I get mine today but won't be installed till after I get my new nismo V2 painted

 

Ok so i recently got some repo headlights these actually https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-an...eadlights.html and well I never had anything other than the 03 HIDs. I know I need some D2S bulbs and I've been looking for some and then I was about to order these Morimoto 3five 5K ones from the TRS and they state on it not for Nissan/infiniti oem ballast?? I am a little confuse don't all D2S bulbs have the same socket/housing? I just don't want to buy these and find out they will 100% not work.

 

There is a whole section on these Depo blacked out headlights. You might find your answer if you use search to find this section.

 

I read this entire thread, my only question is why these d2s bulbs are not compatible with nissans? Not sure why it got moved into this thread but if someone has the answer that would be great.

 

Looks good jbake

 

Quick question everyone, why aren't morimoto 3five d2s bulbs not compatible with nissans according to the retrofit source?

 

They told me the same thing, below is what they sent me:

Hi Darren

Thanks for your inquiry and patience waiting on a response here. Your older 350Z requires the D2R bulbs, but because the stock ballasts don't like aftermarket bulbs, we recommend only OEM bulbs. We don't sell these currently, but I would look for the Philips 85126+ D2R bulbs.

Please let us know if we can answer any other questions or be of any additional assistance.

Thanks again Darren!

Andrew @ TRS


I just ended up getting lights from JDM toy they have worked great so far.

 

D2R is for the 03-05 housings. D2S is for 06+. It only describes the base and plug style.

The only difference in D2R and D2S is the location of the little half circle notch. D2R is on the left of the square notch, D2S is on the right.

D2C is the same and has a notch on both sides to work in either housing.

I believe D2R's have the tip coated for use in non projector housings.

And I don't believe Andrew. I have DDM 6000K bulbs in my 06+ housings and they are working perfectly fine.

A bulb is a bulb.

 

Ok so I should be able to use the morimoto d2s without issues.

 

you "can" use a d2r bulb for this, however you have to notch it a tiny bit, i also soldered the ground to the metal tab for a customers car. lights worked flawlessly afterwards. these belong to nicholas kent. they are a full rgb color changing iron man/demon eye. and still use the d2r bulb

 

ok for everyone who has swapped over there 03 style HID ballast I have a question. So the 03-05 ballast houses a D2R bulb. The 06 and newer and these DEPO blacked out one which I bought use D2S. So when I go to swap my old Ballast into these new lights how does the D2S bulb fit into the female plug where the D2R used to be?

 

This entire thread is 29 pages of all the same questions being asked over and over again.

 

I'm sorry if this question has been asked in this thread. I don't recall reading it anywhere but I could've missed it in the 29 pages. All I need to know is how the a D2S bulb fit into the D2R slot? If you wish to direct to another thread that has that information that would great. I have searched google and this site trying to get everything correct for getting these lights installed and I have most of the information but just need some final details is all.

 

It's only 12 pages if you noobs would up your post per page in the user control panel.

 

hey if anyone is trying to get these for about 50 dollars cheaper I looked up the actual item number and found a website that sells them for 261 plus shipping. No picture but its the same part and at the bottom it shows a picture of the ebay lights. Located in cali. http://www.justparts.com/Auto_Parts/...l-Set/23595094

 

D2R, D2S, and D2C all use the same plug. The only difference is the position of the indexing notch in the base.

This.

This.

 

Just wanted to update people on my condensation problem . I woke up to this today and guess what it hasn't gotten any better . Yes it was humid today but by now it should have gotten a little clearer and nope. I'm thinking of just laying a bad of silicone around the existing bead , not really trying to dismantle the whole headlight. Any ideas ore thoughts?

 

I see now the problems with these lights are starting to rear their heads

 

In fairness, if you read the thread... NOLAGG, has had this problem from day one and not been able to get it resolved... nothing new here.

Nolagg, I noticed someone back in the thread (might have been you, if so.. sorry) found that they needed to seal the back of one plug... did you try that?

 

In that pic, NOLAGG... one of your 4 corner LED's looks like an open hole in the clear cover straight through into the housing.

That's your problem right there....