My wife has an 03 SE, and I still can't figure out if the HIDs are correct or not. When the low beams are on, the light is very nice white with just a slight bluish tint. On high beams, the light is much more yellow with no blue at all.

Could it be that the high bulbs have been replaced with crappy bulbs, or is this what they look like from the factory?

Also, the fog lights don't appear to be HID (is that what is supposed to be in there?)

Thanks
Jamie

 

only the low beams are HID

the fogs are not hid, that is why people use PIAA's becuase they are a close match.

 

Are the piaa brighter than the stock fog lights or is it just a diff color but with like no power?

 

02 and 03 all came with hid's I believe. That is why a lot of the 02-03 have a big problem of thefts of these lights. They fit directly into the 00-03.

 

The high beams are not HIDs... they are 9005s.

http://www.moodym.com/maxima/tech/maxbulbchart.html

 

'02 SE owner chiming in to say that yes, only the low beams are HIDs. Bi-xenons are pretty much found only on luxury brands like BMW.

I thought the PIAAs still looked yellow compared to the HIDs from what I've read on here. There's a HID fog kit (Umnitza or Helios maybe?) that you can get which is popular because it's bright enough that you can use your fogs as your low beams and run just angel eyes in your regular headlights. Assuming you installed angel eyes...

 

... They have a 'whiter' color rating, but not as much light output .. Light output, doesn't equal power(watts) Because HID's actually run using less 'power' than conventional halogen filled headlights

Thanks for the great Helpful lesson .. Post # 2 sums it up

 

how does this answer the question
you just told us something everyone already knows. thats for the info :

 

One more ought to do the trick...

 

the 04+ maxima comes with bixenons as an option no?

 

It wont fit on an 02/3

 

Guess they do. I never looked at the 04+ too closely since they're (IMO) ugly.