Headlights w/ HID's that offer best lighting before retrofit

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Mar 27, 2008 | 07:53 PM

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Tatanko

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Originally Posted by max95q

Thats how I felt after riding in my friends S2000 with HIDS. I felt like I couldnt see crap when I was driving home in my car.

It doesn't help that S2000's have some of the nicest single-xenon projectors in them, either; they truly are GOOD projectors.

Mar 27, 2008 | 07:55 PM

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once you go HID, you cant go back to anything less.

Sep 3, 2008 | 10:40 AM

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a bit off topic, but Mr****s.....your maxima is f-ing sexy Good Job!

anyways, are ballasts required to retrofit the projectors?

Sep 3, 2008 | 01:01 PM

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If you do projectors, you might as well do HID's in the projectors. So yes, you would need ballasts.

Sep 8, 2008 | 09:46 AM

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So if I had to replace a parking light due to it being cracked, would going with a one piece chrome, while not the best lighting upgrade be somewhat better than OEM?

Are the Cefiros one piece units replacing the parking light as well?

Sep 8, 2008 | 10:16 AM

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So if I had to replace a parking light due to it being cracked, would going with a one piece chrome, while not the best lighting upgrade be somewhat better than OEM?

No, unless you find some OEM Cefiros. Be warned, Cefiros do not fit right, and you will have to modify your car to get them to fit, and it's not really reversible i.e. you can't install stockers after you modify the car.

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Are the Cefiros one piece units replacing the parking light as well?

They replace the corner lights, yes.

Sep 8, 2008 | 10:59 AM

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not unless you re-weld a bracket back in. that was done to my car after a front end collision. those cefiros fit terribly no matter how much you try to fix it. i do miss the city light and the cool one piece look but overall wasnt worth it. now if you had an i30 thats another story.

Sep 8, 2008 | 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MorpheusZero

@ 100 bucks for a pair of projectors. A good set of projectors (TSX, TL, FX, S2000) will generally run you $200+

i guess i got a great deal on fx's w/bulbs from ebay for 75 shipped.

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and the rx330's for 70 shipped.

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Originally Posted by Snypa

so are you guys saying that stock headlight output is farrrrr better than aftermarket 1 piece.?i have hazy headlights(on the inside) and was thinking of buying a 1 piece pretty soon,but all i been hearing is semi-bad news.

IMHO the stock fog lights on a scale of 1-10 were about a 4 for output. 5 being the average of all cars everywhere. I think that the r34's w/9006 low beam were about a 3. But with 9005 bulbs low beam were about a 6. The beam is more intense than 9004 or 9007 in stock housings. The beam is slightly wider than the stock housings also.

In other words...... i could live w/the r34's w/ 9005 halogen low beam.

But the fx's are so much nicer... probably a 9.5 on the scale as far as output. Especially w/50w hid's.

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Originally Posted by 05AltimaSER

lol its funny how people say dont use HID unless you retro..sorry but we are not all into ripping apart our headlights and spending 100 bux on projectors then installing them.

I have had a 4300k PNP kit installed in my wifes 98 Max stock headlights with no problems. No people flashing me or anything, yes there is glare but i can see perfectly fine in the rain/snow...no need for high beams. I couldnt see a damn thing with the factory headlight bulbs unless the high beam was on....also tried silverstars with no luck.

If your tight on cash just do the PNP kit in the factory headlight...but dont go with the 6000k your wasting your time..no higher then 5000k

Seeing perfect is all relative to your perspective. You are right about everyone not wanting to open their headlights and install projectors. I don't think it's terrible to do pnp in stock reflectors. Some headlights respond better than others. 2007 civics look amazing w/ 4300k pnp's. 98 maxima headlights...idk about that one.

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