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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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Ebay foglight housings

So I have one broken (and siliconed) housing and one that has the top bolt snapped off (it's a little loose and jiggles)

New from Nissan is $180, ebay housings are $120

I have HID's on the way....someone tell me the Ebay are decent quality and I can skip the stupid Nissan prices.
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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good time to get projector fogs
get either bosch mini, hella micro, lexus', or stanley h3 from 6th gen maximas
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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how about those ebay angeleye projector fogs... are those any good?
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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so you are taking the risk of buying on e-bay...for $60
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by soonerfan
so you are taking the risk of buying on e-bay...for $60
Yea, I know, but I'm really really cheap....1/3 cheaper is ok if the quality is about the same. I'll pay good money for something, but I'm really opposed to wasting money just because it says Nissan on it.
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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good luck, make sure you get 02-03 fogs, allot of them are supposed to be for 00-01 cars and yes there is a difference.
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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at least if it's from nissan, it'd last longer than ebay?
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by hybridioN
at least if it's from nissan, it'd last longer than ebay?
All I need are the housings, I'm putting HID in them
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 04:22 AM
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The eBay fog housings are decent, at least for the 02/03, i can't speak for other generations.

Lenses on my two previous OEM sets broke or cracked within a few weeks (the 2nd set in a few days).

My eBay set although now cracked, took several months.

If you do get the eBay set, Matt "Moodym" suggests checking the polarity of the wiring since it's reversed on some of them. If you don't fix it, your HID retrofit won't work.
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 07:13 AM
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if he uses a relay then it wouldn't matter
unless the cheapo kit doesn't supply it
then make your own harness
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 07:22 AM
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buy a Used/"Like New" OE Nissan foglight housing off ebay...
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 08:29 AM
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Are the ebay ones plastic or glass?
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 09:00 AM
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These are the ones I was looking at
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...163355178&rd=1
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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those look good to me
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 02:01 PM
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Are the ebay ones plastic or glass?
00/01 are plastic. 02/03 are glass.
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