hey guys, im looking for the best(and cheap) 9004 conv. hid kit for my maxima....i saw a lot of items on ebay, but let me know if you have some other store to buy it.

 

9004 scatters alot of light to oncoming drivers... It will allow you to see better while (partially) blinding oncoming traffic.

Get H4 Cefiros (or Projectors if they EVER come out with them).

Check the GD forum for Ange's thread. I just received my One Piece Cefiros today and started installing them. It's quite a bit of work. She has started a 2 piece GD as well but I'm not sure if "less modifications" is needed.

 

CATZ Hi/Low 5100k Aqua blue.

 

pls tell me where to buy it too.

 

I recently put in an HID Kit from HIDS4LESS in my max. Yes, it is bright as hell, and yes I do get more light on the road, but no matter what kit you decide to buy, you wioll always be limited by the 9004 housing- forget about a horizontal cutoff- it aint gonna happen. Last night i pulled into my garage and my neighbor followed me in with his Acura RL....night and day differnence. The 9004 reflector juts plain old sucks with HID. Aom them down as to not light up the cabins of other cars as I did when I first installed them. I really did not think that it would be that bad until I took it out the first night and was literaly shooting light into the corneas of other drivers. The glare is rediculous, but they are staying nevertheless. On the other hand, I see a few accords that take to HID very well....Oh well, I still love Maxine. Hope this helps. By the way, the bulbs from HIDS4LESS seem to be very well made...Nice tight fit.

 

So what your trying to say theres not point of gettting a HID for a Maxima unless you convert to the Cefiro lights?

 

I got an HID kit that would fit the "best" category, but not the "cheap" category... check my cardomain homepage (link in my sig.) and it's right at the bottom of page 1. There's also a comparison of those lights to a 2002 Maxima (with HIDs) in page 5 I believe.

I was thinking about selling these HIDs too because I want to get the Skyline headlight housings.

 

do u have pics of this HID kit??? if so, please post, and where can u get these from?

 

I'm not saying that at all. I am just saying that they will not be at the full potential to which HID's approved for their respective refleftors are.

 

Check out the movie I posted on page 9 if your interested in seeing HiLo 6K HIDs on the Cefiro kit.

 

what about his deal guys????
8000K LITEGLOW 9004 Xenon HID Conversion Kit $335

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2424678676

or
8000K 9004 Xenon HID Conversion Kit Diamond 329

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2425000935

 

What are those? Walmart brands?

They do not go into any detail and I have e-mailed tons of these no-name HID e-bay sellers and they are dumb as posts usually... ask a simple, yet important question such as "what is the lumen rating" and see what they say. If they cannot answer that, you'd be better off getting Eurolite for $15 and sticking them in.

Another thing - they claim $999 retail??? Please... NO HID is $999...

Go with brand name, when you are spending so much money - Hella, Osram, Phillips, etc.

My 1 cent (after taxes).

 

From what I have read, its not only the ballast that counts, its also the bulbs. Many kits come with a "brand name" ballast, and are packaged with "homemade" bulbs. This is the case with kits that are above 6,000K since most "brand name" manufacturers' bulbs are original up to 6,000K. If you get a kit thats 8,000K and says "Hella" on it, it is most likely only the ballast that is Hella, and the bulbs are made elsewhere.

 

That is correct. Hella does not make bulbs. I was talking about ballasts there. As far as bulbs go, Philips is known worldwide, but there are some Japanese companies who make good blubs too.

Kelvin rating is good to know, but lumen rating is more important since the whole point of buying HIDs is to have better lighting. Lumen rating measures brightness. Kelvin rating (6000K, 8000K) is just the colour temperature.

 

what about catz 4500k dual kit, light output @ 3200 lumens..... or would 5500k look better?

 

The lower the xxxxK color, the higher the output (lumens)...

I just put 6000Ks in and it looks too "white" for me... I think I would prefer the 4300K. Maybe it's just the fact that they are NEW to me.

 

Generally, the higher the kelvin rating, the lower the lumen rating. That is just the basic property of light. The higher up on the colour spectrum you go, the dimmer it becomes.

HOWEVER if you can find the optimal combination of lumen/kelvin ratings then you know you got a good HID system - ie 8000K at 3200lm for example. To the best of my knowledge, there is only one company that makes them, which is where I bought from. But this "best of both worlds" combo does not come cheap.

If budget is your main concern, get a 4100K - 4300K HID kit, which should be in the 2700 - 3200lm range (for the better ones). However the light will just be white... a bit whiter than stock halogen bulbs... not worth it imho. If you spend the money spend it and get the good ****.

 

so guys where to buy it and how much to spend????????

 

I have a wholesale source for them, but on the retailer's website it sells for like 6 bills now (same as my kit, which I just sold to someone else on the org). I can get them for about 20% off retail cost.

In case you haven't seen mine, it's on my cardomain site - 8000K @ 3200lm.

 

So heres what hes gonna ask NEXT...CAN you get him the 20% off?
And I just swung by your homepage and WOW, 1) I hate you b/c you have a black on Black 5spd(i have tan crap!)
and 2) Your HID's are WICKED blue! and MAN are the bright...

 

Yeah I think I can get them. I will talk to him and get the pricing and the different kits - they have 6000K - 8000K. PM or e-mail me for more info. so that I can contact you.

 

i am getting them on Tuesday i'll take some pictures after the installation.

Btw i order them through my friend who own a shop. CATZ 9004 hi/low kit just came out 2 weeks ago. So they have to speical order it from japan. Most of the shop can't even get it yet. oh yeah i got it for $600

 

IMO i think 6000K looks the best, but in terms of visibility 4300K is the best, too bad they're all illegal now

 

How do you know which HIDs are legal and which are not?

 

If the government has it their way, the will ALL be illegal...At least all the aftermarket ones...mainly b/c like FormorAccordMan was saying, 9004 reflectors, (and many other cars' stock housings) are not MADE to project HID, and scatter their very bright intense light into other ppls eyes...
i doubt it will be a long time b4 its cracked down upon though
my 3 cents...(inflation)

 

HID is already Fail the law. I think in 2 month most HID retailers will start to push them out Cheap!because HID will not be legal.
The only HID value won't go down, from what I know is CATZ.

Check here
http://www.liteswap.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?

 

what would you have to look for if you do not want the brigthest kit?? so you do not blind people in on coming traffic??

 

adjust ur headlights...

Hell....those damn Benz, bimmas and acuras blind people

 

It would be good if they made a replica projected HID system like the BMW's