I am sick n tired about head light theft and am thinking about goin from hid's to regular bulbs, theives got my right head light assy. but the left one they tried to pry open , they could not get it, they messed both my fenders off and left the right assy on the road with all cut up wires hangin around....should I claim it, i have a $500 deductable....both the fenders are bent in and one assy. is all broken and all wires cut, they could not get the ballast though...

 

you cant just change the bulbs.

you will need 00-01 headlights (whole assembly)

 

People have gone to 5th gen halogen headlights. I recommend getting everything fixed first

 

it sucks.. but there is nothing you can do to stop them.. if they want them, they will have them...

 

get a garage

 

Problem is, thieves are idiots. That is why they do what they do. Switching headlights won't work, those scumbags will have it in their mind that '02/03 Maximas come standard with HIDs and take the halogens anyway, not having a single clue what they actually stole.

BTW, what area of the country do you live in?

 

When I purchased my maxima I knew this was an issue (though I have been lucky *knocks on wood*) I have a $0 theft deductible on my insurance just encase this ever happens to me.

 

My right side unit went bad so the guy at the shop went to the juckyard and took the ballats and bulb off a sentra and put those in for me.

 

No he didn't, don't lie to us.

 

Sorry to hear of your theft.

 

what are you talking about? i have sentra HIDs in my car

 

i've given theives too much credit.. i thought they actually could tell the difference between 5th gen and 5.5th gen headlights.. bastards

 

What I meant was I went back to the stock look, not HID...the ones that came with the car were aftermarket

 

sorry to hear about the theft as well, guess it's time to pick up some 00/01 headlights

 

all from a sentra huh???

 

i have a set of 00 lights i can trade or sell

 

Do you have the anti theft kit nissan has for these headlights? Though one has to wonder if that would really stop them. They would probably just F#$&up the car even worse, and walk away empty handed.

 

They're not really worth the effort to steal... I picked mine up for ~$100 each. Thieves are stupid.

 

where do you live that they are still stealing handlamps? better get a mask/bra then they wont think you can open the hood

 

I wouldnt downgrade to the 00/01 lights. I think like mention before they are subject to get stolen again. It sucks they got stolen though good luck with repairs.

 

I have a right side headlight assembly I could sell you.Pm me if you're interested.

 

Not true.


In my condo complex I was the only one with a 5th Gen, and right next to me there was a 5.5 gen and across another 5.5th.


They stole this guy headlight about 5 times (parked next to me, one day they left a bottle of corona on top of my car) and they stole the ladies headlights 3 times.


I kept telling him (he lives in my building) to get the insurance to fix it then replace with stock halogens, which I actually had for sale... he said he wanted the HID...


After 5 insurance claims, he finally sold the car and got a V6 LS.

 

Is the HID theft more of a northeast problem? I don't recall ever hearing about it down here in Texas and all the news stories I've read about it seem to be based in the northeast part of the country.

 

Yes, well the midwest region. Mostly NY, NJ, CT.

 

They had a problem with it awhile back here in Tennessee as well,not so recent though.

 

yea right it happens all the time here in miami...i went to work @ 4 at the mall...5:30 break and my coworker was lik oh you took of ur headlights to smoke them...i got jacked lol

and before me and my dad had an alarm, he had his 04 g35c headlights stolen about 3 times..

...just get an alarm with proximity, im using the clifford G5 720..it also comes with blackjack

 

if any wants i have the 2000 headlights with bulbs and all ... for sale or trade

 

Wow - I thought this concern was long past. Does the headlight security kit consist of anything more than those ugly data dot stickers? I've long since removed mine because I thought they were ugly.

 

sorry to hear about that. i got ebay projectors and putting HIDs in them and call it a day.

 

I know people who have the Chappman lock on there car they will f'up you hood but they cant get to your headlights best part is your hood is covered under vandalism and not your headlights

 

You guys are getting me nervous...I just put a deposit on an 03 SE.....I have off street parking, but not a garage (I live in "downtown" Boston where no one has garages).....anything to do to deter idiot thieves? The Max had the antitheft kit on it, but now I'm nervous that idiot kids will mess with my car.....damn it Beavis!!!! My fiance wants to put up a motion sensor camera, with a sign that says "Smile you're on hidden camera" I told him just the sign might deter the idiots, but you never know. If they want to steal something, they will regardless is what I'm gathering lol....Good luck to us all with HID lights! (My neighbor's Audi with xenon lights got messed with a few times, but I think they found the kid who was doing it because the idiot put the things on craigslist and they caught him)

 

...and my hood has a lot of chips in the front of it.

 

thieves are going after ballast and bulbs. It doesn't matter what kind of headlights you have. If you have HIDs, they'll go after them.

 

I dont know why ? now at days hid kits are so dirt cheap.