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96 Green A/T gone
94 Pathfinder POS GONE! | 79 Camaro sold
98 I30t Silver on black A/T gone | 96 Granite Pearl (AKA Purple) A/T gone
92 grey VE A/T gone | 96 I30 Black gone
92 maroon VE A/T gone | 92 white VE M/T gone
92 grey VE A/T gone | 6/84 L24E last of the RWD Maxima gone
don't get me wrong. i HATE silverstars. I bought some. used them for ONE DAY. hated them. tried to return them. "we cannot return healights". Ufcking autozone. Never shopping there again. I did waste that $50, and their refusal to return them also ended up in me running out of money before getting paid... and i accidentally overdrafted. so i really got a $170 set of headlights... that are in my back seat. useless. but it depends on the color of the street lights, as to whether the light washes out or not.
I run Xtravisions, personally. $20/pr. I was just saying that if you want the blue-coated bulbs, you really need silverstars to augment output... just that I don't totally recommend them, due to their cost and lack of color compatibility with my city's street lights.
Ah, gotcha gotcha. Yeah I just picked up the CBs to see how they were compared the the XVs (which I have used pretty much for the past 3 years). They seem to be on par, but CBs do show better over our street lamps.
does anyone think that putting some masking tape on the very top of the housing and just a quarter inch along the top of the face of it would enhance cutoff precision? just a dumb idea that popped into my head
also curious to see what a dish/cup bulb cover would do as opposed to the piece-of-metal-with-hole-in-it-and-blocks-at-top-and-bottom thing, as far as directing light to the reflective material. if i can figure out a way i might look into a retrofit of that too. but i think it would work better also if the tip of the bulb were clear if using that system.
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Originally Posted by JasonOksa
Horsepower, torque and speed are all known by The State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.
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Originally Posted by chrome91
if i had a AE86 delivering tofu, i could have dr1fted around miss JDM van
DO NOT PM ME ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAR UNLESS I TELL YOU TO. THAT'S WHAT THE FORUM IS FOR
Last edited by CapedCadaver; 09-24-2007 at 09:37 PM.
How do I adjust my headlights down? I've done the swap and think they're a few degress too high now.. (which is odd as its the same bulb in a direct fit connector.
96 Green A/T gone
94 Pathfinder POS GONE! | 79 Camaro sold
98 I30t Silver on black A/T gone | 96 Granite Pearl (AKA Purple) A/T gone
92 grey VE A/T gone | 96 I30 Black gone
92 maroon VE A/T gone | 92 white VE M/T gone
92 grey VE A/T gone | 6/84 L24E last of the RWD Maxima gone
How do I adjust my headlights down? I've done the swap and think they're a few degress too high now.. (which is odd as its the same bulb in a direct fit connector.
ok, so we have the gear type adjusters at the top, and 8mm bolt adjusters at the bottom corner. I'm assuming one is for up/down and one is for right/left. (which is which? I dont think they carry that particular product around here, I've looked through the cleaner aisles quite carefully while looking for throttle body cleaner and didnt see that. But i'm sure I can find something similar.
ok, so we have the gear type adjusters at the top, and 8mm bolt adjusters at the bottom corner. I'm assuming one is for up/down and one is for right/left. (which is which? I dont think they carry that particular product around here, I've looked through the cleaner aisles quite carefully while looking for throttle body cleaner and didnt see that. But i'm sure I can find something similar.
The top gear adjuster= up/down
Bottom bolt adjuster= left/right
Btw, liquid wrench is comparable to pb blaster if you can find it.
His aim could have been bad before, the adjuster IS there for a reason
well in fog one night i noticed my beams were crossing so i adjusted them laterally. plus I had no cornering vision. not that cornering vision matters because with how i sit, i can't see a damn thing through the a-pillar anyhow; almost missed an oncoming car today. the car was fully blinded by my A-pillar until it was really close to me.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonOksa
Horsepower, torque and speed are all known by The State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.
Quote:
Originally Posted by chrome91
if i had a AE86 delivering tofu, i could have dr1fted around miss JDM van
DO NOT PM ME ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAR UNLESS I TELL YOU TO. THAT'S WHAT THE FORUM IS FOR
Last edited by CapedCadaver; 11-30-2007 at 05:00 PM.
Merci, my lights look good now, well, I'm not blinding anyone. I'm considering making their angle wider like capedcadaver did as they are mostly concentrated on the center.
Merci, my lights look good now, well, I'm not blinding anyone. I'm considering making their angle wider like capedcadaver did as they are mostly concentrated on the center.
just beware it looks stupid when you look at it from the outside, after aiming outward. Like... a half of an inch past flush jutting out from the hood
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonOksa
Horsepower, torque and speed are all known by The State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.
Quote:
Originally Posted by chrome91
if i had a AE86 delivering tofu, i could have dr1fted around miss JDM van
DO NOT PM ME ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAR UNLESS I TELL YOU TO. THAT'S WHAT THE FORUM IS FOR
The easiest way to aim the 9007's are to shine your original 9004's at a wall(like the side of your house of saomething like that),mark the center of your beams with a piece of tape or something similar,then after the retrofit,simply park in the same place,adjust the lights to the pieces of tape..
Make sure to lube up those adjustment screws, else you'll be working pretty hard to adjust. The adjustment screws description and lube is noted in Post95 and Post96.
I used WD40 and it wasn't bad at all. I guess just make sure to allow some time for the WD40 to get in there and clean those dirty screws. I waited about a minute or two. The adjustment screws aren't "tightened" or "torqued" so it should require something like PB Blaster. The screws are "free", and should adjust with little force.
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... doing it 3Gen, and no other way get it here
FYI -- Stock wiring (guage) on both the 3rd and 4th Gen. Maxi's is the same size for both the 45w and 65 watt circuits. So, it's sized for up to 65 watts at least. This means that going from a 9004 to 9007 bulb (rated at 55w lo, 65w hi) shouldn't cause issues for stock wiring.
I finally got around to changing to 9007. Had a bit of a time getting the wires out of the plug, but otherwise, easy.
I need to wait until I can get some free time at night to see how much better they are and how much I need to adjust them.
I thought I would contribute my pics:
old vs. new bulbs (old = ebay XD5 fake HIDs, new = GE Nighthawk Sport)
I just used a dremel to shave down the bottom two nubs on the housing. I am going to have to vacuum out the housing, because some of the plastic got in there and looks like dirt.
before:
after:
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Last edited by Cliff Clavin; 02-24-2008 at 04:43 PM.
Well, I have to drive about 4.5 hours (each way) to some training this week. It is to a facility about 45 minutes into the forest east of Eugene, OR.
Last time I was there, I had difficulty seeing with my crappy headlights. I was hoping to improve them without having to do something drastic, like pay for E36 and HIDs.
I have no idea if these GE Nighthawk (Sport!) bulbs are any good. They were on sale and about $6 cheaper per pair than Silverstars. They should at least be better than normal stock 9007s.
Well, I have to drive about 4.5 hours (each way) to some training this week. It is to a facility about 45 minutes into the forest east of Eugene, OR.
Last time I was there, I had difficulty seeing with my crappy headlights. I was hoping to improve them without having to do something drastic, like pay for E36 and HIDs.
I have no idea if these GE Nighthawk (Sport!) bulbs are any good. They were on sale and about $6 cheaper per pair than Silverstars. They should at least be better than normal stock 9007s.
I just used regular Sylvania 9007's on my car, still the difference was marked better..
I was thinking of doing that as a summer project, since the car likely won't sell.
I need to buy some nice silicon couplers instead of the ghetto radiator hose and a better filter. That one is a fake K&N I bought from Little Piggie back in the day and I need to replace it.
96 Green A/T gone
94 Pathfinder POS GONE! | 79 Camaro sold
98 I30t Silver on black A/T gone | 96 Granite Pearl (AKA Purple) A/T gone
92 grey VE A/T gone | 96 I30 Black gone
92 maroon VE A/T gone | 92 white VE M/T gone
92 grey VE A/T gone | 6/84 L24E last of the RWD Maxima gone
I had been mulling over doing the 9007 conversion since a post I read about it the other day.
I was at the store buying supplies for my trip this week and walked by the automotive section. I happened to notice these bulbs on sale and so I bought them. Sort of spur-of-the-moment type of thing.
I couldn't really tell in my garage how much they would look "hyper white" like those ebay ones I had. I might have to go and change my corner lights now. These things always turn into a bigger hassle than you want.
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