I finally had some time this weekend and a good friend of mine Mad-Max_SE used his expertise and was able to help me get these things retrofitted. They are 745 bi-xenon projectors w/ 4100K bulbs. We were pretty happy with how things turned out. Unfortunately the solenoid for the high beams was positioned at an angle on the bottom of the projector so it was quite difficult to get a perfectly even cutoff up front but it works fine. We'll probably pull the headlights apart sometime in the future and see if we can get them totally flat. Anyway heres some pics - enjoy!

 

 

 

Cutoff pic?

Also, what happened to your grill?

 

SWEET! I'm jealous!!

 

cutoff pics soon hopefully - some of the pics were taken during the process of finishing them (i just hadnt put the grill back yet). the projectors have a beautiful cutoff tho

 

nasty man nasty

 

Nice job, I admire your talent and patience. wanna do mine???? Good job man!!

 

Looks fantastic. How much was it for the pair?

 

dam thats nice, i think thats the best retrofit ive seen, it looks perfect with the one piece! i must get those cefieros now lol

 

one more


thanks guys - but i gotta give credit where its do. Mad-Max_SE was the ingenuity behind most of it.

 

looks great! cutoff pic needed! what the total cost, if you don't mind? also, is there any way that you can clean up that weatherstripping? near the fender it seems a little eneven. but overall, very nice!

 

its was a little costly
235 for the cefiros
150 for the projectors
150 for the bulbs, ballasts and ignitors
about 50 for extra materials (wiring, weather stripping, etc.)

 

fitment of the headlights is kinda hard - we couldnt get them perfectly flush by the corners but its really not that noticeable

 

WOW!! Great job. Man, that looks good
I wonder if there is a set that is all put together for sale.

 

i dont like them. also i dont think its worth the time and money for something that you'll be the only person to notice you have

 

lloks good, what did you use on the inside for shrouds?

 

no ones going to notice them..................... uh-huh

 

i bought shrouds off ebay from a mercedes. had to dremel them down to a circle bc they were made to hold 2 lights

 

^^^^^ Aw come on man, there's alot of work done there. Don't **** on the guy's corn flakes. At least give him credit where credit is due.

 

im not talking **** about him or his car im just saying its not worth the time or money

 

^^^^ Gotcha!!!

 

not sure why "its not worth the time" it is a little expensive, but thus is modding.

 

Is there a way to get the cefiros a little more flush without bodywork?

BTW, nice work. It looks like you got them to fit better than most.

 

you dont notice HID lights? or better yet Cefiros?

 

I think he's saying that most people wouldn't notice. Most Maxima enthusiasts would for sure.

 

you could probably get them a little more flush than i did - i just didnt feel like doing major adjustments for a slightly better fit

 

True, but alot of people seem to pick up on my cefiros, even poeple who know nothing about cars. not sure but id bet HID would be similar

 

Cool, If/when I do it I would want it to look factory. But I'm **** retentive abut things like that.

 

^^^ as am I, you just have to get over it sometimes w/ DIY jobs. Nothing ever goes 100% right.

 

Very OT, but why does your profile say you have a 1999 Maxima, while your sig blatantly shows a 95-96?

 

after reading just about every post that u have said u have said nothing but negative things about everyones stuff. well i think they look sick, u can stick with ur halogens or glare ridden hid's in ur reflector houseing. these look sick and i cant wait to get the rest of the parts to do it!!

 

This coming from a guy who bothers to post up a new thread about a cat sitting under his hood.

Lame.

 

these lights look amazing..... def. representing the pebble beige in a great way.... NaplesMax... ur an idiot. Go feed your cat..lol

 

I think its a nice setup. The Cefiros are the hardest to retrofit into our cars, but a little weather stripping always does the trick. Another plus for having projectors thrown in there as well.


Those look great.

 

wow cefiros look awesome! IMO cefiros > maximas but i still love mine to the max! ima... lol anyway that's what i love about maximas. you can mod them towards performance AND make em look peeymp eg cefiro stuff. Great work man! i'd love to do a headlight mod but im too lazy and too poor x(

 

another great post by our "friend" naplesmaxima


They look pretty good. I use to think that only one projector looked kind of strange, but yours fits in there nicely.

 

Dang Grant!
I've been waiting for you to do these for so long.
It looks AWESOME!!!! Glad to here that you guys were able to get it done without any big problems.
Congrats on an uber-hard retrofit!

Naplesmaxima- I'm not tryin to be a ****... ok wait... maybe I am...
Let me put it in simple terms. STFU

 

I'm not a great fan of the cefiro fitment on the maxima but this is probably one of the best retrofitment jobs I have seen. I personally wouldn't do it mainly because I'd rather spend that money on performance related items. But I do give the guy credit for his work.

 

x1000. Looks easy doesn't it..Welcome to the club. When you light up the road at night it's worth every penny. I love driving at night now.