reason, and I've never really been inside the headlight so didn't realize how it was built. Anyway, got the trim ring off, got it unplugged from the two harnesses (what is the small harness, a parking light?), and when I went to put the whole thing down on the floor the lens part and gasket slipped loose and broke into 50 pieces.

Add to that it looks like the headlight housing just swallows this led headlight, which also has no sub-harness for the little bulb, and it passes right through the trim ring so a no go there.

So should I just bit the bullet and get a new lens and put it all back, or is there a path forward on upgrading the headlight at this time? Unless there is a whole assembly that will fit inside the housing and trim ring, I don't know how to proceed except look for a new lens. Even if I got a xenon setup, would still need the lens right? Need some suggestions quickly, if possible, have a ride next week, thanks.

[Rider Rick]

Well, I just discovered Airman's thread about his experience, almost identical to mine. Apparently a 7" headlight is not the same as the huge bucket behind our headlight lens, over which a 7" aero flow lens protector fits, lol. Oh well, guess a new lens and a brighter bulb is in order, possibly an HID experiment.

[Rider Rick]

I ordered another lens and gasket for 49 bucks, will put it in, and then I am looking at an HID kit from the company below, have had some good opinions from others who have used on Harleys...support is very swift, I am sending some pics of the back of the headlight bucket and connection so they can verify their outfit will work.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/produc ... s_id=12824