Does anyone know the color temperature of the LED headlights, or how to find it? I've looked in the owner's manual and it is useless.

 

Yeah the manual wouldn't say anything as it's not something that is relevant to 99.999999999999999999999999999% of buyers.

The projector is the same as the new Rogue / Murano / Corolla: a Koito projector with Nichia array.



The caveat here is that not all of these models use the same kelvin temp of the LED itself, so it could potentially be 5000K or 6000K. Does it seem bluish at all in person down below the cutoff line?

Trying to match up some fog light bulbs?

Cheers

 

Yes. I'm looking at replacing the halogen fog lights with LEDs. It bugs me that the fogs are yellowish and don't match the LED headlights. The LED bulbs that I like and that are very bright are 6000k. I'm thinking that even if the headlight LEDs are 5000k, it will be close enough, and still will look better than the halogen fog bulbs. What do you think?


This is what it looks like with the halogens:

 

I agree with you for sure. LEDs always seem to look bluer than they actually are, so I think you're in good standing if you go with a 6000K fog light bulb.

 

Thank you very much for your help.

 

Does anyone know if it's possible to get the DRL's to match the stock LED headlights? It would have been nice if Nissan gave the DRLs more of a blue-ish tint as well as easier access to change bulbs associated with the headlight piece.

 

Yeah, it's like Nissan doesn't even want you to mess with any of the lights. The owner's manual states if you need any bulbs replaced to "see your Nissan dealer". Really?! I don't think so. If I'm able to get to it, I'm going to.

As far as changing the DRLs, I don't know. At this point, I was happy to have figured out how to access the fog lights to change the halogens to LEDs.

 

Which LEDs are you going to use?

 

I posted this thread yesterday on how to access the fog lights:
https://maxima.org/forums/8th-genera...og-lights.html

These are the LEDs that I ordered today. Another member has recently installed these and said they work great and are very bright:

 

I had just seen your post after I asked you haha! Thanks for the info. Ill probably do the same if all goes well for you. With those bulbs is it where you just take out the old ones, place the new ones in and that's it?! I replaced my reverse and license plate bulbs for LEDs and it was that easy.

Sucks cause I don't even use the fog lights. I think they look so tacky and embarrasing looking when lit with the led headlights and DRls.

 

Yes. That's it. They are "plug and play" supposedly. Once you change the fog lights to LEDs, you should be able to use your fog lights "tacky free".

Can you give me a link to the reverse lights and license plate lights LEDs that you used? How did you access the reverse lights?

 

For the reverse lights:
iJDMTOY® Extremely Bright 7.5W High Power 912 921 906 Projector LED Reverse Light Bulbs, Xenon White

For the License plate:
JDM ASTAR Extremely Bright 5730 SMD 194 168 175 2825 W5W T10 LED Bulbs,Xenon White(Brightest T10 Bulb in the market)

To access lights just take out about 6-8 clips from the trunk cover to expose the bulbs and switch them out. It was ridiculously easy and those bulbs are top notch. This advice was recieved by the help of a forum member. The LEDs definitely add a nice touch, especially the license plate. It shines brightly to the ground. I love it. Keep us updated on how the fog lights go!!

 

Thank you very much. I assume that the bright reverse lights would be helpful for the backup camera at night. My only concern with changing the license plate lights out was that it would be too overpowering for the back of the car and perhaps detract from the "nighttime esthetics" of the rear of the car. Apparently that's not the case.

 

Oh yes I forgot to mention that it helps immensely when reversing at night. I see a lot clearer further. Its great cause i back up into my garage to park with more confidence.

 

BobTX10, You wanted to be kept posted, so I'm letting you know that I installed the LED fog light bulbs today. They are crazy bright. It took about 20 minutes and it was pretty straight forward.

 

Those fogs are crazy bright! Are they distracting to other drivers at all? I want to start with LED headlamps first, any suggestions for that?

Do you find your LED headlamps and foglights when lit together overwhelming?

 

These LED bulbs pictured above, are they right out of the Maxima? Or a Murano? I was considering putting in demon eyes in my Platinum, but the LED bulb isn't serviceable according to the service manuals. Are the LEDs projectors difficult to remove? I have to pull the lens off regardless as I'm also installing Diode Dynamics Switchback LED board for the DRLs. Thinking about doing both at the same time while I have the lens off.

 

Google it..duh

 

You’re a little late to the game....duh. That was posted almost four years ago. The 2016 Maxima was brand new. There wasn’t any information on Google. That info has long since been figured out. Stop trolling and be useful.

 

I know this is an old thread, but can someone educate me on the headlights in the 16-18 maximas. I know the higher trims have led headlights. My sv does not, but could you just purchase oem led's for let's say a 17 platinum, and just out them in an 18 sv?

 

Just buy decent H11 led bulbs.

 

Does this apply to to the high beams as well? The high beams don't have a projector, so I wasn't sure if that changes anything.