Questionable Products from Ebay

[ReKleineR]

I scaned through ebay for 00-04 pathfinder parts and questioned these products.

Product: Cross drilled rotorsQuestion: Do they make a difference, and are they cheaper than gettin rotors from the garage?

Stop! In the name of love.

Product: Yellow JDM FoglightsQuestion: Do they make yellow H3 bulbs instead, or do you like these?

They call it Mellow Yellow



Product: Throttle body spacerQuestion: Does it do anything or a waste of 100 bucks?

More horsies or more wasted money

Product: HID conversion kitsQuestion: Has anyone installed one of these, and do they work good?

Brighter is Better

[bmlawless]

Product: Throttle body spacerQuestion: Does it do anything or a waste of 100 bucks?

More horsies or more wasted money

Wasted money. Just like fuel like magnets or a performance exhaust system for a Prius.

[fueler]

thsoe jdm yellow fogs are sick!!! ive never seen them on a pathfinder but i say u should get them. That fog light switch is nice too!

[ReKleineR]

I like those fog lights too, I just dont know if it would look too ricer or not. I found some pure yellow H3 bulbs on ebay though. I cracked my passenger fog light last winter so I might get the yellow ones or just get yellow bulbs.

Speakin about fog lights, I saw that fog light mod on a pathfinder on cardomain and he gave instructions on how to do it, so i followed them, and after I hooked the wire up to the battery i went in my truck to turn on the lights, and it was smokin inside! Ends up thats not the way it was supposed to be wired. the wire for the fog light control got wicked hot and melted the insulation around it, and split the wire... i gotta find a new setup i guess.

[fueler]

i dont think very many people would even notice the fogs, only the nissan purists and enthusiasts sounds like something had to be wired up wrong, mine been modded for 4 years no problems...

[bmlawless]

Speakin about fog lights, I saw that fog light mod on a pathfinder on cardomain and he gave instructions on how to do it, so i followed them, and after I hooked the wire up to the battery i went in my truck to turn on the lights, and it was smokin inside! Ends up thats not the way it was supposed to be wired. the wire for the fog light control got wicked hot and melted the insulation around it, and split the wire... i gotta find a new setup i guess.

Search this forum. I just did the fog light mod on my 99 QX4 and posted it complete with pics a couple of weeks ago. It should be basically the same for your pathy.

[carnal_c30]

*regular yellow h3 bulbs dont come out as yellow as these will. you could always go with hid headlights and 3000k yellow hid fogs which looks yellow and cool

*hid conversion kits work and usually arent too bad, just beware of the super cheap ones which arent even real hid kits, just bulbs with 'xenon gas' and some even have fake looking ballast kinda things.

*cross drilled rotors- honestly blank rotors will perform better in most situations, its mostly for the look factor. just remember you can resurface them and also if the drilled holes are in the wrong spot it can cause cracking

I sell all these items so I'm pretty familiar with the ebay garbage some is good and some is just bad.

[fueler]

just realized there was a question about the cross drilled rotors. There are some nice ones at 4x4parts.com do not mess with ebay rotors because they are cheaply done and will crack within 10k miles!!

[ReKleineR]

Search this forum. I just did the fog light mod on my 99 QX4 and posted it complete with pics a couple of weeks ago. It should be basically the same for your pathy.

Yeah I think I read them but I figured since I messed my wiring up (below) and I have a cracked fog light, I would just purchase the yellow ones with the wiring kit, so I kill two birds with one stone.



[/QUOTE]*hid conversion kits work and usually arent too bad, just beware of the super cheap ones which arent even real hid kits, just bulbs with 'xenon gas' and some even have fake looking ballast kinda things.[/QUOTE]

I figured if something is real cheap on ebay and its a good product its a fake. Like those superchips and stuff.

Thanks guys I like the hospitality here!

[fueler]

how the hell did you do that

[ReKleineR]

I'll tell you how I did that. I didn't join this site early enough to know that the directions the guy had on his cardomain were wrong. Too much voltage to the wire fried it.

[bmlawless]

I'll tell you how I did that. I didn't join this site early enough to know that the directions the guy had on his cardomain were wrong. Too much voltage to the wire fried it.

Something indeed was wrong with those instructions. That mod must have run all of the current for the lights throught the switch which would melt it down. If you look at my mod, the power to the lights still runs through the relay, just like the engineers intended. The only thing I changed is where where the power for the switch comes from.

However, if someone crossed their wires, used the wrong relay, or soldered to the wrong pin, they could atill mess up their ride even with the right procedure. I'm not saying you did that, this is just a word of warning to anyone who reads this in the future.

I would buy the yellow lights. That's one thing I think is wicked cool about my QX4.

[ReKleineR]

There was no soldering involved in the modification I read. If I remember correctly he said something like 4 inches of a certain gauge wire so you can reconnect it to the relay or something. Idk it was a year ago. I wish I could find his page on cardomain it was a nice pathy. OME lift, 32's, and all that jazz.