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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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2001 Headlights

I have a set of 2001 headlights in my 2003 maxima and it looks like the beam cut of line is on almost 30 degree angle anyone have any ideas? also where can i get very white bulbs in 80 wat rating not that 55w=85w bs.
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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i will post pictures as soon as i get a chance
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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mine do the same angled cutoff
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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that's the normal angled cutoff.. that's why I upgraded to the HID's
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by firebirdss
I have a set of 2001 headlights in my 2003 maxima and it looks like the beam cut of line is on almost 30 degree angle anyone have any ideas? also where can i get very white bulbs in 80 wat rating not that 55w=85w bs.
thanks for the help
Yeah, the ugly halogens...that's why I upgraded to the HID's. The high beam is normal for that light housing. You can upgrade to the H4 halogen HID retrofits. Good luck....it's just the way the 2K-2K1 housings are made which give out its weird beam pattern.
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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dang, i was hoping otherwise
Old Aug 10, 2005 | 09:12 AM
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i was thimking to upgrade to hid but i heard you get a lot of glair and the pattern is not right
Old Aug 10, 2005 | 10:34 AM
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i was thimking to upgrade to hid but i heard you get a lot of glair and the pattern is not right
read this
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=HID
Old Aug 10, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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i read that before but i would like to know from some one who has actually done it on a 2001 headlight to see what they think.
Old Aug 10, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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Why do you have 2001 headlights in your 2003 max? Didnt you like the original headlights and HIDs?
Old Aug 10, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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no i liked the original hid but getting them riped out of you car makes you think more then once
Old Aug 11, 2005 | 09:08 PM
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oh man that sucks, ma bad didnt know. Don't they have like a security thing for them. Anyways good luck.
Old Aug 11, 2005 | 10:47 PM
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the kit they sell for security just makes them mess up the car more
Old Aug 13, 2005 | 11:32 PM
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okay, gotcha. Get a HID kit in your 2001 headlights. Thats gonna be hot. Anyways, good luck with your quest. Godspeed
Old Aug 23, 2005 | 06:24 PM
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Does anyone knowa of a real 100w white light bulb, no bs like piaa does 55=110
and also i would like to see a conversion of a 2001 headlight to HID
if anyone has ideas please help
Old Aug 23, 2005 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by firebirdss
Does anyone knowa of a real 100w white light bulb, no bs like piaa does 55=110
and also i would like to see a conversion of a 2001 headlight to HID
if anyone has ideas please help
you'll burn your harness w/ 100w bulb
Old Aug 23, 2005 | 06:35 PM
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those lights look pretty nice if u gotta black max..but yeah ur better off getting smoked side markers...cause it ruins the whole black thing
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