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33gtr Headlights V Xenons Series 3

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Mick Trainer

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As the title says I'm looking for opinions on doing this upgrade. I have the standard 33gtr lights at the moment and I've increase globe wottage, run relays to make sure it is enough voltage and I've set them up so I can run the low and high beams together when needed (I've run this off a switch so I can use them when I want them) and I've had the head lights refurbed to make sure they as as clean and reflective as possible but still the lights are very average. So I'd like to hear from people who have used both the standard and the xenons and how good an upgrade was it. I know where I can get some and can pay the price if they will truly improve the lighting. I drive a lot at night and really like good lights.

I know the xenons look heaps better on the car but I'm more asking regarding how much better was the vision. In short is the upgrade worth it?

Mick.

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Yep, it is worth going over to factory S3 xenons. The difference is amazing. My S2 headlights are as bad as you'd get with R32 now.

Last time I looked they're $3k for pair, maybe a good investment if you drive at nights a lot. Used pairs that go for $1.5-2.5k does get snapped up rapidly. Be interested in the price you can get for pair of these.

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Like, this much better

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If you find that shelling out for OEM (series 3) headlights are a bit too much, and don't mind tinkering with your headlights, then you can do a retrofit.

No, I don't mean bung a $50 HID kit from eBay, I mean pull them apart and replace your low beam with HID projector. You'll kick yourself for not doing it earlier, it's almost literally day and night difference.

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