Aftermarket Headlights

[Jayce23]

Hi Guys,

just signed up and will post up pics of my car soon. Well I was going to sell my 350GT and no real takers so I said Ill just keep it and do some mods and so far have done the following

Injen CAI

Motordyne 5/16 Spacer

Fujistubo exhaust with exotic speed Y-Pipe

32mm Spacers at the back and 25mm at front

Tien adjustable Coil overs and Shocks (EDFC)

So the other day I noticed fog/moisture in my drivers side head lights after the rain and upto now still has moisture though it has stopped raining. What I wanted to do is completly change my head lights to these eagle eye head lights which are from america.

Question is, has anyone done this and are they a straight fit as some sellers in US are saying the headlights are for Left hand drive cars, which I find quite har to believe, what can be so different?

Cheers,

Jayce

[sonicii]

The light pattern is different. the light pattern for a LHD headlight will kick up to the right, which will blind oncomming drivers. RHD headlight have a light pattern that kicks up to the left to light the side of the road.

[Deep Dish V35]

if , like me, youre not worried about the beam pattern difference between LHD and RHD cars, you just need to check the wiring.

this is a confusing bit...

Non original HID lights wont work on a factory HID car without wiring changes.

some/most v35s had the factory HID changed to halogen type to suit compliance. how this was done could make these eagle lights work... or it might make everything more difficult to work.

just check which bulbs are being used. if your car has H1 and H4, and if the eagle lights have the same, it SHOULD work. if your car currently has D2R and H4 and the eagle lights have different ones, you'll have electrical dramas.

but..... its nothing an auto electrician cant fix for some extra $$

Edited February 16, 2012 by Deep Dish V35

[Nightcrawler]

Welcome to the forums, but before putting up a new thread please use the search function - this topic has been covered many times before.

[sheldon2369]

I have LHD lights, as seen here:

To answer your question, they're really annoying arcing to oncoming traffic and its forced me to point them down fairly far. But so worth it

Edited February 16, 2012 by sheldon2369

[pv35gt8]

Similar design lights can be sourced from Japan, have a look on IM.

[gkzlah]

Sheldon, those look pretty darn sex.. have you got a shot of them in all its glory at night?

I've been contemplating for a while in getting Aftermarket Vs the 06 OEM headlights..

Do your lights still automatically turn on / off?

Might look at sourcing them from japan to avoid the whole blinding oncoming traffic thing though...

[pv35gt8]

Do your lights still automatically turn on / off?

Auto on/off has nothing to do with the headlight, it is controlled by the switch and BCM.

[sheldon2369]

Sheldon, those look pretty darn sex.. have you got a shot of them in all its glory at night?

Thats kind of nightish.

[Nightcrawler]

^^^ they look freaking awesome. Care to share the link of the seller?

[sheldon2369]

http://strafeautomotive.com/product.php?productid=16197&cat=266&page=1

A V owner (Nathan) has purchased a pair and hes going to attempt to convert them to RHD. If he can do that they'd be perfect.

[gkzlah]

Yoink!

Adding it to my slideshow background on my PC at home.

[thinktea]

http://www.importmonster.com.au/view?url=http://page14.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s249472633&thumb=http://f4.auctions.c.yimg.jp/f39batchimg.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/7/2/8/7/crystaleye78-thumb-1308791732932499.jpg&title=V35 CCFL

$450 from Import Monster. Appears to be JDM spec and not US spec.

[sheldon2369]

Yoink!

Adding it to my slideshow background on my PC at home.

If you want some more pretty pictures of my car + other V's check out my website, I'll just link the photoshoot category for you: http://sgv35.com/category/photoshoots/

[Howaitonaito]

Good site that, got some good parts for sedans and coupes.

http://www.importmonster.com.au/view?url=http://page14.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s249472633&thumb=http://f4.auctions.c.yimg.jp/f39batchimg.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/7/2/8/7/crystaleye78-thumb-1308791732932499.jpg&title=V35 CCFL

$450 from Import Monster. Appears to be JDM spec and not US spec.

[Howaitonaito]

Whilst on the topic of headlights, I wanna do custom mounts and projectors but a many people have said you need to bake them to pull them apart or something? Have I been fed crap or is this true

[sheldon2369]

its true - you'd need to melt the glue in an oven and take the cover off.

[gkzlah]

So doing it when i get home later..

I think I'll have to buy the pair of headlights from Yahoo japan... $435 sounds like a steal!

+1 for sheldons response regarding the headlights.

I've seen a picture on g35 of someone who tried to do it himself and failed.. it wasn't pretty.

[Howaitonaito]

Wouldn't a heat gun be just as affective, V35 factory lights aren't cheap don't wanna risk the money but sticking them in an oven?

[81gSKy]

its true - you'd need to melt the glue in an oven and take the cover off.

+1 I was very skeptical about it, but I gave it a shot cause my right side headlight is too far gone oxidised. So in an attempt to clean them I follow the DIY, which does tell you to bake it or use a heat gun and it worked. It should be fine as long as you don't go over 100 degree C and longer than 5-7 mins.

Well I have to get new headlights now, this money should be going towards the HFC...