Possibly an old question, g35 headlight theft?

[champagneG35]

(ps this is champagneG35's fiance', however I don't have a login and it's a question for him so I figured it was ok )

Anyways, so I was doing random searches to see how easy our g35 can be stolen, considering my loved one has a history of well... things being stolen. Then I came upon quite a few articles saying that the g35 headlights were commonly stolen, as they were worth over $2k, and easy to pop out. Then we got into a discussion where I wasn't quite sure what kind of headlights we had, as my fiance' thinks that there is a difference between just plain xenon (possibly what we have?) and xenon HID headlights (which are the ones being stolen). Ours is a 2003 g35 coupe, and from what I can tell there is no differences stated anywhere between HID xenon and non HID xenon if it exists.

Question number 2 he wanted me to ask, why is it only about $300 to upgrade to the 2006 version of headlights (I believe they're "bixenon projector", also not sure what that means). If supposedly the whole kit is worth $2k.

So yea, 3 questions. Are g35 headlights still commonly stolen? What is the difference between types of xenon, how many types are there, and what type of xenon commonly comes with the 2003 g35 coupe? Also, why is it so cheap to upgrade to the 2006 version from a 2003 version of headlights, and no I don't know where he got price hehe, but I guess somewhere around 2004 the g35 headlights had a street value of $2k judging from the theft complaints online.

Hope that's not too confusing, and thanks for any input

[Fenvy]

I am not a G35 owner, hell I never sat in one...

but I would like to add that it does not cost over 2000$. The 2000$ would only make sense if it is at dealer price since the headlight is around 700$, ballast around 300, bulbs around 200. Times that by 2 (both side) and it is over 2000$

I did a check for you on ebay, many of these headlights are around 120~200$ each side and may acutally include the ballast (part of HID assembly). Since these headlight are reflector and not projector, they are not in huged demand such as audi's or bmws (projector HID are often taken out to retrofit on other cars). Ballast can be had for about 150$ a pair and bulbs around 60$ a pair.

So you're looking under $600 worth of damage when the lights are stolen
Modified by Loveless at 1:42 PM 9/23/2006

[champagneG35]

Thanks very much for your research , well we found a shock sensor alarm for the headlights for 20 bucks, but weren't sure if it was worth the effort, or if anyone even cared about our headlights anymore considering there's cars with newer and better stuff.

Oh yea, plus the fiance' is planning on upgrading to the 2006 model headlight sometime in the future for some odd, strange reason.

[infinititech1]

the 2006's come with a projector which basically works like a magnafine glass. the have the same bulbs and ballast as the other g35's though. only the fx's have the bixenon projector... bixenon means that both the low and high beam are directed through the same projector. i've never seen the 2006 headlights as cheap as your talking....cheapest i've seen is 600 for the pair...i've seen them on an 04 and they looked good. working at the dealership for a year i've never seen a g35 come in for headlights being stolen...only an fx. they aren't really worth all that much...they are all over ebay and go for pretty cheap.

[Fenvy]

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

06 headlight, 1 side, asking for 275

[champagneG35]

possibly he didn't realize it was only one side, I'll have to ask