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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 01:54 PM
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are there any headlights that can replace our factory headlights without doing any modifications and look like the 2002 -2003 models .My car is a 2000 maxima se thank you.
Old Aug 10, 2011 | 03:57 PM
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If you want 02-03 headlights, then you will have to get OEM 02-03 lights. The rest (Ebay Projectors, Depot lights) are all junk, and even they require some wiring.

Its not hard to wire it in, do it right the first time and buy headlights that will give you output.
Old Aug 10, 2011 | 07:22 PM
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Flea Bay headlights if you don't care about great out put and if you get the ones with the hid set-up then it will be better then stock and thier not priced that bad, if my car was an 00-01 i would probally would go that way. but if you don't care about gettin your hands dirty, do a 02-03 set and bake open the headlights. You will look fly

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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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Retro or go home.
Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:34 PM
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Retro or go home.
+1. I love my retro
Old Aug 11, 2011 | 08:17 AM
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+1. I love my retro
And a decent set up could be cheaper than an OEM '02-'03 headlight upgrade but will perform better.
Old Aug 11, 2011 | 09:08 PM
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i know my setup was cheaper than an oem 5.5 headlight swap, and I have bixenon on top of that. The wiring was pretty simple as well. I ended up re-wiring the ebay lights(for bixenon(which didn't take too long at all).
Old Aug 12, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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Uh oh, the retro boys have arrived

I have a wiring guide on here if you decide to install the 2002/2003 lights.

Just search WIRING GUIDE 2002 2003
Old Aug 12, 2011 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Blue Sky
i know my setup was cheaper than an oem 5.5 headlight swap, and I have bixenon on top of that. The wiring was pretty simple as well. I ended up re-wiring the ebay lights(for bixenon(which didn't take too long at all).
+1

From my actual projectors to the wiring to the battery everything is plug-n-play.
Old Aug 12, 2011 | 07:45 PM
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Retro or go home.
indeed
Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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+1

From my actual projectors to the wiring to the battery everything is plug-n-play.
Retro'ing is a lot simpler than people think. It can just be a bit time intensive, but the results are worth every penny(and hour). I do get distracted sometimes looking at my colorband at the cutoff, though
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