EASIEST PLUG-PLAY HIDs available on EBAY?

[LongBeachCoupe]

Hey guys i felt bad starting ANOTHER thread... i wish we could get a better search engine on the site...

The local guys at bestdubs.com who "match any price" cant match the prices i see on ebay.... Im going to buy it with my amex card (adds 1 yr warranty, and amex is no hassle EVER)... But what i want is the PURE PLUG-PLAY... I dont want to have to switch anything with the wiring like generic did i believe...

The way i am going to work it is i am buying the fiberglass eyelids from ebay.. and i am going to disconnect the yellow running light, and change the corner 3457 bulb to either LED or a clear bulb... All you will see is white.. no yellow hint...

I just want to make this easy on myself, its cold outside and i dont have patience to deal with altering wiring if i dont have to...

ALSO... if anyone has ANY INSIGHT on what type/kind of resistor i would need to get to prevent the fast blink from a different corner bulb.. PLEASE PLEASE HELP!

[swatteamtimmah]

Dont waste your time with "Plug and Play" HID kits.http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=279159

dont be "that guy" rolling around blinding everyone on the streets with your uber bad glare.Do a retrofit, and do it the right way.

-Tim

[LongBeachCoupe]

Wow... Im not spending 2k on a set of headlights... and the eyelids will provide a great cutoff of glare...

I found the kit thats plug-play friendly....http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

Now i am trying to figure out what kind of RESISTOR i need to stop a fast flash on the corner lights... PLEASE HELP!

[rjdmmfl1]

Dont waste your time with "Plug and Play" HID kits.http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=279159

dont be "that guy" rolling around blinding everyone on the streets with your uber bad glare.Do a retrofit, and do it the right way.

-Tim

Hmmm, dozens of 4th generation A/S and 2008 Altima coupes have used aftermarket HID kits on their cars and have found that the headlights on the A/C and 4th gen A/S have a minimal if any glare regarding either oncoming traffic or when following behind someone.

i have driven my wife's Altima Sedan with an aftermarket HID kit, and there was little to no glare.

[LongBeachCoupe]

Yet no insight on the resistor needed?Come on DOC!Someone must know the answer...

[rjdmmfl1]

Naww, If I had done this mod, i would have done it all the way, and tested various resistors to see which one works best. An easy way to do it would be to purchase a multi resistor kit from radio shack, and test various resistors atsrting with the lowest resistance, moving up in ohms and stop at the one that reduces the fast blink to a slow one!

[LongBeachCoupe]

Ok Doc... so i went to radioshacks site... the resistors look like its a wire with a small thingie in the middle... Where would this go? I assume that there is going to be a harness that plugs into the bulb... Would i need to cut the wires just before the harness patch the resistor in... then electrical tape the hell out of it?

Or is there a way without cutting?

[rjdmmfl1]

Ok Doc... so i went to radioshacks site... the resistors look like its a wire with a small thingie in the middle... Where would this go? I assume that there is going to be a harness that plugs into the bulb... Would i need to cut the wires just before the harness patch the resistor in... then electrical tape the hell out of it?

Or is there a way without cutting?

LBC, VLEDS.com sells the load resistor kits for what you are trying to do. Its a universal kit, so I don't know whether or not it will work for all models, but for only 9.99 its worth a shot.

http://frickinbrite.com/catalo...d=113

In regards to the resistor kit from radio shack, I was suggesting using that to determine exactly what load you needed. I know exactly what they look like as i had to use them to properly setup my PAC SWi PS with my Nav unit to retain steering wheel control.

If you look at the load resistor kit from vleds, the metal pieces comes in wire form. That's because the long metal pieces don't splice well using the little blue splice thingies. Seriously, I wopuld just go ahead and order the load resistor kit from vleds and see if they work!

This diagram should help.. lemme know how things go!

[LongBeachCoupe]

You rule DOC... Now let me ask you this based on the schematic... Since i am using this on the CORNER lights... They are supposed to be running when the headlights are on, and blink when signal is on... Based on the pic.. do you think it will function the way i want it to?

[LongBeachCoupe]

Or would this be the one i need?http://frickinbrite.com/catalo...d=114

[zerodeefex]

Hmmm, dozens of 4th generation A/S and 2008 Altima coupes have used aftermarket HID kits on their cars and have found that the headlights on the A/C and 4th gen A/S have a minimal if any glare regarding either oncoming traffic or when following behind someone.

i have driven my wife's Altima Sedan with an aftermarket HID kit, and there was little to no glare.

I actually think this is because the headlights are designed with a cutoff already since the stock xenons don't use a projector. I'm still looking for pics of someone with a 4300-5000k kit from 25 ft away at driver level, though, but I'm guessing it should be pretty good.

[LongBeachCoupe]

The factory Xenon has a different housing... The glare isnt that bad man... i feel like you must have crashed into something because a F-150 had Piaa lights in your face or something and you are angry lol...Regardless of where the light ends... an eyelid keeps it clean!

[zerodeefex]

The factory Xenon has a different housing... The glare isnt that bad man... i feel like you must have crashed into something because a F-150 had Piaa lights in your face or something and you are angry lol...Regardless of where the light ends... an eyelid keeps it clean!

that would have sucked royally

Seriously though, I am pretty sensitive to light and changes in light and it really wonks me out when I see people with aftermarket HID kits with horrible glare and no cutoff coming at me. I've never ran into anything, but I could see it sucking for others if I too had a wack kit. I'm guessing you folks are 100% right, though, and I expect the cutoff will be correct. I might just get the HIDs and eyelids to make sure, though

[BlackNWhite]

I think Rob said he got the xentec for his wife and I don't think he had problems. That's the one I'm thinking of getting.

I'm doing the same setup as you. I'm putting on those fiberglass eyelids, disconnecting the running light and putting on HIDs. I have the clear turn signals and I have no hyper flash.

[rjdmmfl1]

I think Rob said he got the xentec for his wife and I don't think he had problems. That's the one I'm thinking of getting.

I'm doing the same setup as you. I'm putting on those fiberglass eyelids, disconnecting the running light and putting on HIDs. I have the clear turn signals and I have no hyper flash.

I think the gentleman earlier was spot on, the factory housing for the base models, while being different than that of the premium package vehicles, have a nice cutoff built into the lens.

Blacknwhite, the hyper flashing comes after you do the wire switch or replace with LEDs not clear lights

In regards to the eyelids. I don't think it'll matter. The low beams are at the bottom of the housing, the eyelids don't really go down that far do they?

[Shift_Altima]

Realistically. How much to retrofit and get projectors?

[BlackNWhite]

Nah, they don't go down that far. Just doint it cuz they're cool.

[generic808]

Pics taken from a crouched position at about 15ft, 25ft, and at an angle, repsectively. Hope this helps. 5000K HID

[LongBeachCoupe]

They eyelids dont go down that far, but as far as a spray is concerned my logic is this... Because its a reflective housing.. that 5000k of light will bounce around the housing and cause glare all around the light.... ergo putting a lid on would cover a portion of the housing that could be producing glare? All BS? i have no idea... just my quick .02

[rjdmmfl1]

They eyelids dont go down that far, but as far as a spray is concerned my logic is this... Because its a reflective housing.. that 5000k of light will bounce around the housing and cause glare all around the light.... ergo putting a lid on would cover a portion of the housing that could be producing glare? All BS? i have no idea... just my quick .02

No, no I understand your logic! In vehicles that don't have cutoffs built in, placing hID kits into those vehicles would be a nightmare! If you look at the beam pattern of even the base A/C and A/S, they have a pretty nice cutoff, looks almost like a projector cutoff (but not exactly) In any case, whenI pull into my garage in my wife's car, I do notice that the nice cutoff that existed when she had her stock halogens in has somwhat blurred, but not to the point of producing glare. I will take a picture of it and post it to show what I mean!

[BlackNWhite]

Oh ****, Generic's X-Lights are back on the market.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

Still, I have no soldering skills and since he had trouble and Rob didn't with the Xentec... that's what I'm going with.

[BlackNWhite]

Alright, not meaning to thread-jack...

But which HID's should I buy?

Xentec:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...photo

Or

X-Light:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

They both look good. X-Light looks really good but I want the easiest install possible.

Both will be roughly 75.00 so price is no biggie. Helppppp.

[LongBeachCoupe]

X light needed mods...I finally ordered my Xentec's today... 2 sets.. I decided to go with 6k instead of 5k...I also just ordered the Fiberglass Eyelids...

Now im buying the clear corners... I will be unplugging the yellow running light(and it will be 100% hidden by the eyelid for a clean look)...

The resistors... still working on this issue...

I came across thishttp://www.eautoworks.com/html...oogle

Which i think is what im looking for, and the "how-to" says splicing is required.. but i guess its something im willing to do now... Im just wondering if this is the right RESISTOR and LOAD CAPACITY to runTHESE: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVWin the corners...

[generic808]

My X-Light needed a little modification, but it was very minor My friend has the same kit and his did not. It goes with any cheap aftermarket kit though, so go with whichever one you want. Just to let you know, the X-Light is of very good quality. The ballast seems very well built and durable. Just a word of caution with some other kits (not X-Light), they may not come with harnesses so you would have either solder or tape everything together.

[zerodeefex]

Pics taken from a crouched position at about 15ft, 25ft, and at an angle, repsectively. Hope this helps. 5000K HID

Thank you so much for the pics! This makes me feel a lot better. Cameras tend to look way more glare-y than real life so I think this should be just perfect.

[BlackNWhite]

So I just won an auction for X-Lights. I wanted to pay MY price for them. Not theirs... so I had to try to win a bunch of different auctions and I finally did it. 72.50 shipped.

Guess me and LBC should be getting our HIDs roughly around the same time. We shall see which holds up better on the coupe. X-Lights or Xentec.

X-Light for the win!!!!!!!!!

In case I need to modify it... my gf's dad is an electrican, he should be of some assistance.

[generic808]

I honestly think I just got a random backward set because my friend didn't have a problem with his. Hopefully yours is ok. You'll see the quality of the ballasts soon enough.

[zenki07]

I use the X Light kit as well for my foglights...good quality kit, easy install; haven't had a problem yet, and for the price, can't go wrong.