I hate when people do that. Thread jacking pisses me off. Especially when you have enough posts to start your own thread. But yeah my 9004's are great. I'll upload some pix tomorrow to show how good mine are.
The same as the 9004's, just regular ole Sylvania Halogen's
That's the way I was going to go. I tried a regular Sylvania Xtravision 9007 in one lamp and a 9004 Silverstar Ultra in the other. The Sliverstar blew the Xtravision away it was a much whiter and brighter light. So then I went with 9007's Silverstar Ultra's but had the alignment issue. Glad it worked out for you. All this was a pain for me but it made for a popular thread :-)
No its not you idiot. I clearly stated it was like this BEFORE and AFTER the 9007 mod. Meaning i ran 9004's before and it was the same ****.
Quit instigating. You failed at a simple mod that others found beneficial. Get over it.
I only noticed that after my inital post.
I may be an idiot and have failed on that mod but my headlight lens do not protrude. Failure is often a better teacher than success. Suit yourself. I'm only trying to help.
When you find the cause of your problem please make sure you let us all know.
I did the 9007 "upgrade" yes, it is better then the 9004's, which suck, my hid kit, still put out better light, and honestly, i think i got flashed less with my custom shielded hid kit, then i did with the 9007's.
But as previously stated, my porsche e-codes with the STI clear lens PWN any reflector setup..and IMO the maxima has the absolute worst lights out there..my ford rangers lights put WAY better light out and the high beam is way better..oh the "fog lights" are way better too..
Projectors < everything else.
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I did the 9007 "upgrade" yes, it is better then the 9004's, which suck, my hid kit, still put out better light, and honestly, i think i got flashed less with my custom shielded hid kit, then i did with the 9007's.
But as previously stated, my porsche e-codes with the STI clear lens PWN any reflector setup..and IMO the maxima has the absolute worst lights out there..my ford rangers lights put WAY better light out and the high beam is way better..oh the "fog lights" are way better too..
Projectors > everything else.
fixed it for ya.
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I read on this site and others how you can easily convert your headlights from 9004 to 9007. There are also cables for sale to help you perform this mod.
I read that the 9007's are 20% higher wattage bulbs and have an improved beam patten, this all sounded good so I decided to try this mod using Silverstar Ultra's.
First of all this mod is not necessarily easy, second this is not necessarily an improvement.
When cutting or grinding the nubs in the housing so you can fit the 9007 bulbs, unless you are very careful ,you will get dust into the housing. Good luck getting it out.
If you try taking the bulb socket apart to change the wiring you will probably break them, old plastic tends to be brittle.
Be ready to take the battery out, possibly multiple times to get at the drivers side socket and to perform adjustments.
Once you install the 9007 bulbs you will find that The 9007s beam center is much higher and more scattered than the 9004s. Only extreme adjustment will get them down where they belong. If you do that your housing will no longer be flush with the hood and grill and it will look bad. I'm wondering if anyone has taken their Maxima for a professional adjustment after this mod.
Our headlight housing reflectors were designed by engineers to work properly with 9004 bulbs and not 9007. The 9004s put the beam on the road where it belongs, the 9007s scatter the beams all over the place. If you have the 9007's on your 4th gen Maxima you are probably blinding other drivers. I'm going to stick with the 9004's, the small amount of increased light is certainly not worth the effort.
I realize some of you will say you performed this mod and it was easy and came out perfect but I bet just as many will agree that this is one mod better left undone.
ive had this conversion done for 2+ years no problems whatsoever.
Well at least my thread is getting lots of attention. I'm not sure why this mod failed for me the lights were just too high and there was just no way I could get them near where they belong without major adjustment. I inserted the bulbs fully after grinding down the two bottom nubs of the housing, the clip that holds the light socket in place was at 12 oclock (is that the way it should be?). I could see if I installed one of them improperly but both lights were way too high.
I did not have any issues adjusting the 9004's back exactly wher they belong. Weird.
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