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11-12-2006, 05:29 PM
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Maxima R34 Type Dual Reflector Headlights INSTALLED
The moment you've all been waiting for!
Headlights are 9006 low beam and 9005 high beam. They come pre-wired with an adapter to change our 9004 connector into a seperate low/high setup. All you do is plug in the connector and you're good to go. The headlights even come with new bulbs.
To bolt in the headlight, they included a small bracket that bolts into the 2 mounting holes on the outer side of the headlight/corner area. The new headlight then bolts into the bracket. The other two mounting points on the inner part of the headlight slip right into the stock mounting holes.
As far as fitment goes, it sits flush with the fenders, body and grill. And they do "bolt right in", HOWEVER, they do not fit perfectly. The mounting points were a little bit off and I had to cut away some of the plastic in order for the grill to fit. Not hard, you just need 30 seconds and a razor knife or drill of some sort. You need to enlarge these two plastic mounting holes. You'll know what I mean when you try to bolt on your grill (it won't really fit that well).
Disclaimer: I apologize for the low quality of the pictures but my new 8mp digital camera I bought from newegg broke, and instead of sending me a replacement camera, they sent me a refund. Go figure.
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11-12-2006, 05:29 PM
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11-12-2006, 05:30 PM
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Installed pics:
Corners
High beams:
Low and fogs:
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11-12-2006, 05:34 PM
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Looking good! First person to install them too, very nice
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11-12-2006, 05:34 PM
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those look MOTHER F'N SIIIIIIIIIIICK
WOW, they are even plug and play like stated, the harness is already done!
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11-12-2006, 05:38 PM
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how is the beam pattern? they look great!!! give us a head-on shot of both.
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11-12-2006, 05:38 PM
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Very very nice!!! Take some pics with the good closed from the front.
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11-12-2006, 05:38 PM
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VERY nice....must see more
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11-12-2006, 05:43 PM
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sick man now i got to have them
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11-12-2006, 05:51 PM
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Excellent, somones ganna make a lot of money... Thanks for testing them out for us. I must have logged on at least 20 times today to check if you had tested them.
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11-12-2006, 05:54 PM
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Nice. I'll definately have to pick up a pair of these. Please let us know how the light output is when you find out.
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11-12-2006, 05:56 PM
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omfg... they look awesome ! Best looking headlights i've ever seen on a 4th gen ! cant wait for ppl to retrofit them w/ projectors !
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11-12-2006, 05:58 PM
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they fit better than cefiro 1piece i guess? did you installed these in the parking lot?
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11-12-2006, 06:00 PM
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ewuzh, did you notice if the lens is glass or plastic?
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11-12-2006, 06:04 PM
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those are sex. now that annoying gap the cefiros left won't be an issue for me. i'm getting these if the lowbeam pattern is decent.
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11-12-2006, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by NYC32798
ewuzh, did you notice if the lens is glass or plastic?
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i'm 99% sure its plastic... not many manufacturers make headlights w/ glass lenses anymore.
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11-12-2006, 06:05 PM
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and now to see the AE'd ones.....
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11-12-2006, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by NYC32798
ewuzh, did you notice if the lens is glass or plastic?
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Lens is plastic.
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11-12-2006, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by natty99
and now to see the AE'd ones.....
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yea lets hope its a black maxima as well. 
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11-12-2006, 06:12 PM
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i wonder if you can change the bulbs
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11-12-2006, 06:13 PM
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sick... great shots
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11-12-2006, 06:15 PM
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**** is sexy.. good job
then i scrolled down to see "plastic" which made me less angry at myself for not waiting for these. i wanna see the black versions installed as well...
get diamond bumper lights to go with your lights. youll be 3x happier when u see the difference
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11-12-2006, 06:15 PM
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Look goods. I want to see the black housings and I'm also wondering about upgrading the lights....
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11-12-2006, 06:17 PM
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sooooooooo tempted but i wont be able to use my D2S bulbs. 
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11-12-2006, 06:17 PM
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I wonder what the difference is between the ones that acekogyo is selling and the ones that racinghouse is selling. Ewuzh, who did you buy from?
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11-12-2006, 06:25 PM
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WOW!! HOORAY for the guinea pig!
Very nice job, excelent pics man. I am interested!! The smoothness of them gets me hooked!
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11-12-2006, 06:26 PM
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Wow not bad at all. I didn't think they would look to good, but I was very wrong.
Good to see new products still coming out.
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11-12-2006, 06:31 PM
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So its safe to say the test was a complete success?
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11-12-2006, 06:33 PM
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These are the acekogyo lights. They are most likely the same thing.
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11-12-2006, 06:39 PM
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Night time:
Beam pattern is not very good. From the factory the lights were aimed really low. Good thing there was an adjustment screw on the back so I raised them up. Unfortunately light output is not better than the stock 9004. There seems to be a hotspots in the beam pattern. Because of this, I say these are an ideal candidate for a projector retro.
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11-12-2006, 06:42 PM
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damn that looks like some pretty horrible output..... next project is u to be a ginuea for a retrofit in those head lights............hehe
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11-12-2006, 06:46 PM
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I was getting ready to order a set until I saw the light output. Now I'm not sure. Would you say that the output is worse than stock?
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