Hello all I just purchased my first 350z. I'm a technician at Nissan and was trying to figure out what to do about the horrible headlights. Here is the issue the P.O. cut the headlight connector and spliced in a ballast with a HID bulb but it has a green tint to it so I am unsure of the temperature. The light output is horrible. Next delima my p/s lens is fogging up so I was going to replace it, but I wasn't sure before I buy 2 new lens if I should go ahead and get the xenon lens and fit it with a new HID kit from ddmtuning with the correct D2R bulb or should I stick with buying the halogen lens and put a 9006 HID kit in it. I want good lighting and I know how to turn the lens down so it will not blind people. Any ideas or thoughts would be great! I tried to search and found some talk about HID's in the halogen lens suck, so before I spend money I wanted some ideas. Thanks guys I have been a Z31 owner for 8 years and I'm about to sell her, so I have been in the Z family for a while.

 

Aftermarket HID kits all basically suck, and trying to mod the OEM non-HID housings is always a losing proposition. Best bet is to look for a used set of '06+ headlight housings in good shape, or perhaps use your employee discount to buy a new set from Nissan. Then stick with the OEM bulbs for the best light output.

 

Ah I see. I'm going to try 55w HID's if it isn't what I want then I'll go for the newer lens and ballast. Thanks for the advice!

 

Throwing away your money.

 

Well I disagree with throwing my money away. I installed the kit and was amazed at the light output! Clipped a few pictures to show off the new lighting. I found out why the old HID's were so horrible the PO put 10000k bulbs in!









Running 70mph



Up against the door at work



A shot of how it looks with the wires tucked behind the cover. I know most of the threads I have read they cut a hole in the cover. This way should keep the moisture out.

 

I'm sure the new bulbs are a huge improvement over the 10000K bulbs, but the beam pattern is somewhat poorly defined. That's the problem I had when I tried two different brands of aftermarket 6000K HID bulbs in my '08 lights. There was always a difference in beam pattern from one bulb to the next, and the distribution of light was much less even than with the OEM bulbs. In the end I decided to stick with the OEM 4300K bulbs, although if I could find a nice set of aftermarket 5500K or 6000K bulbs, that whiter color would be my preference.

 

The 4500k ddm tuning kit I put on is white there is no blue whatsoever. I didn't want blue but I agree its not as good as the oem xenon setup. I'm happy with it.