Just got my HID headlights put in. Bought the complete OEM headlight assemblies off of Ebay for $300.00 a piece. Except for the hassle of removing the front fascia it was a simple plug and play install. While the lights were out I also replaced the factory fogs with PIAA Super Plasmas. What a difference. Sure beat what the Dealer offered at $850.00 a pice for the lights plus installation.

 

Is there anyway to change any bulbs w/out dropping bumper?
Got any pics of the new fogs? I can honestly say that with HID Ive never really even used my fogs... I think they've been on like three times in almost two years. I think they take away from the HID look and color

 

Will take and post pix of lights. The PIAAs are nearly identical in color to the HIDs, bright white with a hint of blue to them.

 

Whats up joe. just saying "hi" from a fellow rhode islander. if you ever see me driving a silver max, with a body kit and rims, flash me down!


good deal on the lights btw.

 

Hello fellow Rhody, will keep an eye out for you, from the sound of it you must have a sweet ride.

 

Thanks, I like it. but i also recently was in an accident, so i am driving around in a busted maxima. but come spring time, i'll be fixed again!

do you live near bj's/police station, or near the water over there?

 

Cool...got any pics? I wanna see how it looks with the Super Plasmas. I was thinking about getting a pair of those.

 

dont think so. I upgraded from halogen as well and had to drop the bumper.

I havent used the fogs either with the HID

 

Hey Joe, did you get the "H-3 Super Plasma GT-X bulb"?

 

Hey KCmaxx, here's how to get to the bulbs:

I did it and these are exact directions...
Courtesy of Edify11:
For the driver's side, you need to free up some space by removing the intake. After the intake is removed, you should have enough space to get to the lamp. Just turn the harness and you'll have access to the bulb. There is a ground cable that may get in the way as you pull the harness out, you can remove this with a 10mm socket. For the passenger side, first remove the plastic finisher that covers all the fluid reservoirs. The clips come off pretty easily. Pop up the middle with a flathead screwdriver and the clips can be removed. Then you need to remove the the reservoir for the coolant. Two 10mm bolts keep it in place. You don't need to remove it completely, just pull it off to the side so you can work. Be careful you don't tip it the wrong way or it'll leak. After the reservoir is removed, you may want to remove the front metal bracket that holds the reservoir in place. If I remember correctly, it's another 10mm bolt. Just like on the driver's side, the ground cable may get in the way again, so you can remove it with a 10mm socket. That's pretty much it.
I replaced my fogs with Piaa yellows.
I also changed my blinkers from orange to yellow as well to match the fogs:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/464988/5

 

how difficult is it to remove the bumper to install the lights... i am working on getting a set of OEM lights and i am curious as to how hard this job will be... thanks....

 

to get to the headlights by removing the bumper, I followed these steps:

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...9&postcount=10