I bought a new pair of JDM 1-piece headlights and an HID kit. The way the head lights are set up is that the low beam and high beam are separate but the HID kit has the high and low on the same bulb. How should I go about doing this so everything lights up? Any suggestions?

These are the headlights I got and the spot next to the corner lights is where I have the HID lights and the high beam but the inside lights are what I assuming the regular high beams. So any options anyone can give me would be awesome.

 

so im guessing you bought the housings and bulbs seperatly? the hid kit you have should be plug and play. if you want the inside housing to be your brights you may have to cut and splice some wires. im not 100% sure though maybe someone else can field that subject. but im thinking if you plug them in they should work fine but the inner lights wont work cuz there is n o bulbs in them

 

Yeah I did order them separate I'm not using my noggin what so ever. I'd rather leave the HID alone and try to wire the inside light to the high beams already on the HIDs.

 

To properly utilize the seperate low and high beams you'll need to wire up a relay harness to the HID kit, so that the low beams stay on when the high beams come on and where only the high beams come on if you flash them when the lows are off. That is how mine are wired.

 

Buy the adapter harness to convert it to two bulbs......DDm Tuning sells them....let me know how you like the headlamps, i have them on my car and they throw a funny pattern

 

I actually just researched them and apparently it's just the reflectors that are crap I think I'm going to return them and just stay stock and eliminate my HID dilemma all together. These give off hot spots and bad output so I'd rather play it safe and stay stock. They look awesome though that's what bums me the most Maybe I'll invest in doing a retrofit?

 

Do a retrofit. It's not too expensive, just requires some manual labor. Take a trip over to hidplanet.com and you can pick up everything you need for relatively cheap.

 

I did that as well haha I must admit though... when it comes to DIY projects I'm no good. I tried painting my center console and it was the biggest mistake I made haha I learn the hard way so maybe if I can find a local shop to do it for me if I provide the material then I'd be all in for it. Other than that I'm gonna install my HIDs and clean my headlights. I feel like that's the best root right now and retrofit later on.

 

HIDs in reflective housings = crappy scattered output

 

This, even in stock housings.

 

Wanna sell me your HID kit?

 

Well I am in for a battle haha thanks for the input though! Are the stock going to be as bad as the headlights I just bought because I saw pictures and it looked really bad with the lines and hot spots.
Retrofit would be the best route I suppose? I just don't want to spend over $900 for the retros I found online.

 

They won't be as bad but you can easily do a retrofit for under $500.

 

Well yeah,..
Stock housings = reflective housings

 

Are there any stock housings without reflectors that are black that I could do an HID kit on? I'm trying to not spend a lot because my max needs a paint job more than head/tail lights so I'm trying to not go crazy. What would you recommend?

 

You say $500 as if that is cheap or short money

 

Ha. Says the guy who used to run bi-xeonons in stock housings

 

No, cause then they wouldnt be functional. And even if they were, they still wouldnt be ideal cause you still wouldnt have a way to direct to output of the HIDs.

 

Ok I understand what you're saying.

Well I put them in today and they look good. Not as nice as projectors but A LOT better than what I saw with the JDM headlights. Glad I didn't put those in and find out the hard way about the output. Did something half right this time Now I just got to research BEFORE I make a purchase.

 

The only way they will work with HIDs:

 

Wow I wish I had the skill to put them in myself... maybe one day I'll get the courage to attempt it but for now I need to start saving money for a paint job and just save money in general.

 

I have to give Chris credit for this find: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...7d0fec6be46133

These projectors fit right in. So, you don't really need any skills whatsoever. Plus they come with an HID kit and angel eyes if you want.

 

So they'll fit in the hole on the back of the headlight? That's awesome! I definitely am down with doing that mod later on down the line. Thanks for the post

 

I reccomend getting that kit someone else posted and doing a retrofit.

It's not too bad lol Better than spending $900.

I stills do lol I never said they didn't scatter light poorly, I just said glare isn't too bad.

 

Speaking of that lol, my right headlight blew. The wire from the bulb to ballast decided to short or something. So I'm ordering a new bulb. My halogen brights still work tho for some reason, and theyre so weak I can use them as my lows while I wait for my new bulb! ahhah

 

Damn man mine are still going strong as ever luckily lol. See that's what I never liked about the hi/low kits, that halogen high is useless **** it, at least it'll work until you get a new bulb.

 

I'm assuming you are the Chris he was talking about. How much did it cost you and what did you have to do to get the retros to stay in place? I'm considering doing this down the road after the major mods are done.

 

Yea haha, exactly. The bulb is only 20 bucks though, better than paying another 70 for a new kit.

 

Yup, that was me lol. I don't have those projectors though. For a whole kit, it's $275 and I can give you a code for free shipping if you do decide to go that route. They just slide in and bolt down (everything is included for install).

True that homie!

 

That's awesome I think that's what I'm going to do then. Who knows how long it'll be but it'll be worth it. The stock reflectors aren't that bad. I think I'll keep these for a while until I've got bigger projects done.

 

Definitely man just LMK when you're ready I'll hook you up and tell you exactly what to do.

 

Any recommendations on increasing light output on the cheap,i.e. Bulb reviews for fogs or beams? My $ and time generally goes to the Z but just picked up 98 se for my new winter ride after totalling SHO.

 

the Sylvania Silverstar "fake HID" bulbs, ive heard good things about those.

 

I got hid kits. The high low ones are 60 bucks. If you only whant single hid its 45. 3k 43k 6k 8k 10k 12k same price

 

I got a pair of single hid. 30000k. Pink also kit 85 bulbs only for 50

 

Why'd you go 30k? Looks?

I did hid convert on my Z, ballasts and wiring I am assumi should be similar with maxima.

The gors, I may just pick up some of the H.O. Bulbs on ebay for a few bucks....figure anything is better than fogbulbs that havent been replaced in years (assuming).
Its not like theyre poor output alone now, just figure safety and forthright maintenance never hurts....thx guys

 

People are gonna complain about that b/c "you'll blind everyone"

Gonna get some hate for this but...

Ive been running 8000k HID's in 97+ housings, with custom eyelids aimed way down on my 95. They do NOT blind people. The halogen brights have worse glare than my HID's. If done "right" with stock housings itll look good and perform well. If done RIGHT, youd use a retrofit build and receive much better results.

 

Well I got pulled over with my 12k. But not with the pink ones yet. The car with pinks is going to be my wifes car its going to be dark purple

 

They seem to want as much $ for syl bulbs as a full cheaper hid conversion....? So despite work involved , Buy knock off hid syl style bulbs, or just do the conversion?

Can you post pics of your setup you mentioned above?

 

The "fake HID" bulbs are street legal, where as my setup of having HID's in stock housings arent legal.

If you dont wanna get potentially get a ticket for your headlights id go with the Sylvania ones.