Has anyone done the Ae headlight mod on a 3rd gen? i know they look good on 4th gens, but their headlights are clearer than ours, i was just wondering if it would show up good, or wasting tha time...thank

 

i guess illl just go ahead and do it and post some pics. hope it looks good

 

It would help if I knew what in the world the AE Headlight mod is....

 

Wild guessing time: Anniversary Edition headlight mod???

 

I'm not too sure about this, I'm interested to see what it is though. I mean, there is VERY little "modding" that can be done to the stock headlights or the housing for that matter. Unless its's some sort of eyebrow's or something...

 

IS the headlight different on that year?

 

Heh, you know... I have no clue. I can't even make myself pay that much attention to the world of 5th Gens

 

yea sorry, the Ae mod is just what ive been calling it, it is the ann ed. headlight trim on the inside of the glass. all u do is paint the trim on the sides of the reflectors, it looked good on the 4th gen, hopefully it will look good on ours, but ill post pics to be sure that it isnt a waste of time for others to try

 

i don't think this will work on our cars. the 4th gens have the clear, projector style headlights. we have a glass that is kinda murky. but i'd be interested to see how it turns out!

 

They aren't projectors....

And you're right, it won't be very visble.

 

What's the correct name for those headlights? and what's the difference between those and projectors?

 

All Maximas have a regular parabolic reflective lens. In 1/2/3rd Generations (I think 95-96 too), the beam pattern was created and manipulated strongly in part to the outer lens of the headlamp, which is why you see the lines in the glass, and why the glass is so thick (relatively)

Starting in '97, the headlamps were designed in such a way that the parabolic lens and reflectors inside the lamp create and manipulate the beam pattern. Therefore, the outer lamp lens could be clear, which gives a cleaner, more futuristic and sylish look.

In both cases, the lamp bulbs are designed with two filments. Each one is in a specific location inside the bulb, both are offset from one another and a different distance from the center of the bulb. When the low beam filment is illuminated, the light is reflected of the lens and produces a set beam pattern from that location. When the high beam filment is illuminated, its changed location hits the lens from a different angle, producing a higher and broader beam pattern, in addition to that filment being a higher wattage.

Projector-style lens are basically a thick, round lens that focuses the light beam to a very narrow band. They also can be designed to make the light beam seem to cut off at the top at a certain location. This is what you see in many BMW HID lamps, as well as the S2000's HID lamps, because HID is so bright that engineers want to keep the light out of other driver's eyes.

Now, do you want to know why Xenon and Halogen bulbs produce whiter light?? )

-Kaleb