HID DONE!! on my coupe..

[iM0jE]

Finally. It’s done!I just installed HID with relay kit.

As we talked about it before, there r two ways it can be done, either remove your bumper or remove your wheels. If you choose to remove your bumper, you can do the job very neat. If you choose to remove your wheels, you can do it little faster. I chose to remove my bumper since I’m a neat freak.It was pretty painful job. It took little longer than I was expected. Make sure you remember what you took off, how many bolts and pins took off and where you took em off.I don't recommend this installation if you havnt done such job like this before. Here’s some pix

ballast-psnger side, driver side - under the headlight

looks like Z, isn it?

i know.. im a bad picture taker

i will upload better pictures later.ask me if you have any questions
Modified by iM0jE at 7:41 PM 9/21/2007

[SHIFT_CR]

GREAT JOB!! how long did it take for you to do this? was removing the bumper difficult? what brand of HID kit did you purchase?

[iM0jE]

It took around 3 hours. It was not that difficult to remove the bumper but you gotta know what you r doing. I think I removed 13-15 pins, 5 screws from bumper and 5-6 screws from each headlight. After you removed screws and pins from bumper (make sure you remove one behind wheel liner), simply pull out the bumper carefully.Since I had HID kit for my previous car, Mustang, I used its ballasts. They are from O-Nex, Japanese product n they are pretty good. I purchased Bosch H11 bulbs and universal relay kit separately.Hope this help

I also replaced license plate bulbs to cool white color. If anybody ever wanna see the pics or know how-to, let me know.

Bonus picture.My bumper is sitting on my friend's place. Its huge but very light!
Modified by iM0jE at 2:30 AM 9/20/2007

[SHIFT_CR]

yea just post up the pic and how-to for the license plate on here, i just ordered my bulbs waiting for them to come in.

so if you had to do it all over again, would you do it by taking off the wheels or your 3 hour job? haha i wanna know which would be your recommendation.
Modified by SHIFT_CR at 12:42 AM 9/20/2007

[t2jokz]

I realy admire you guys!how i wish i can do that also...I really wanted to do that but i have these questions : Are they street legal?do i have to adjust the height of the bulb?Where can i buy those things that are needed and what are they?i'm very sorry but i'm just too naive but your patience is greatly appreciated!i do have the 3.5 SE Azure Blue Coupe.Thank you!

Finally. It’s done!I just installed HID with relay kit.

As we talked about it before, there r two ways it can be done, either remove your bumper or remove your wheels. If you choose to remove your bumper, you can do the job very neat. If you choose to remove your wheels, you can do it little faster. I chose to remove my bumper since I’m a neat freak.It was pretty painful job. It took little longer than I was expected. Make sure you remember what you took off, how many bolts and pins took off and where you took em off.I don't recommend this installation if you havnt done such job like this before. Here’s some pix

ballast-psnger side, driver side - under the headlight

looks like Z, isn it?

i know.. im a bad picture taker

i will upload better pictures later.ask me if you have any questions

[SHIFT_CR]

I realy admire you guys!how i wish i can do that also...I really wanted to do that but i have these questions : Are they street legal?do i have to adjust the height of the bulb?Where can i buy those things that are needed and what are they?i'm very sorry but i'm just too naive but your patience is greatly appreciated!i do have the 3.5 SE Azure Blue Coupe.Thank you!

Any temperature 6000k and below is street legal in most states i believe. You do not need to adjust the height of the bulb, just plug in the original socket. They are fairly cheap now, you can get off brands for less then $100 of ebay and brand names like McCulloch for around $250 also on ebay. The HID kits consists of the ballasts, bulbs, and wires connectors. Hope that answer your questions.

[LongBeachCoupe]

No HID foglights???

3 hours is not bad at all with a friend... im gonna ask my nissan tech if he will help me...

[audtatious]

Gentlemen, when you do these projects, can you take step-by-step pictures and provide a detailed "how to" guide? It would be very helpful to the Altima community to have these online.

Thanks

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Yes! Please please please in the future document this. Any how to guide would be great to add.

Now take it all apart and do it again

[iM0jE]

All aftermarket HID are illegal in my state, Virginia. I think most of other states are like that, too. 6000-7000K is safe range of temp you can get. Not 3000K(yellow) or 10000K(blue or purple) I never get pulled over because of HID tho. I would recommend you to go dealer to check if ur aiming is good. And when they are doing the job, ask them to aiming little lower than standard. sometimes the HID makes people blind on the street and cop doesn like that either. Be careful on rainy day,too. Because of all this reflection, you get all attention from cop. You can do the aiming job by urself. just one tool needed, a screw driver maybe.

I realy admire you guys!how i wish i can do that also...I really wanted to do that but i have these questions : Are they street legal?do i have to adjust the height of the bulb?Where can i buy those things that are needed and what are they?i'm very sorry but i'm just too naive but your patience is greatly appreciated!i do have the 3.5 SE Azure Blue Coupe.Thank you!

[LongBeachCoupe]

I really wish you took 15 pictures instead of 2... i would have attempted it tonight if there was a good how-to

[iM0jE]

I know it looks very cool HID foggy. If I do it, i would go for 3000K. But I would not do that because wiring job and locating ballasts will drive you crazy. HID on foggy is kinda useless too. I think you will waste another $2-300 most likely. If you looking for different color on ur foggy, just get the higher quality bulbs in different color. just my thought.

No HID foglights???

3 hours is not bad at all with a friend... im gonna ask my nissan tech if he will help me...

[audtatious]

PIAA Ion Crystals are not too bad for fog lights. Unfortunately you have to deal with it having a blue center when on which looks kinda tacky.

[iM0jE]

I took several pictures. I thought about make a how-to thread.

im telling you, as long as you can remove your bumper and headlights, it will be very simple job and its all up to you. Its ur call where you put the ballasts, install relay kit or not, how to hide all the wires. I do not want people follow my way and blame me later. This is why i did not make how-to thread. I will try to take more pix and post them (if i have a time) to show y'all how-to remove the bumper and headlights.I can make a recommendation if you got stuck on a problem.

I really wish you took 15 pictures instead of 2... i would have attempted it tonight if there was a good how-to

[audtatious]

There is no blame. People have the opportunity to follow what you did or do something else. Any modifications to a stock vehicle are always at the owners discretion.

It would be nice to add how-to's to the altimacoupe.com site and NICO's nissanTech page. I have already put together "HID foglights" and other how-to's up for the Maxima. Having the altima ones too would be great.

Here is an example how-to that I put together for HID Fogs:

http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=243013

[iM0jE]

If i had to do it all over again, i would take off the bumper again. If i only need to replace the bulbs, i will only take off the wheel liners, not wheels. I just thought about it and i would not recommend you to remove wheels to install HID. Hard to locate your ballast and wiring job will even more painful. Even u find the good spot to locate your ballasts, it is bad for your ballasts. I remember that one of my friend did the job thru that way, and her HID got many problems on ballasts. We did not figure out exactly why it happed but we assume that because of the area is kinda humid and it vibrates all the time since its near the wheels.

yea just post up the pic and how-to for the license plate on here, i just ordered my bulbs waiting for them to come in.

so if you had to do it all over again, would you do it by taking off the wheels or your 3 hour job? haha i wanna know which would be your recommendation.

Modified by SHIFT_CR at 12:42 AM 9/20/2007

[SHIFT_CR]

where did you place the ballast for the right side?

also, where are the screws located on the bumper? i only see pins

[iM0jE]

I did plafce the ballast for ths right side under the headlight. I directly attached under, just like genuine xenon product. I will try to upload more picture tonight to show you where the pins and how the result came out.

where did you place the ballast for the right side?

also, where are the screws located on the bumper? i only see pins

[iM0jE]

Here are some pics for the screws located on the bumper.I have not lay down to check how many are there but I assume that there are 4 below the bumper and 2 under wheel liner.

where did you place the ballast for the right side?

also, where are the screws located on the bumper? i only see pins

[iM0jE]

Here r some new pics of my HID and license plate light work.Tell me what y'all think.

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Looks great! Thanks for the pictures! Should help folks out.

[SHIFT_2.5S]

iM0jE,

is that a 3.5SE or 2.5S?

[SHIFT_CR]

NICE! What temperature are your bulbs? 6000k?

I just ordered some Mccullochs! Cant wait for them to get here and install them! Hope I can do it without any trouble! You gave me the excitement to do it NOW!! haha

[iM0jE]

yea its 6000K.Good luck with your HID, ask me if u got any question.trust me, when its done, u will get all the attentioneyes will stare, jaws will drop,

NICE! What temperature are your bulbs? 6000k?

I just ordered some Mccullochs! Cant wait for them to get here and install them! Hope I can do it without any trouble! You gave me the excitement to do it NOW!! haha

[SHIFT_CR]

yea its 6000K.Good luck with your HID, ask me if u got any question.trust me, when its done, u will get all the attentioneyes will stare, jaws will drop,

did you have to lower your bulbs? or did you just plug them in? if you did lower them, how did you do it?

[t2jokz]

is your original coupe has a premium package?mine is the 3.5 with premium package,do i need to replace my bulbs 'cause your pics look great!and also for the tail lights, i really admire you guys!hope you can tell me the specific bulb (brand,size,power or any important specs)....thank you very much!

[SHIFT_COUPE]

is your original coupe has a premium package?mine is the 3.5 with premium package,do i need to replace my bulbs 'cause your pics look great!and also for the tail lights, i really admire you guys!hope you can tell me the specific bulb (brand,size,power or any important specs)....thank you very much!

If you have the premium package you already have the factory HID system. If you looking for a different color you can replace your bulbs with the D2R size. I would suggest looking at the Philips 6000k Ultinon.

[homea1one]

You said that you used universal relays for your HID kit where can I purchase one and is it easy to install?

[generic808]

You said that you used universal relays for your HID kit where can I purchase one and is it easy to install?

Your nearest automotive store, "Stereo" Shack, or even W or K-Marts. Most HID kits, however, come with relays. So check the kit you purchase first.

[iM0jE]

i did not lower my bulbs. I just plug them in. If you want to lower your bulbs, take your car to dealer before you install HID. You can do it on your own but its very tricky to make them perfectly equal. I did not have to lower it since its not that high to make other drivers blind. Let me know if you decide to do it on your own, i will tell you how to.

did you have to lower your bulbs? or did you just plug them in? if you did lower them, how did you do it?