just put in today and the low beams are terrible[i upgraded to 6500k bulbs] and the low are so out of line/wack. the high beams are perfect. wtf. adjustment or what? must be.... they are seperate bulbs... is there a way to fix??? im gonna switch bulbs and c if that makes any difference....

 

no seperate adjustment...
you have to play with the lower bolt. I take my headlights out and screw in the lower bolt (clockwise) to make the point down and screw out (counterclockwise) the lower bolt to aim them high.

 

I have an 02 Maxima and just purchased the projection headlights for it. I dont want to install them and find that their not lighting up as well as the stock xenons. What do you suggest?

 

dude, the projectors suck *****....no light pattern...REPOST!!!

 

WTF?? this thread is...interesting...considering this has been discussed about 6 times every day for the past 2 years, only one person has said so??

anyways the ebay projectors are known to be HORRIBLE...they have no light output and a horrible beam pattern, and worst of all, they look horrible all at the same time...

and why the HECK did you do this?? the $1300 HIDs on the 2k2 maxima are SOOO much nicer and SOOOO SOOO SOOOOOO much better than the ebay crap...my suggestion to you is to put your HIDs back on and throw those worthless POS's in the trash...just my .02

 

and here: here are a ton of other threads where these have been discussed...you'll get the idea sooner or later...

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ght=projectors
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ght=projectors
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ght=projectors
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ght=projectors
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ght=projectors
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ght=projectors
oh yeah, and cant forget this one: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ght=projectors

 

Sooner, Irish where are you.

 

he is asking about adjustment, not how welll they perform

 

read all the posts.

This guy isn't

 

Surprise surprise... the eBay projectors suck... sorry man, but there were plenty of warnings/threads.... just do the MDX retrofit using Dr. Roy's write-ups...

 

actually, Dr.Roy got rid of his MDX setup in his projectors. He upgraded to e46 projectors(3 series) and he said they fit even better than the MDX halogens, plus no need to modd the bowl of E46 projectors because they're already made for D2S capsules. Not to mention... the awesome output of Bosch hid projector units!

 

Yeah, I think I saw that thread... but I was just saying that in general, this guy would be better off with any one of those set-ups that Dr Roy had, definitely better than these eBay projectors, and he has all the write-ups on his home page, at least most of em....

 

i definitely agree

 

there is 2 grey phillips screws on the back but they dont seem to do anything

 

even to the original poster, it's not a matter of adjusting...it's just because these lights SUCK, so they don't put out light..that was the whole point.

 

i know and agree but the beam pattern of the left 1 is way off.. the high beams are perfect and bright.

 

the thing is we already know the light output sucks... it keeps on getting beat like a dead horse! Hell, i dont blame you guys about getting pissed off about how sucky the projectors are either, but he also did ask about aiming. I mean, his title of his thread was "aiming".

Anyways, to save bandwith, i swear this should be in the FAQ's. Shoot, we should even put the PMS in the sticky's of the 5th gen.
ftp://68.59.66.252/maxima.html

but yeah, once again, the H3 projectors suck.

 

They wont light up as well as ur stock ones because they are halogen h3s. H3's are made for wide but short beam patterns so they suck as low beams. If you want to do the work and get the best lighting available, sell the stock 2k2 headlight housings and d2r bulbs and get some tsx, valeos, or bosh e46 projectors and some d2s bulbs. Do the easy retrofit and when you are done with that, you'll know what HIDs are.

 

please any input on thr 2 screws they dont seem to do nothind,i just wanna aim the lights.

 

did you use a drill?

sometimes that the only way to get the projectors to change aim drastically.
only mess with the lower screw though since that has a more drastic effect on the angle of the beam.

 

i'd really like to do this soon as well, but im wondering how much will this run me? and also is there a detailed write-up on this?

 

depends on what you get, but for the HID package themselves it could run you around $450 for projectors, ballast, and bulbs. Ebay though, is the best bet for stuff. They sell ballast and bulbs for around $200 and projectors for $170 9like the tsx or valeos). If you want a cheap upgrade but still some decently good HIDs, you can get the 04-05 MDX headlights for $20 a piece on ebay and it comes with shrouds and bezels. Hope this helps.