Walkin' in the JY just earlier to-day, ba-by, What'd ya, what'd ya think I saw?
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Walkin' in the JY just earlier to-day, ba-by, What'd ya, what'd ya think I saw?
Crowds of people pullin' parts off cars with tools in their hands said "CapedCadaver found what he's been looking for"
I really don't know what time it was,
so I asked them if I could stay awhile.
So here's what I came home with today:
low beam ->
high beam ->
front view ->
one more pic... not taken in the dark
light is provided by my trusty 9LED flashlight...![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1540.jpg)
you guys probably know by now i HATE blue headlights (as much as most of you hate chrome
) so this is not how the lights will look once installed on my car. They'll be much warmer, similar to my avatar pic.
I really don't know what time it was,
so I asked them if I could stay awhile.
So here's what I came home with today:
low beam ->
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1538.jpg)
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1539.jpg)
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1529.jpg)
one more pic... not taken in the dark
light is provided by my trusty 9LED flashlight...
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1540.jpg)
you guys probably know by now i HATE blue headlights (as much as most of you hate chrome
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see how much further the inner one sticks out than the outer one?
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1544.jpg)
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so for those who have done custom headlight mods, or those who just might know anyways (greeny... goon...) about how much of the material circled in red can be either cut away or pounded backward into submission without damaging the integrity of the front end (both for stiffness/handling and safety):
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/test-fit/th_IMG_1551_Edit.jpg)
the rest of the test-fit album: http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...ctors/test-fit
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the rest of the test-fit album: http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...ctors/test-fit
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looking at the test fit, i think it'd be pretty cool if you could made shrouds to go around the lights to fit the current location, kinda like the eyebrows you see on some cars, but not as gaudy. (of course, making the shape accept the rest of the front, ie the side markers, bumper, could make it too much work.
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im going to try to fit them in. i have a connect that can do some body work, so if it does happen, i'll post pics
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i can tell you ahead of time... corners won't line up quite right, the grille-end of the lights will stick out a bit farther than the stockers do and you'll need something to fill the space above where the top of the grille normally meets the stock lights. i'm going to retro the projector unit into maxima euro lights. i have spare stockers to test with before hacking up a good set of euro lights. i'm thinking the best way will be to load the projectors in from the front and keep cutting and grinding until there's enough room, then fuse the plastics together once it's in far enough
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not a whole lot of major stuff that i'm aware of... it's a RWD VG30DE versus our FWD VG30E... but maybe minor things might work like MAFs and such. don't quote me on it b/c i don't know anything for sure.
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Crowds of people pullin' parts off cars with tools in their hands said "CapedCadaver found what he's been looking for"
I really don't know what time it was,
so I asked them if I could stay awhile.
So here's what I came home with today:
low beam ->
high beam ->
front view ->
one more pic... not taken in the dark
light is provided by my trusty 9LED flashlight...![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1540.jpg)
you guys probably know by now i HATE blue headlights (as much as most of you hate chrome
) so this is not how the lights will look once installed on my car. They'll be much warmer, similar to my avatar pic.
I really don't know what time it was,
so I asked them if I could stay awhile.
So here's what I came home with today:
low beam ->
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1538.jpg)
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1539.jpg)
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1529.jpg)
one more pic... not taken in the dark
light is provided by my trusty 9LED flashlight...
![](http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/capedcadaver/headlight%20and%20taillight%20tinkerings/1993%20J30%20Projectors/th_IMG_1540.jpg)
you guys probably know by now i HATE blue headlights (as much as most of you hate chrome
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I would measure the enitre depth of those J30 headlight assy's and graft the rear section to the front lense section of a Maxima. I would experiment by cutting the J30 parallel to the glueline but about 1/2" to 1" back and doing the same parallel cut on the Maxima to achieve roughly the same amount of depth (measured from the front of the lense to the rear of it's housing) as the Oem J30. You can then trim the J30 rear housings to fit the Maixma' front lense Good luck & great find!
don't worry... i'll do this right. even if i have to buy a few more maxima housings from the JY or other org members.
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leather seats anyone???
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well if the shoe fits then def wear it. i'm doing an interior swap aftter i am done with the mechanical work on my car. which will be probably a long time from now. no reason to grease up a nice interior when i can just grease up my nasty red interior and put a nice one in once i'm done. so when you do the headlights are you going to use regular halogens or are you going to get some HIDs in there? I'm going to use halogens at first, HIDs later on.
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