Battery:
What battery should i get?
One that fits. Beware of buying from Amazon, they are a marketplace, not a seller and do not police the sellers that you may buy from, in otherwise, buyer beware. I recommend Bike Master TruGel's from years of use and recommend staying away from the stock Yuasa as they tend to fail faster (years of using them). The model you need is MG14Z-S.
Also, i HIGHLY suggest replaced the stock screws with socket head cap screws and use an Allen wrench to install. There are two benefits to this: the Allen wrench holds the bolt better for threading/tightening into the nut AND it allows you to use a longer bolt if needed.
My rear turn signals dont light up like the fronts.
Yea, no kidding, thats by design. You have to add a module for them to be running lights, or buy spare front housings and swap them out and wire in the running circuit from the brake light and use 1157 bulbs instead of the turn only 1156's.
Headlights
I cant see, how can i fix it?
Usually just changing the H4 bulb to a better one will more than suffice. You need to be wary or cheap Chinese shit LED's as most are NOT made the way an H4 bulb should be made, wont hit the bucket right and may cause errant light beams resulting in getting pulled over.
Here are some examples of what NOT to buy:
Here is an example of what you want your H4 LED bulb to look like, notice the chip layout, the proper shields on the front LED to keep it from shining into the high beam section, this is based off of the Phillips H4 LED bulb standard:
Here is a DDM Tuning 55W HID, single element (no high beam) H4 bulb in the stock headlight bucket. It is about 40' from the wall
A nice stock replacement is the Sylvania Silverstar if you just want the simplest replacement.
Electronics:
Where can i find a switched power source ?
Well, for most applications you can use the white/green wire as seen from the back of the fusebox. If you need more than 10 amps of juice, you can use this to flip a relay to power your accessories directly from the battery.
Do i need to replace my spark plugs every 6000 miles??
I would clean and inspect them first. Plugs these days will last 100k in a car, so theres really no point in replacing perectly good plugs just cause the manual said so without checking them first.
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