I have installed Cefiro headlights on my 97 i30, they look great but in terms of performance they are terrible. The light beam is weak and all over the place. What should I do to resolve this, because I can barely see anything especially in rain at night.

 

Are they OEM or aftermarket? The aftermarket ones have the worst beam pattern.

 

They are aftermarket.

 

Did you aim the headlights after installing them?

 

Are you sure you wire them up correctly? Does the Highbeam indicator light up a little on the dash? If so, then you are wiring them wrong. Check the wirings too!

There are few manufactures for the Aftermarket Cefiro Headlights. Out of 'em, the TYC performs the best (closest to OEM), the eagle eye, or the depo manufactured aftermarket headlights have crappier beam patterns.

SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com

 

I do not think the shop that installed them aimed them after but considering how week and scattered the beam is, aiming will not help them much.

 

The high beam lights up when I turn on the high beam, high beam is working as it suppose to but I can have the wiring double checked.
I bought them from a member here on the org his email is liuspeedtuning@hotmail.com
I have emailed him if he can tell me what brand were they.

 

The seller replied to my email and told me that they are made by DEPO.

 

lol...


you gotta put h4 bulbs in...9004 is gonna be spread out like that...i ran it for a few days but i just couldnt stand it.hehehe...

 

can you post a picture of your crappy output? i bought the cefiros from paradox systems and i think the output is great compared to my old '96 OEM fluted lens that i had on before

 

I got mine off the last gd, and the output compared to my plastic foggy '96 stockers is amazing. Took a lil aiming when i got them, but I love em, and the light output is no comparision.

 

OMG i have the highbeam light showing a little bit, so that means they wired it wrong???

 

Yeah, that means that they aren't wired properly. I had the same thing, finished wiring it all up, prepared to drive home, and the dayum high beam light was shallow visible. Went back in and re-did everything, hopped back in the car, and everything has been smooth since then.

 

Today its raining so I am gonna take pics tomorrow and I'll post them here.

 

yeh i am about to get mine hope hey work well

 

Where is a good place to get the Cefiro lights ? I have a 95 model cefiro, would preer to get them from Asia as I live in Australia.

 

Email me: sycefiro@yahoo.com
Thanks
SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com

 

.. put HID's and a shield.. u shoudl be good...

 

Your link for the pics is not working, can you send the pics to 2006sheraz@gmail.com. I might be intersted.

 

uh what do ciefero headlights look like?

 

ive been looking for prices on the cefiro headlights.....but the ones i find dont specify a brand....... where should i look for the OEM? whats a good price for them?

and i found the taillight/license plate panel for i30 as well, but have had no luck with the rear bumper..... any suggestions where to find that??

 

Im having the same problem. I bought them from liuspeedtuning.com. Come to find out they are eagle eys!!!!! Im screwed am i?


( I havent bought the h4 bulbs and harness yet but would it make much of a difference or would I have to buy the HID kit?)

 

Hey I see you are from montreal as well!!


Have you resolved your issue?

 

You can email me if you want the OEM Cefiro Headlights? Otherwise, you will find the Depo, Eagle eyes, or TYC Cefiro headlights out there on the internet. The TYC's are closest quality to the OEM, but still not OEM.

As far as the Tailights/License plates, if you find the aftermarket one's (possibly made by Depo)... just make sure they match up to the outter tail lights. A lot of time, the aftermarket quality is so bad that, even they made whole set of the tailights, the color do not match or the lines do not line up. I'd suggest you to get the OEM's too!

Finally, the rear bumpers, yes, I do import them, but since they are quite large, the S/H will be quite expensive. Feel free to email me and we can work something out.

THanks
SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com

You are NOT screwed by having a pair of aftermarket headlights, they just have crappier beam pattern (may still possibly be a bit better than the stock OEM 9004).

And I can't believe they didn't include the H-4 bulbs and H-4 harness?! Yes, you must put in H-4 bulbs into this thing. By having 9004 in there just don't make any sense. If you get HID.. you may possibly lose high-beam...

Good luck

SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com

 

Thanks a lot. Hey wassup with the catalog request I sent you a while back lol?! I know you have a lot of goodies for my baby!!!!

 

Also I want to hear back from people who might have bought from liuspeedtuning or ebay. how is the quality of the beam after the h4 upgrade?

 

Bought mine from liuspeed about 2 years ago.

They perform excellent. I am very pleased.

 

The only thing u had to install was the h4 bulb and harness and everything is good?

 

Ok I now have the h4 harness and my h4 bulb........I idnt get on instalation guide. And this one is quite confusing.

http://www.redlinemax.com/3/CefiroWriteup.htm

 

You have an Infiniti I30..So your installation is very straight forward. There is no cutting involved. You just need to un-install your OEM headlights and splice the wires from your stock 9004 Harness to H-4 harness then re-install your One piece headlights.

Read up on the top thread, on possible way to detect (if you had wired the harness wrong). Good luck!

SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com

 

THanks . Ill try it this weekend.

 

I have a pair of the eagle eyes that I will be installing tomorrow. That means that the 6k HID that I bought will not be as bright as if I had the OEM Cefiros...Is this correct?

 

It will be brighter when you use 6K HID.. however, the beam pattern may be scattered all over... but not too bad... just try to aim 'em a bit lower when you install HID.

Good luck!
SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com

 

I got my Cefiro lights from SY a year or two ago and lived with the crappy beam pattern. The do look great over the prismatic style foggy glass on the OEM 96-97 and the clear housings and side markers really set the front end off nicely.

He said they were OEM, they looked like OEM but the beam pattern was still awful. (They are, in fact, OEM to Cefiros)

I'm such an idiot though. When I wrote to SY after in Installed them, he told me I just had to aim them. I just lived with the performance for like a year or so and finally sought to see what could be done.

And after some patience (they adjust slowly) I'm happy to report once again that they're great & SY is THE MAN!

I should have done what he said right away...

I now follow SY on all things/info provided.

 

Has anyone else had a problem adjusting the left/right beam on the TYC cefiros? I turn the inner (towards radiator) screw, but the beam doesn't appear to move. Double E, is this what you mean by "they adjust slowly"?

 

That's exactly what I mean.

I ended up taking a power screwdriver with swivel extension to it because it was taking forever to move. Finally it came around for me.

 

It took awhile for me adjust mine. Just have patience.

 

i have a couple of questions maybe you guys can help me out..

i have cefiro's on my car, but when you guys say aiming, do you mean actually taking the headlight and tilting it toward the ground?, or the inner shield and bulb?....

also i want hid's but ive seen alot of people with them and they tend to look foggy and a scattered pattern.. i want the type of look that is on the 04-06 maxima's.. like a sort of beam..i'll post pics of what i don't want and what i want to accomplish... thanks guys.

 

Aiming as in internally adjusting the inner shield to aim the beam... no different than aiming the standard US market headlights.

 

and how do you aim the inner shield? is it by bending it? or is it adjustable.