Just bought 01 AE. I want to upgrade lighting. I've scoured the last 20 pages of posts along with How-To's, and Faq's. Has anyone bought a HID conversion kit and used it in the AE headlights, or even stock 00-01's? Will it look like the cheap ricy blue lights I see all over, that don't have a crisp beam pattern but rather throw annoying light all over the place? Should I just throw in some PIAA Extreme Whites for cheap?

 

If this helps. it may be cheaper to go PIAA or really cheaper to go Sylvania Brightstar. I called Nissan Dealer here in Toronto and the told me that the conversion could run up to CAD$ 1,500. That's too rich for my blood.

I took the Sylvania route since all I wanted was a brighter ligt to illuminate the way for me.

 

See if you can track down AE SEoulchild... he has the HID kit in this AE head lights.... think he posted some pics recently too... look through recent threads about head light conversions/mods....

 

Since I'm a highly generous person... and I'm procrastinating from my studying... here's the link to a thread with some pics of an AE with HIDs... like I mentioned above....

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=356789

 

Get an H4 hid kit. I have a philips 6000k hid kit in mine. Light output is great and it has a nice white/purple hue tint to them. They dont look ricey at all and if your willing to spend the money you should definately consider it. Especially because there is a group deal going on for hid's and eventhough its not philips i heard that they are made of good quality.

 

Philips does not make any aftermarket HIDs w/ halogen based bulbs, its all a gimmick.
The ballasts may say philips on them, but not the bulbs which are 99% made in china.(Quality is getting better.)
Just a tip:
LVQ-212 = German Philips.
LVQ-212L300 = Taiwan Philips.

Try investing in a Hi-Lo H4 HID kit with a bulb that retracts, not a halogen bulb on top of a HID H4 xenon capsule.($430-700) Compared to $200-400 for just low beam H4 HID kits

 

Thanks for all the info. Are the 2k2's bi-xenon. I'm thinking maybe I'll just drop the 550 for a set off ebay. I think I could probably sell my AE's, which would lower the overall cost. Anyone need a set of AE's?