Qx4 HID Headlights

[noname007]

Are the 2001-on qx4 hid headlights a direct swap for the halogen qx4 headlights of the 99 model year? Are the harnesses the same? If not what needs to be modified?

[angusangus]

I recently upgraded from 97 pathy to 02 qx and before that i looked at doing the h/l swap but if you park beside one you"ll see that you need a lot of parts,imo - not worth it you need expensive parts like hood h/l assy.fenders grille etc.etc.

[99stockpath]

ya its pretty pricey thank god i have a qx4 for spare parts! also have parts for sale if interested in doing a full conversion

[KoukiS14]

I recently upgraded from 97 pathy to 02 qx and before that i looked at doing the h/l swap but if you park beside one you"ll see that you need a lot of parts,imo - not worth it you need expensive parts like hood h/l assy.fenders grille etc.etc.

QX4 is a bit different. . I'm betting that the headlights will fit, but will require1) grille from 01+ QX42) trim piece under outside edge of headlight3) wiring to make everything work (don't imagine this would be anything more than cutting and splicing)

I'm guessing that the old bumper would work with the new headlights, as both are flat on top. In addition, I'm also assuming the sheet metal is all the same (hood and fenders). It appears identical.

I'm looking around for a set of lights to try this out. Personally, I prefer the older bumper, but want OEM HID.

[99stockpath]

QX4 is a bit different. . I'm betting that the headlights will fit, but will require1) grille from 01+ QX42) trim piece under outside edge of headlight3) wiring to make everything work (don't imagine this would be anything more than cutting and splicing)

I'm guessing that the old bumper would work with the new headlights, as both are flat on top. In addition, I'm also assuming the sheet metal is all the same (hood and fenders). It appears identical.

I'm looking around for a set of lights to try this out. Personally, I prefer the older bumper, but want OEM HID.

sheet metal is way diff, need hood and fenders and grille, and the lamps u need the ballast n wiring and all that caca, i have a pair of lights ill let go for 1000.00 they are out of an 02 qx4

[KoukiS14]

sheet metal is way diff, need hood and fenders and grille, and the lamps u need the ballast n wiring and all that caca, i have a pair of lights ill let go for 1000.00 they are out of an 02 qx4

I dunno... I still think the sheetmetal is all identical. The 01+ appear to have a more angular shape to the corner lights, but if you compare the part that's actually metal vs the trim piece that's plastic, I believe this accounts for the appearance. The 01+ lights are taller... the hood and fenders to me look identical.

I'm thinking the front bumpers MAY be interchangeable, but are each sort of tailored to work with the grill of that particular MY, thusly making it look like crap if swapped... so it defeats my purpose anyway.

[pathy]

Does anyone know if the qx4 HIDs will swap directly into a 02 pathfinder? thanks for any info/links etc. I'm very interested in doing this project and am tryign to find info

[KoukiS14]

Does anyone know if the qx4 HIDs will swap directly into a 02 pathfinder? thanks for any info/links etc. I'm very interested in doing this project and am tryign to find info

Def. won't swap directly. You'd need the front sheetmetal from a QX4 -- since 99.5 the Pathy headlights have an entirely different shape.

[simplexveritas]

Def. won't swap directly. You'd need the front sheetmetal from a QX4 -- since 99.5 the Pathy headlights have an entirely different shape.

kouksi... sorry to revive a dead thread, but on your HIDs, where did you get the yellows on the bottm?

[simplexveritas]

kouksi... sorry to revive a dead thread, but on your HIDs, where did you get the yellows on the bottm?

(i'm asking because i picked up a conversion from here -- too bad the cops started giving my bulbs some funny eyes). I'm thinking with yellow fogs (3000k) they'll give me far less grief.

[KoukiS14]

kouksi... sorry to revive a dead thread, but on your HIDs, where did you get the yellows on the bottm?

no prob. . I don't have HID - just the stock 99.5 halogens. The yellow fogs are stock on 97-00 QX4.

My dream would be to combine the older front bumper with the new headlights, since I like yellow fogs with HID.

[pyrophilus]

Thought about doing this with my '01 LE, and did alot of shopping around for parts.

The front fenders on the '01-'04 R50 QX4 are same as the '01-'04 R50 Pathfinder. The QX4 has a large, body colored fender flairs that makes it look different. Same headlamp cutout too.

Unfortunately, the QX4 HID lights are taller than the Pathfinder's halogen housings. Furthermore, the pathfinder's halogen is separate from the cornering lamps, whereas the QX4 is a single piece. Mounting holes still seem the same. The pathfinder makes up for the shorter height of housing with the body colored plastic trim between the bottom of the housings and top of the bumpers.

If you wanted to run QX4 HID on pathfinder, you'd need a new center grill, which means you also need a QX4 hood, and there is probably alot of work to make it fit.

In terms of electronics, as you get the entire housing with ballast, wiring is the same. I put in regular halogens from '00 maxima into my brother-in-law's '02 maxima when he had his HID's stolen. There are same number of wires. Voltage does not matter, because the voltage going INTO the ballast is all 12v DC.

Even if you get everything to fit, and all the wiring done, one final problem is that you'd need the headlamp/turnsignal stalk from a QX4. I know they look the same, but the QX4's stalk is physically designed to NOT turn off the low beam when you flash the high beam, whereas the pathfinder's stalk is designed internally so that when you turn on the high beam, it cuts off the low beam.

If you did not change your stalk, and did all the work, and while you are driving, and you try to flash oncoming traffic, you will find that as you blink, your xenons will try to blink against the high beams. And HID bulbs are not designed to be rapidly and continously turned on and off in succession. You will kill the bulbs.

I guess now you see why I did not do the conversion. Unfortunately, my beloved '01 was rear ended few weeks ago, and was totalled. I have a '05 LE, which ALSO DOES NOT HAVE XENONS!!! I was thinking of a bixenon conversion kit, but I am reluctant because of people reporting getting ticketed by cops for having non-oem xenons...

I think I may install a rear-view camera on my factory navigation system as my first project instead... Good luck with your project...