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Hi - if you are interested at all.....

I went to have a look at an RX-8 at the showroom the other day. The top of the range RX-8 with leather has HID lights on it. And the way they are self-cleaning is that they have a little mechanism on the bumper that opens up and squirts water to the middle focal point of the headlight which washes any dirt from the headlight, thus cleaning it.

One question - will any old HID kit from Jpn fit the skyline R33 or R34? Or will they need to be custom built for the head light assembly?

Hi - if you are interested at all.....

I went to have a look at an RX-8 at the showroom the other day. The top of the range RX-8 with leather has HID lights on it. And the way they are self-cleaning is that they have a little mechanism on the bumper that opens up and squirts water to the middle focal point of the headlight which washes any dirt from the headlight, thus cleaning it.

One question - will any old HID kit from Jpn fit the skyline R33 or R34? Or will they need to be custom built for the head light assembly?

I have put an aftermarket HID Kit in my R33 - just got it checked by the RAC who have verified that it is OK for road use.

HOWEVER, the lights are still pretty bright while driving - I suspect that a different headlight assembly may be needed ....?

Any one with an aftermarket HID Kit in their Skyline please PM me..

Im a bit lost here , but my cousin bLackR34 bought his gtt just recently and it is fitted with xenon h/lights . They have a switch on the dash which adjusts their position manually (im guessing they all do) and the guy we bought it of said he recently changed the globes but they werent expensive at all around $20 so some one is lying here . When they switch on they are a very distinctive color (like a bright white/blue) so im guessing they are still operating correctly , on a side note the h/lights actually have the word xenon printed on the inside of the lens so they are genuine . I was told that only a few cars snuck through with this type of headlight , is this correct?

adam

They may have got through on the old scheme but not anymore. My car has them straight from japan, they came standard on all turbo models. I have asked my compliance agent to keep them but he wont have a bar of it. RAW's workshops have to much to risk these days so they are not willing to bend the rules. They have to disconnect or cut the high voltage leads from the power packs and modify the standard xenon light housing to fit the new halogen globes. I will be able to refit xenon globes but just have to reconnect the old packs and find some globes!

hey adsmax , is your gtt fitted with a nizmo kit? it looks like it in the avater as my cousins car looks identical to the one in your avater .

also will check headlights today , especially after seeing the photo of the h4 conversion from xenon h/lights in an earlier post.

adam

my r34 got the xenons taken out when it was complied. ive managed to to obtain a xenon headlight set.. but no wires

would anyone know how much the wiring for the xenons will cost?

i think it used to have xenons on it when it was in japan, cos its got that level swtich inside the car...

but im quite sure that the wiring was all taken out when the standard halogen headlights were put in.

It is very easy to do the re-wiring provided the original looms are still useable.

Yes he means the silver box - it should have a yellow or orange hazard sticker on it and sits underneath the assembly.

what is RAC?

what aftermarket kit did u get?

did YOU use a different headlight assembly? or it just fit in the normal enclosure?

Anymore ppl put in aftermarket HID kits? which ones?

what is RAC? - I think you guys call them the RMNA or something like that. The guys that you call when you break down.

I have an aftermarket Bosch kit with H1 8000k Bulbs - the kit was on my car when i bought it from Japan, but unfortunately one of the HID bulbs was blown. It took extensive searching (6 months) and alot of dosh ($300 for 2 bulbs/globes) to get the replacements.

I DID NOT use a different headlight assembly - just fitted it in the normal assembly. They initially appeared to be too bright, but now that I have had them in for a while, I think it is more of a case of the light being different and superior rather than illegal.

I would like to hear from anyone who has HID Xenon kits in their cars and if they have encountered any problems at all...

CHEERS

hey guys , had a look at those headlights and yes they have been converted to normal H4 globes . I cant find the original plugs with the high energy sticker on it either :D . I can find most of the original plugs just dangling around though so all might not be lost and due to the fact that the lights arent designed for H4 globes at night they are very poor!

adam

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Hi guys,,

ok,, had a read through all the forums about xenon's on r34's.. but i'm still a bit confused,,

I have, A Bellof HID kit.. used to be on a r33.

Ok,, so i wanna know if, the Bellof HID bulb will fit straight into the r34 xenon headlight socket? or will i have to modify the xenon headlight socket to suit a h4 bulb? coz the Bellof HID kit use to fitt straight into the r33 h4 socket.

I can't figure out why my r34 didnt have xenons headlight.. its a 2000 GTT ,series II. Its only got the h4 headlights!!. The Bellof Kit, will fit into the h4 headlight,, but i want the xenon headlights.

Xenons would have been removed during compliance (self leveling and cleaning issue) So you have 4 door R34 headlights most prob, or R34 GT headlights. There were factory standard Xenons, so prob best to hunt around or some original factory R34 Xenons.

Just check whether the bulbs are the only thing different, does your headlight assembly have 'Xenon' written anywhere? Some places just changed the wiring/powerpacks for the globes. but i think most places replaced the entire assembly unfortunately.

I'm sure there would be quite a few places in Brisbane that would have R34 Xenons, seem to be quite a import capital up there.

nope,. they don't have xenon written on them,,, like i said, they are h4 headlights,, and i don't like the look of em, :throwup:

, i.e thats y i wanna swap to the xenon headlights,, and see if the aftermarket hid bulbs will just fit straight in...

hopefully someone might wana do a headlight swap,, heheh,,

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