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Sorry guys, I bought the standard replacement ones.

Sadly, my lights are still way too dim. I was driving last night with OEM HID equipped cars, mine is half as bright. I'm guessing you guys have the same issue?

My next plan of action is replacing the ballasts.

Sorry guys, I bought the standard replacement ones.

Sadly, my lights are still way too dim. I was driving last night with OEM HID equipped cars, mine is half as bright. I'm guessing you guys have the same issue?

My next plan of action is replacing the ballasts.

so just to confirm that you bought the philips extreme vision and didnt make any real difference? thx

so just to confirm that you bought the philips extreme vision and didnt make any real difference? thx

No I bought the 'regular' D2S, was cheaper :P

Oh! Why did you only get the Vision and not the Extreme series?

I have the same bulbs in my R32, they are bright!
  • 4 weeks later...

Updated (forgot about here).

Turns out the lenses aren't the issue, but the (suspected this sigh) bowls are 'burnt'.

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I ordered some second hand OEM Maxima projectors from USA, they look very similar to these Koito ones in most Japanese headlights.

Unfortunately, those of you who have dim HIDs, you'll have to pull the headlight apart (not hard, just be patient).

Here's a comparo to my retrofitted R32 lights (same bulbs)

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Look at the light we're missing out on!

Wow, thats really interesting, wasn't aware of this potential issue.

Good effort on getting this sussed out.

Keep us informed when you fit the new bowls.

Cheers

Clear lens gives you a sharp cutoff. All the cool HID kids are doing it now (i.e. newer OE HID lamps seem to have clear lenses), so if you're going to open up your headlights, might as well install them.

Got the Maxima projectors yesterday. Looks identical, will confirm on the weekend.

Maxima projectors are pretty much identical to the ones in my Liberty. Easy as swapping the bowls over and voila! Proper HIDs.

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V36s should be using the same Koito projectors, but confirm before buying! (Unless you can find second hand V36/G37 headlights/projectors).

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