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Hey people,

Just a question, has anyone on the forum performed a HID headlight coversion?

The reason I ask is that we do a bit of night driving and the lights on the R32 can be better. We've replaced the bulbs and it's still not good enough. It's really a safety issue, so does anyone have any information on them, are they worth doing?

I've seen a couple of kits in magazines for about $1100.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Dan

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I have an HID kit in my car...

One of the best modifications I have done to the car... Improved night vision 100-fold... I bought a generic H1 kit, and had to do quite a lot of modification so I could install it in such a way that I could remove the system and return it to stock. The kit wanted me to drill out the black cover on the back of the headlights, and I didn't want to do that... Even so, it only took about 2 hours for me to fabrictate mounting plates and install the entire HID kit.

Just make sure you aim it down so you don't blind oncoming traffic. :D

Originally posted by NO_RSPECT

hey Merli,  

got an idea on the costing.

I bought my kit for $700... an "Eagle Eye" kit, made in Korea, and is cheaper than all the Philips/Cibie/etc kits...

Works perfectly though :uh-huh:

is HID the same as Xenon??

Yes. Xenon is the gas that is emmitted. HID stands for High Intensity Discharge which is the same thing. HID kits from the big names usually cost shitloads (upwards of $1500/$2K) but you can get generic ones for around $700 and more like Merlis. I've seen Merlis and they are very good. If you've seen S2000 headlights i reckon they're similar but more wide....

So definately worth doing?

Mine are standard on my car but if I got a car without them I'd do them :P

EDIT: How much brighter are they compared to the standard bulbs?

SHITLOADS! If a car is driving in front of me with normal lights mine totally overpower his so you cant even see his beam. Although the downside is that everyone flashes you cos they think you have high beam on and your friends won't drive in front of you anymore.

Originally posted by [ryan]

Merli - Which 33? Silver or White one?? Pics of the lights with the conversion??

I put them on the white one... I'll take pics for you guys...

Originally posted by franks

look at yang's R headlights here in this pic. tell me they aren't pointing UP!

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if you can't see the pic, goto http://www.pbase.com/image/9278729

yeah, looks like it needs and adjustment.

Anyone with the workshop manual should have how to adjust it.

Basically you park the car x distance from a wall and adjust the brightest spots of the lights to be x distance from the ground up.

Or park a stock car next to the one needing adjustment and adjust so it's same as stock :P

They aren't pointing up, you can see that the projector is pointing straight ahead, the angle on the edge of the metal surround on the outside of the projector makes it look like it's pointing up :uh-huh:

Originally posted by [ryan]

They aren't pointing up, you can see that the projector is pointing straight ahead, the angle on the edge of the metal surround on the outside of the projector makes it look like it's pointing up :uh-huh:

i can't see what you're getting at? the whole inside of that headlight assembly is pointing upwards to me?

compare it to the GTSt in the foreground which is pointing straight ahead...

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