Normally I'd never buy aftermarket headlights, most of them are ridiculously gaudy but with the massive price hike on 06 projectors I think these are a real good substitute. Anyone ever buy aftermarkets? I hear stories of fitment issues or overall poor quality. So what do you think?

http://www.dashzracing.com/03-07-inf...FYs7MgodXDQAMg

I have an OB coupe and think that the black housing should look awesome, would probably look good on an IP too.

 

They're $250 on eBay if you decide to get them

 

Wow! Thanks for that tip. That worries me a bit that they might not be that great of quality.

 

I've been looking at those same ones for a while but have had the same hesitations. Surely someone on here has them and can chime in

 

Do they need a conversion kit? It mentions in the description that you may need to buy an hid conversion kit. I'd be going from a 05 with the 03-05 stock lights. I dont know much about this stuff.

 

From my understanding all g35s have stock hids the only difference is the housing so there shouldn't be any difference in fitment. I think that's just a generic description that they use for all their housings but I could be wrong

 

Also can't tell if it comes with bulbs. From the site I linked it comes with all the bulbs and you get the option of upgrading all the way to 12000K.

 

you loose fog light functionality with these

 

early model 2003's had the non hid halogen options, after that, all Xenon if you want to know, you can always just PM me your VIN, and I can tell you what you have, but seems to me, that you could tell the difference in the vision at night between halogen and HID Xenon

 

I'm tired of responding to threads about these garbage aftermarket headlights. But I want to save you the pain of buying them.

First: They look cheesy. They've got LEDs and Halos. Halos belong on BMWs. Not only that, these are cheap quality LEDs and Halos. You'll be lucky if they last a year without burning out. It's possible though.

Second: Even if you don't connect the cheesy LEDs and Halos, you still have to put up with the absolutely garbage output from the projectors. They're just cheap projectors, the chrome in the bowls are terrible quality, I do retrofits, and I've seen several people with these lights come to me and ask why their output suddenly got worse. Every time when I take the light apart, I find the same problem. That the chrome in the bowl (what is responsible for reflecting the light out of the projector) has melted because of it's low quality being unable to stand up to the heat from the bulbs. Usually when someone uses aftermarket bulbs with these lights, the aftermarket HID bulbs burn hotter than OEM because they have thinner glass than OEM (to save cost), causing the chrome to burn even faster. The cutoff is okay, but that is just from a shield, nothing complicated about that. You can get WAY more color in your cutoff from using quality projectors and a clear lens.

Three: Resistance to elements. These housings are cheap, there's no doubt about it, in turn it makes these very vulnerable against the elements. I've also seen water leak into these, or condensation take over the inside of the lens.

I realize that the price of the OEM 06-07 lights have become very high, and I truly understand you wanting to find an alternative, but as far as quality goes, these are not a good alternative. I'd see if you can save up for the OEM 06-07's.. or attempt a retrofit on some 03-05 headlights, or even wait it out and try to buy some 06-07s used. I strongly suggest avoiding these lights, but ultimately it's up to you.

The lights you linked do NOT come with D2S bulbs. You can buy aftermarket ones, but keep in mind what I said about them burning hotter than OEM and over time destroying the bowls. Also, if your car came with HIDs from the factory, these will be a swap just like it would be if you got the OEM 06-07s. You have to swap your ballasts over and connect them to the D2S bulb to power them. So you'll be using your OEM ballasts. If you have the early 03 like Phil said, you'll need a conversion kit.

 

Ok thank you. Def going to stay away then and try to find some oem 06's used.

 

God not another thread on these. Could have just done a SEARCH on aftermarket headlights and found the many other threads that all give the same answer. NO...

 

it just breaks my heart that they discontinued that LH/RH Projector Kit, of course we can always get the OEM 05-06 Head Lights, but it's just not quite the same
but I agree, that Halo look, just not a fan, looks too..... um hot wheelish, but then again, some people actually drive around Crownvics with 28''s on them and think they look cool..... so basically it boils down to what you want.... and what look you're going for at the end of the day, it's your vehicle