Looking for pictures of anyone whos done a retrofit. I know most people just upgrade to the 2k2 headlights, but looking for anyone who has retrofitted the older headlights with some projectors.

 

I Got em definately prefer the retrofit over 2k2-2k3 housing. Looks nice i just finished mine like 3 days ago. Check out my homepage if u wanna see pics.

 

thats nice, I was looking for someone using the stock 2k headlight, but i see you got the projector headlights. How much did that whole setup run you about?

 

The whole setup was like 665 completed. 275 for housing, 160 for projectors and 220 for bulbs and ballast

 

i put projectors in the turnsignal area of my 00 headlights, but i left the rest alone

 

hey coldsho, do you have d2r or d2s in your headlights and how is the glare?

 

Dr. Roy had pictures on here somewhere where he had done just that to a 2K which is even sweeter. If someone has that thread, post it up here.

 

anyone else

 

here is that thread


http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=408485

goodluck with it

d

 

wow that looks really good, do you know if he has a write up of any sort?

 

im runnin bi-xenon h4s, the glare isnt bad at all

 

I do know that he does have a write up for the ebay projectors but I'm not sure about the oem headlight retrofit. PM him best way to find out.

d

 

gsumax here are some pics of the blacked out RS6's i told youy about. i have to pic up some new housings and swap lenses, the ones on there are old, yellowing and the polycarbonate is dried out leaving lots of very small small cracks and fissures, that can be seen when viewed at the right angle.

they are a bit plain looking but i am digging them for now, very similar to meanbeams retro on a 4th gen.

 

 

Looks good Roy.

 

that looks like exactly what I want to do. I think that painting the housing black looks alot cleaner. Kinda hides from the protrusion of the projector. Now ive gotta start searching for the parts. Dr. Roy, are there any similar projectors to the size of rs6's? I like how the fill the housing.

 

Most bixenons have big lenses so you have plenty to chose from,the rs6's are made by hella and marginaly better than hella e55/6th gen maxima projectors, both use the same 3" lens, but have different reflector bowls. the valeo bixenon has a 3" lens as well. The bosch e46 bixenon has a slightly smaller lens but it is close to 3".
there are others out there w/ smaller lenses, if you got $300 to drop on projectors go for a set of Tl's, they are awsome - wide and bright beam pattern w/ a sharp cuttof that can be modded to add a ton of color. Basicaly like the TSX's but bixenon.

 

The tsx projectors I retrofitted into my friends e36 are freaking awesome. The color output UNMODIFIED is very nice and the beam pattern makes my MDX projectors look halogen


btw, Roy those stock lights look freaky! I like them a lot!

 

very impressive, i like!

 

yea i had a set of tsx's on my car for the last week and half, I installed them before a long drive to upstate NY along very dark roads, i couldnt believe how much light they put everwhere, the hi beams didnt seem to add any light on the road, only above the cuttoff. with a heavy heart i removed them yesterday and put the rs6's on. the TSX's are now boxed up and tomorrow will be on there way to vegas so xtantmaxima can hold claim to best lights on the ORG.



My mdxs are going to be sold soon, and i have a brand new set of projectors headlights that i will throw on sooner or later when i get everything together. got my hands on some clear lens D2S valeos w/ DOT shields they are color monsters, not as bright as the TSX's though. i am still wating on CCFL tubes for the halo's and i think i may try some Q45 look alikes for the highbeams, and will finish the shrouds off in tinted chrome like the TSX's i did for xtantmaxima.

 

Hey Dr. Roy, have you ever seen that Japanese site where a guy retrofitted Q45 projectors into his Lexus GS? It was a really interesting and unique mod.

 

nope cant say that i have, i had a set of q45's but they are simply to big and a involved way to much work to make fit into any headlight housing for our gen maxima. i do like the look though so i ordered up a set of Q45 look alike foglights. I think it will look good but am not sure, waiting to get them in hand and fitted befor i decide if i will use them or not

 

nice!

i see stones are owning you too..........grrrrrrr, cheap paint!

jim

 

http://www7.plala.or.jp/soaristo/page/diy/cima_hid1.htm

 

hey, dr. roy, you planning to keep those ones with the rs6's or would you be willing to part with them?

 

you dont even know the half of it, those are shots chosen from many that dont show the full extent of the skin cancer my car has. the paint job is less than a year old, when it came from the body shop the paint was so so shiny and smooth it looked like it was still wet, since that day every rock that has come in contact w/ my bumper has taken some paint w/ it.......plan on getting it taken care of soon, and will hand it over to the shop to repaint it when i have a few days i can do w/o my car

 

yea i will probably part w/ these in a month or so when i get the next set of projectors done...i need the money more than my car needs a headlight wardrobe

 

the only thing i can think of that would make it look better would be to be on a grey lustre car

 

let me know when you are, if I havent gotten around to doing them myself...

 

Nice job Roy! I digging the RS6 projectors. Great job! When you coming back to Boston?

 

I will be back up in a week or so, you can take a look at these, took them off last night for final fit and finish - added LED park & turn signals and a blue EL wire angle eye, will post some output & night shots of em when i get back to NYC from upstate on sunday

 

ANd one more pic - the angel eyes

 

damn thats hot.

 

Looks great...but I bet if BMW owners see it, they'll say blah blah Maximas are trying to copy them. But my opinion =

 

yea I hate those people that are trying to copy the BMW look.... especially since I work at a BMW dealership

 

Hey Roy, Nice EL angel eyes.

 

who cares about what bimmer people thinks...they (3 series kids) THINK they r fast

 

Im guessing that you havent seen or driven one of the new 330s. They are really fast and a blast to drive. And if you opt for the HIDs you do get some really sexy lights and angel eyes. I wonder who will be the first to retrofit the new E90 projectors???

 

lol...I'm not hatin'. I too love the 330ci...those things are hot but most younger 3-series bimmer drivers are azzholes.

 

I was talkin about the new E90 330, meaning the 2006. I have a 04 330 6spd that I drive all the time, and the 06 330 sedan is so much more fun and handles a ton better.