FJ 280z Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 one of my coworkers is into duning and sandrails, and he came across this looking for lights for his rhino. anyways, its a cheap HID light, sold at checkers (checkers, shucks,kragen) auto parts stores, 120 bucks each light (we only need two) the lens its self is 7" supposedly, and the entire outer diameter is 8 1/2" or 8 3/4". i havn't picked one up yet, but im looking to get my hands on one soon. i wonder if we can modify these lights to work in our Z headlight location. almost everyone in AZ on the sandrail sight is getting these lights cause thier nice and cheap. heres the link, you can look at some pics and some people who bought the lights reaction. supposedly too, you can get a 25% off discount with checkers if you fill some online survey, and if you request they pull the part, you get 10% off too, so $200 bucks for a pair of HID's, that might work on a Z with some modification, thats awesome if we can use this. heres the link (and yes, i know they are offroad lights, but they are a euro beam, so its not so much of a spot light, but a flood light) http://www.glamisdunes.com/invision/index.php?showtopic=122502 and some pics....(i love how the back is covering the ballast,igniter, etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismopick Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 And the projector lens? HIDs must be focused... Might want to study how HIDs work before buying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJ 280z Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 i wasn't hoping to just bolt it right up, i mean, for the price of a pair, you have 2 bulbs, 2 ballasts with igniters, and 2 housings. these are a euro lenses so its a flood projection, not a spot light or beam. also, you can modify the cover so its has a beam cutoff, or just buy some cheap ebay headlights, and modify these to work with the projector lenses...or whatever your suggesting. i didn't say it would bot right up or work right, but with the ingenuity of hybridz website, who knows what we can do with them. beats 1000 bucks or 500 bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Yeah it does beat the price of other kits, but I somehow doubt it will compare in quality which is the hole point in the end. Those being flood lights they probably won't do much better than halogen sealed beams at night driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I've seen HID kits go for 150 bucks a set here... with bulbs included. You can buy the projectors and retrofit them to those 16 dollar diamond cut housings. for about 300 bucks (generous) you have yourself working HIDS that can be focused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey_You Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 RIght now I can pick up a set of HID's (balasts, bulbs, wiring) for $120 each. Too bad I can't afford it at the second, my Audi could use a couple sets of 6000K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismopick Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 BAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Mine Motors Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 this is the cost effective way i thought of. tell me what you guys think, or if anything is wrong with it. first i would buy this from ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-Xenon-Conversion-Kit-H1-H3-H4-H7-H11-9004-9006-9007_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ36476QQihZ018QQitemZ280177033549QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW than i would buy this and use the housing for the hid kit. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSAN-240Z-280Z-70-83-DIAMOND-CUT-HID-HEAD-LIGHT-72-77_W0QQitemZ200178460910QQihZ010QQcategoryZ33710QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting what do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismopick Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 ^^^ You missed this part... And the projector lens? HIDs must be focused... Might want to study how HIDs work before buying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Your basically just using Xenon bulbs in a regular halogen housing, kinda defeats the purpose of having HID's. Now you've just got a bright blue light that blinds everyone coming at you. I built a set of Bi-Xenon's projects lights for my car for about a $150ish. I bought FX35 projectors and made a housing for them with fiberglass.(Do a search in the body/paint forum or go to my members page for pics/info). Granted I got my ballist, ignitors and bulbs for free.... Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Your basically just using Xenon bulbs in a regular halogen housing, kinda defeats the purpose of having HID's. Now you've just got a bright blue light that blinds everyone coming at you. I built a set of Bi-Xenon's projects lights for my car for about a $150ish. I bought FX35 projectors and made a housing for them with fiberglass.(Do a search in the body/paint forum or go to my members page for pics/info). Granted I got my ballist, ignitors and bulbs for free.... Guy yeah I was rollin' down the street looking at some cars with hids, and there are a lot of viable options if you pay attention to stock cars with removable circular inserts for the headlights!! FX35 was actually one of the ones I saw! Add a HID Kit to it, some fab work and materials... like i said... from 300 - 350... done! and DIY! does it get better?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 this is the cost effective way i thought of. tell me what you guys think, or if anything is wrong with it. first i would buy this from ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-Xenon-Conversion-Kit-H1-H3-H4-H7-H11-9004-9006-9007_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ36476QQihZ018QQitemZ280177033549QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW than i would buy this and use the housing for the hid kit. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSAN-240Z-280Z-70-83-DIAMOND-CUT-HID-HEAD-LIGHT-72-77_W0QQitemZ200178460910QQihZ010QQcategoryZ33710QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting what do you guys think? try with this instead http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/67-81-CHEVY-CAMARO-DIAMOND-CUT-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHTS-H4_W0QQitemZ290186456048QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290186456048 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loy Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 There are some headlight housings made for hid, like the is300 headlights, which has no projector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 is300 has a focused beam projector housing underneath the flood lights in the main casing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Mine Motors Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 careless so the 67-81 chevy camaro would fit right into a 280z? and that would focuss the light beam to, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokiburix Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 i believe there is a 7" round sealed beam standard size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismopick Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 careless so the 67-81 chevy camaro would fit right into a 280z? and that would focuss the light beam to, right? Those are universal lights. Looky... ones for a 280Z!!!!!: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissan-Datsun-240Z-260Z-280Z-Projector-Headlight-Kit_W0QQitemZ180180443173QQihZ008QQcategoryZ33710QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem I really REALLY suggest you do some research on how HIDs work. You can't always just slap in some bulbs and expect it to work right. While fabbing my projectors I found that the focus point is very important and the traditional bulbs aren't set the same distance from the focus point as the HID bulbs. Long story short, throwing HID bulbs into normal bulb slots may make the light worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 careless so the 67-81 chevy camaro would fit right into a 280z? and that would focuss the light beam to, right? any 7" bulb should fit with minor adjustments. The one I posted was better than the first one discussed... but it still might not be adequate, and a proper setup is ideal if you value your night vision or your car/safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Looky... ones for a 280Z!!!!!: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissan-Datsun-240Z-260Z-280Z-Projector-Headlight-Kit_W0QQitemZ180180443173QQihZ008QQcategoryZ33710QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem Those are the ones I bought. THEY ARE CRAP... not even close to a real projector and they are very very poorly made. I ended up smashing the glass out and cutting the back off and just using the 7" ring to make my own housings. Don't buy those housings and expect to have anywhere even close to a real projector set up. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasnative Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 yea look at the shipping cost first clue to an ebay ripoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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