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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:50 AM
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New Headlights & Grille

8000K XENONS.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 04:43 AM
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looks pretty good got any pics with the lights on and did the output inprove with the 8k?
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 05:17 AM
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what grill is this?
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 05:23 AM
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No offence, but those lights look like they fit horrible!...Also not feeling the "bling" grill IMO.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 05:47 AM
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i love those grilles, what kind is it, where did you buy it, and how much?
eBay projectors ftl tho.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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I will get some pics tonite. The 8000k bulbs make a big diff. The grille and valance came from TRUCKNVANS.COM. The grille was $168.00 shipped, and the valance was $91.00 shipped. They are good people, super quick shipping!!! The headlights came from the same place FYI.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:50 AM
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They look ok, but the fit on the right headlight definitely looks off. Look at the spacing between the housing and the hood. Grill looks a little rough.

But hey, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so power to ya'!
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:57 AM
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I don't know why, but my OEM headlights fit the same way. Hey remember one thing, you have to Cut the stock grille out before you can but that thing in!
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:07 AM
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looks good man!!!
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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A question for my critcs; Should I put a Nissan emblem on the grille,big or small?
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:28 AM
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Yes, put the emblem on. It'll complete the look. Find a moderate sized new emblem.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:30 AM
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Yes, put the emblem on. It'll complete the look. Find a moderate sized new emblem.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:31 AM
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Now., did those headlights come with a harness? Or did you have to splice at all?
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:36 AM
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Like mine...notice the emblem is different. It's either from a 350Z front, I think.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:38 AM
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They come ready to bolt on. I changed the bulbs to Xenons.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:42 AM
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Where is the pic?
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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They come ready to bolt on. I changed the bulbs to Xenons.
Wao., expensive... But I guess if the output is good they are surely worth it since they look real nice. Did you pay the same price the site states? $399?
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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Yes I did. Everyone told me not buy the ones on EBAY.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 09:24 AM
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But the headlights you bought are exactly the same ones on EBay. IMHO, you were better off with your stock housings and spent the $399 for a HID retrofit.

I wasn't aware that StreetScene made speed grilles for the 02-03...I'm curious about this.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Cman
They look ok, but the fit on the right headlight definitely looks off. Look at the spacing between the housing and the hood. Grill looks a little rough.

But hey, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so power to ya'!
for some reason my car has a bigger gap on one side then the other as well.... idk why never been hit or anything may have been a tiny glitch?

also did u say you got H.I.D. or just the "white" bulbs?
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 09:50 AM
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Not feeling the look. IMHO it looks like a bugs head.

On that note... (OT)

Old Sep 20, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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I have 8000k super white xenon bulbs.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by NisMoN00B
But the headlights you bought are exactly the same ones on EBay. IMHO, you were better off with your stock housings and spent the $399 for a HID retrofit.

I wasn't aware that StreetScene made speed grilles for the 02-03...I'm curious about this.
They don't. This ia a 2000 grille.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by NisMoN00B
But the headlights you bought are exactly the same ones on EBay. IMHO, you were better off with your stock housings and spent the $399 for a HID retrofit.

I wasn't aware that StreetScene made speed grilles for the 02-03...I'm curious about this.
You can't run XENON blubs in the headlights on EBAY. Or so they say.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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you cant run hid in the projectors dont matter where they are from they dont have th refractions to make it emit right

you can run XENON on any light housiing as long as it is normal wattage.
f it is higher then 55watts the wires will burn
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 11:09 AM
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They don't. This ia a 2000 grille.
I should have clarified. www.TruckNVans.com advertised a Speed Grille for the 02.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by amomaxima[B
]you cant run hid in the projectors dont matter where they are from they dont have th refractions to make it emit right[/B]
o rly? proof? links? I'd like to know.

Projector HID retrofits are very popular with the 4G crowd. Some of the 5/5.5g crowd have also done projector retrofits.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 11:35 AM
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Now., did those headlights come with a harness? Or did you have to splice at all?
No splice. It's a plug and play with a H4 harness.
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Yes I did. Everyone told me not buy the ones on EBAY.
You could have got them on ebay from symmic. They make those headlights. I haven't seen them on ebay recently and they have been changing their seller name over the years.

Kudos to the grille!
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 11:42 AM
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The guy that sells them on EBAY told me that you could NOT run any bulb higher than a 4200k.
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 12:04 PM
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the darker grill looks much better than the light colored one imo. i have the lower grill on my 00. i just recently painted it black. i think it looks much better.

with the headlights maybe it requires the white clips as opposed to the grey ones. just a thought
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The guy that sells them on EBAY told me that you could NOT run any bulb higher than a 4200k.
You could getaway with the Plasma GTX (5000K). When I first got mine, I ran 7500K Plasma Spark Blues. It looked really cool but it didn't light up the road. I was going to try the Plasma GTX, but at the time it started to rain alot so i switch back to OEM.
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the darker grill looks much better than the light colored one imo. i have the lower grill on my 00. i just recently painted it black. i think it looks much better.

with the headlights maybe it requires the white clips as opposed to the grey ones. just a thought
Now I know one other person who painted their grille black. Though i was a loner.

The grey clips off the 02/03 do fit better. The ebay projector assembly is based on the 02/03 and not the 00/01. Gotta get new one cuz I gave mine away.
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 07:58 AM
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Looks good but you need to paint the grill a darker color. It just doesn't flow right IMO. Don't put the burger emblem on there it's not going to sit right on that grill. A friend of mine had it on his 01 and it looked like azz. Also you should get the chrome bulbs for your blinkers. This way it doesn't give off the orange look when it's not blinking. Too bad VA requires the front mounted license plate. However, it's your whip, this was just my .02
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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Have u come across any knowledge of problems for those headlights?
From my research, there has been moisture issues, inside the housing, from headlights like thoughs. Were they stated by the manufacturer of anti-moisture Headlights?
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Have u come across any knowledge of problems for those headlights?
From my research, there has been moisture issues, inside the housing, from headlights like thoughs. Were they stated by the manufacturer of anti-moisture Headlights?
But otherwise, everything looks great. You should darken the grille though. But it was just a thought upon my part.
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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Have u come across any knowledge of problems for those headlights?
From my research, there has been moisture issues, inside the housing, from headlights like thoughs. Were they stated by the manufacturer of anti-moisture Headlights?
But otherwise, everything looks great. You should darken the grille though. But it was just a thought upon my part.
If he already hasn't he needs to re-seal them. They will collect moisture if not. Should be able to fix with no problems if he puts some apoxy sealer on em.
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Pictures of beam pattern?
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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ghetto mods make maxima look cheap.
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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grille - not my style, but it looks like it fits good, so nice job.

lights - terrible mod. Yeah, they "look" ok, but those cheapo projectors have garbage light ouput. Putting 8000k bulbs on them makes the light output even worse, and looks ricey as hell imo. I don't know why anyone would want less nighttime visibility.

For about the same price you could have picked up a set of used 02-03 HIDs...

btw...what in the world is going on with that sentra on your site?

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No moisture problems. I know one thing. I'm not painting that grille, I paid extra for chrome! I don't know about your area, but if you can find factory HID's around here...THEY ARE STOLEN.



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