Are there any 2016 maxima owners who has changed the stock halogen bulbs to leds?.....if so was it an easy or hard job?. On my 2012 maxima only the dealer could do it since it meant taking off the whole front end. The manual says it can be done on the new max.....change the bulb that is, but the drls look a lot better with led lighting than the halogens.....my opinion. And as well the fog lights I wish to change out. Would appreciate any advice on both.

 

Its not hard at all... all you have to do is search the forum there are plenty of "threads" of members who have posted results with various brands and types of lighting.

Good luck!

 

are the halogens that bad? anyone have a photo of what they look like at night vs the HIDs or the LEDs

 

The halogens are not bad at all, but if u want a nice even light display it looks a lot better having headlights, drls and fog lights matching....Im still waiting to see a good easy way to install the leds in place of the stock halogen headlight bulbs....any photos would b appreciated as well.

 

If you're talking about drop in bulbs, don't bother. Unless you like having headlights that function worse than stock.

 

Best color temp to get if you want it all to match would be 4000k-5000k range. I have 6000k and the light has too much blue to match the LED DRLs. I'm just waiting for my bulbs to go to make the change. Hate waisting money... Still looks good in the mean time. If any want an idea of what they look like look thru my posts.

 

Can't find any info on how to change headlight bulbs....

 

hint, the front bumper has to come off....that`s why i haven`t done mine yet :/

 

I had to reply to your message, I did change headlights to led's this weekend...good news is you don't have to remove the bumper to gain access to the headlights. You can reach them by going thru the wheel well on either side. Another forum member posted this info and I followed the tip and got it done. You first turn your wheel on either side inward and then remove the retaining clips on the wheel well cover and one bolt on the very bottom end of the front bumper. It took about 30 minutes per side because I wanted to take my time and not rush it but it worked out great and light look really good. I installed 6000k leds.

 

any pics Gwhite?

 

Can you provide link to the other post which discusses this wheel well method? Also, do you have any pics of the new lights you installed?

 

I have a couple of pics that I've posted.....not sure how to get them to this part of the forum.....still trying though.

 

You could always upload to imgur or something similar. Just curious how it came out for you.

 

If you go to the top of this page and click on gallery....then search GWhite, my 2 pics are there. Should b the first GWHITE on page #174087. The lights look great and match the drl's real good....check it out.

 

Here you go man. Yeah they do look great, thanks for sharing!

 

Thanks for your help....I couldn't get it done, appreciate it

 

I like the color of the lights, do you think thats the closest color match to the run lights?

 

I have seen others saying 5000k is a close match but 5000k looks a little bit less than bright white light which 6000k outs off....I guess it's the car owners choice as far as that goes. I'm happy with the 6000k choice made. Good luck with your choice, either way it'd gonna look a lot better than the stock halogens.

 

Proof.....

 

But don't the SR & Platinum have LED headlights?

 

This.

 

I posted this somewhere else but it applies here too.

https://maxima.org/forums/8th-genera...ml#post9086951

 

@GWhite, which low beam headlights did you go with?

 

This. And did you just plug in an LED with no other modifications? Wouldn't you need lenses matched to the LED to get a good pattern?

 

^^^^^

 

Not that great,problem is they shine to low and wide,and leave a black or dark line acrossed your line of vision,and when you dip down into a valley it gets real bad,enough so you will need high beam,i am thinking of a set of the HID to replace low beam only.

 

I was wondering what bubs were used and where you got them.

Thanks