Im a newbie my apologies...I just figured since most people lean back towards projector headlights mainly for the aggresive look of the angel eyez I'd bring up the halo's. You wouldnt sacrifice lighting and still get to have the angel eyes for the aggresive look.

Since most 5.5 Gen Maxima's already come with HID kits it just seem like a better choice...Cheaper too...

 

Where in Jersey? I can lend a hand

 

i am in piscataway

 

Well if you feel like make the trek up here then I'll help you to install the lights.

 

i'll let you know . I'll send you a pm and we can arrange something.

 

i got these umnitza lights installed on my car i will take some pics tomorrow night and let u guys see them....

how far should i take pics from the wall

25 ft ?

40 Ft ?

let me know

 

do the following - put the camera on the car's roof and set the camera to take a photo at standard exposure without flash and at a 10 second delay.

Do this for 10ft
25ft
and 100 ft

with the lights on the flattest whitest factory door you can find

Please email us any helpful hints you would like us to relay to other customers.

 

any updates? i'm still curious to see these in action

 

they're going to be just as bad as the ebay ones...

 

any update

 

like this?

 

holy hotspots batman!
Are those modified lights from umnitza?
Man FTL...
It would help if you had a white wall...

 

cool dusk pix. how about some night pix?
the beams in the picture are... many straight beams?

 

 

ok il get more pics soon but there not that bad with hid fogs.... dont get me wrong there are hot and cold spots but when you have the hid fogs it does not even mater il take pics tom or tonight!

 

and if you live in town it does not matter because the street lights over power most lights anyway

 

These are not valid excuses for terrible light output...

 

X2 sounds like a waste of money.

 

they cost me 70 bucks .... i think i can live

 

70 bucks for what? just curious how they look with the HID fogs off at night?

 

$60 shipped will take mine. ever since i bought this car in aug, i have been wanting to change the lights back to oem AE lights. dont get me wrong.. they look nice, but thats about it.

If i had 2 extra hands, i would give "angels eyes, Halos" 4 thumbs down!

 

I have a retro mod with TSX that I'll sell for $400 + shipping. They need some TLC but they are the real deal. It has a custom harness and should have all of the bulbs too if I can find them. It's been on a shelf in my garage for 2+ years.

 

ok, i know i posted these up for sale. but is driving in the freeway today it and something hit my car and damaged the rf headlight, all well. i was gonnaa replace them anyway. price drop to $20 for the set

 

that's horrendous.

 

actually its really funny

what headlights are recommended? i bought depos and they had moisture within 3 months in S.Florida. the beam pattern was pretty bad. hardly any coverage on the sides

 

OEM's the best =)

 

^^ Agreed

 

my oems are chillen in a box in the garage. they are extremely faded. just the housing from the dealership is $675 a piece. im sure i could talk them down to $600 a piece. is it easy swap everything over to a different housing? i have been using depos with the stock bulbs. the passenger side went out today

im open to suggestions right now about what to do. can my faded stock lights be cleaned up to where light can pass through them again?

 

I know I'm probably reviving a two year thread, but going through this thread, I'm guessing the conclusion was the the Umnitza Projector Headlights with the Angel Eyes are no good.

If that's the case, does anybody recommend any other headlights (i.e. whether projector or not) that have long-lasting and bright halos and that will have the same or better light ouput than the OEMs without the action of retrofitting?

 

Anything aftermarket available to us WILL have sub-par light output compared to stock. Bottom line. There is no way around a projector retrofit if you're looking for better light output.

 

I got a 03 GLE and i love the lights on it, i'd love to be able to get them crystal clear, but i also love the halo look on them, if you want them to look completely awesome, you do have to spend the moolah!

 

Sorry for bumping up this thread but this seems to basically be the main thread about these headlights, i bough these for $80 off a friend and want to install 55w 5k HIDs, should i be worried about to much heat from the 55w?

 

You can buff them, I used Caswell white & blue compound and and cotton wheel on a bench grinder, they came out really nice. Check the link: http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/plasticbuffkit.htm

For maintenance is used a liquid compound made by 3M if I'm not mistaking.

You can also wet sand them, it's a PITA to do but it work and it is cheap.

 

IMO, and most others, 55w is a waste of money and power. The added light output is normally so minimal it's pointless. It also increases heat, power consumption, and lowers the life of your HID bulbs.

Also, there is no such thing as aftermarket 5000k Bulbs, they're just RE-LABLED 4300k or 6000k.

So decide which of the two colours above you want and order that, that way you're getting what you want.

If you already have the 55w and insist on running them, gonuts, you shouldn't overheat the lens because most stock halogen bulbs run the same wattage. I'm not saying you WON'T, but by rights, it should be ok.

 

There are so many factors in this its ridiculous. If you run cheap 55 watt ballasts(most likely) and cheap bulbs you're temperatures are going to soar with 55 watt and you can say goodbye to your projector bowls. There aren't any OE bulbs in that size I bet so 55 is a no no.

What you should do is wait for a sale and take that money you were going to buy 55 watt hids with and go buy some projectors and ballasts from www.theretrofitsource.com. retrofit them in and have better output at 35 watts than you could ever dream of 55 watt in those lights.

 

Really? I didn't know that 5000k bulbs were non-existent.

I swapped my stock 4300k bulbs out for the 5000k ones HIDextra sells. They're quite a bit whiter, and output is actually better. But that may also play into the fact that the bulbs in my car were probably old and warn out.

 

I got my self ddm I know they are not the greatest but I know there the best bang for the buck, $90 for 35w 3k foglights and 55w 5k headlights is a steal so I'm sure I'll be happy. The headlights I baugh for $80 I'm sure I can sell for more if I'm not happy with it.

 

I appologize if I thread jack this but just want to clarify that you are selling 00-01 or 02-03 with TSX retro?

Thanks

 

That's a good point I didn't really think of the size if the housings are not meant for HID, I just assumed they were.

They DO exist, just not aftermarket, yet. OEM's are using a 5000k in some newer vehicles, but they're very rare, and only for projectors. No aftermarket makes them yet. Not worth a jump of 700k, no one will know the difference. Yeah you probably just upgraded to newer bulbs, I know for a fact that the HIDextra ones are relabled, probably got 4300k if they're white because the HIDextra 6000k are crazy blue (actually more like 8000k)

And if

And to everyone quoting and replying to old posts, FYI this thread is from 2008

 

anyone else feel DDM are the best bang for the buck? i heard they are not reliable.