Anyone familiar with this JDM HID full conversion kit?

[Q-less]

Seems simple enoughJDM converion kit

[elwesso]

Save the money and go with sylvania silverstars I say...

Theres been someone on here who put HIDs in his Q45... Zinkie13 is doing it to his Y33 and I cant remember who did it to their G50..

[pito11213]

Hey if you want to hook your ride up then go for it.

I love the HID kits on the G50. Especially on the black ones. If I see an opportunity in the future I will be getting the same kit. I dont believe the wiring to be that difficult but still you should get a reputable shop to do it that way it is warrantied.

[zinkie13]

My HID's will be officially finished and installed tomorrow! After nearly 2 weeks!

[Q-less]

Are they like the kit above or from another car?

[1qckser]

The Silver Stars have nothing on a nice set of HIDs, im running them in all 3 of my vehicles and would much rather have a set of 8k HIDs, I do a ton of night driving in rural CT and those would be a nice welcome, I say go for it as long as he is giving a warranty and has a good feedback rating:)

[maxnix]

Well, first off, most factory HID are in the 4000° K to 5600° K range. After 6000° K, the Lumens drop off very quickly, so that if these are really 8000° K bulbs, the lumens will be substantially less than the Silverstars. Philips and Sylvania do not make any bulbs above 6000° K.

Secondly, most halogen bulbs have thier filaments in a plane somewhat paralell to the plane of the front of the car. D2S HID bulbs discharge their light orthogonally to that plane, so even if the HID bulbs are at the correct depth (almost non of the converted HID bulbs are), the OEM lens is not designed to disperse the light correctly. Usually, the result of such conversions is a lot of glare and less lumens than from a halogen bulb. Not good for oncoming drivers, and thus not for such operators and their passengers.

We won't even mention the problem with JDM headlights with their beam kick-up on the wrong (oncoming traffic) side of the road.

OEM HID, with the correctly designed lens assembly and the correct color temperature bulbs, are very nice. One thing I like about my wife's 2000 FY33. The halogen Silverstar high beams in the dead of a black night in NM did not improve illumination down the road at all since the HID low beams reamain on. And the beam pattern is sharp and well controlled to avoid blinding oncoming drivers, critical on a two lane highwayat speed.

[1qckser]

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[zinkie13]

Mine are modified bi-function projectors from a dodge viper. That's why it is taking so long, because we have to do a lot of cutting on my lights and we had to get the projectors chromed

[1qckser]

Sounds sweet cant wait to see it:)

[1992Q45A]

I have no way of confirming or denying what max says, but I think he is right.

There is a reasont he JP specialy made HID full kit for the G50 costs over 1,000. While this kit on ebay costs a third less.

I just don't trust that kit on ebay at all.

A custom job like what zinkie is doing, is awesome. Or a nice kit designed for the car from the ground up, but not some cheap kit like on ebay... blah

Ebay is full of cheap crap for the G50

[Q451990]

Mine are modified bi-function projectors from a dodge viper. That's why it is taking so long, because we have to do a lot of cutting on my lights and we had to get the projectors chromed

Would the 2000+ Xenon units from the newer Y33 work on the older ones? Just curious...

I'd like to try something like this, but the G50 uses glass lenses so it would be difficult (maybe impossible) to polish out the optics from the inside of the lenses... then there's the whole depth issue. Has anyone ever seen/done a projector installation in a G50 series Q?

Heath

[maxnix]

Adapting the FY33 units or Y34 units might be tough, but I do recall that LHD President someone posted from Yahoo.jp austions, and think (if the photo was'nt flipped), that somewhere in the Nissan parts bin is the later dash with a screen and HID low beams for LHD cars. Who knows?

If the correct HID headlight did exist, prabably the fenders, hood, and front fascia would have to be changed also.

[1992Q45A]

Junction Produce sells a full hid kit for the G50. It's been posted here before. It's on their us page

[elwesso]

Might it possible to make J30 lights fit in for the sake of having projectors.....

[elwesso]

Might be more feasible on the 90-93...

[qship96]

after looking at those pictures,the cut lines between the hood and fenders not matching with the cut lines between the headlamps and parking lamps on the 90-93 look horrible compared to the 94-96-what a huge detail to overlook in the original design stage,hopefully that designer is no longer on the team!

[elwesso]

Ouch..... All i can say OUCH, slammed!

[elwesso]

I dont think the 94 is a compromise... Its more the best of both worlds... it takes most of teh performance (it would be all if they didnt change to granny gears ), and adds in a touch of luxury...

Sure its not the same, but with all the improvements made in 94, i hardly see it as a compromise!!!

Ryan, i know your a 90-93 purist, but I think most of the 90-93 owners would trade their for an equal 94/95.. I know I probably wouldnt have a 90-93 as my daily driver.. id love to have a 91/92/93 Q45a as a little project car, but with all the other stuff the 94 has to offer (heated seats, TCS, better sound system, quieter, etc), I see that as a better daily driver personally..

ive driven a 91 Q, and it just didnt feel as secure as my 94... Just MHO.....

[qship96]

if the original was so good,they would not have had to make the hundreds of upgrades to styling and luxury appointments to the ugly duckling.If speed is your main priority,you my friend are driving the wrong type of automobile-maybe you should be shopping the "Buy here,pay here{weekly} lots " for an old ragged out 5.0 mustang!

[QShip]

Ryan, i know your a 90-93 purist, but I think most of the 90-93 owners would trade their for an equal 94/95..

I'd rather have my early 91 Q than any 94/95.

[qship96]

please tell me you are not ignorant enough to think a 90-93q runs with m5`s or 911`s,please,tell me you are not that ignorant?as to the early q selling well,then dropping off as the model aged,check history-thats how the marketplace works-once the newness wears off,sales drop.-go change your diaper and stop crying about the issue!

[Jesda]

We own among the greatest cars on the road.

[qship96]

p.s.-learn to spell,Laugh.not laff.

[qship96]

WHATEVER----------the original point was the styling,not the speed or performance of the vehicle.

[qship96]

re-read my last post,it will sink in sooner or later-consider this my last post on this topic,hope you get it!

[Jesda]

As Peter Griffin of "Family Guy" would say: You guys are asses.

I try to keep any pissing contests in General Chat, and preferably not at all. Why? One of these days, who knows, someone could have a wreck, at which point a Q would be parted out... I'd hate to be the one who cant get a much-needed part because of an old stupid grudge.

We're kind of a rare breed on NICO and on the roads. Cannibalizing each other isn't really helpful.

What would I do if Scott didnt offer to do my chain guides? If Dennis and Wes didnt offer free and informed tech help, if Joe didnt sell us OEM parts for cheap, if we didn't have Fred's valuable knowledge on motor oils, or the parts (and vehicles) we sell each other for discounted prices, etc etc etc...

-Jesda

[1992Q45A]

I'll delete my threads. No point in wasting server space with argueing.

I wonder if 16 second man will do the same

[zinkie13]

Q45 1990.........Anything is possible. If you wanted you could do something similar to what I have seen Will do on other cars. I believe the lenses on the early Q's are fogged so what you can do is have them drilled and have the projectors popping out of the lens a little bit. Its a really neat affect. If anyone ever what to try and put REAL HID's in there car, I have access to as many as you want. Every job would have to be custom though, no plug and play, but it is totally worth it. The light from these is so much better than anything you can just get off of ebay.

[docsmile71]

I put HID's in my G50. Simple plug and play. No wires to cut, the kit I got were Brightstar from http://www.importhookup.com The beam pattern is excellent. It's a very sharp cutoff so that you don't blind oncoming traffic. I think they did a good job in relocating the arc to where the halogen filament normally would be.

The color is just white. I think it's like 5100K. Very good light output. I have some pics in the Member Gallery section .my pics