Like the title says, does my 2005 G35 coupe have real xenon headlights? Or are they just those light-bulbs that "appear" white-ish?

My salesman said they're real xenons. But compared to my BMW Z4, the headlights are awful and very dark.

 

they are real

 

Real, but not projectors

 

They are REAL Xenons...but BMW, AUDI, Honda S2k, 350z all have PROJECTOR Xenons which are brighter.

The g35 comes with REFLECTOR XENONS....do a search on the forum and you'll see the difference between coupe 05 headlights, and coupe 06 headlights.

 

What's the differences of having projectors and not? I found out that right now they're only available on '06 G35's.

Anyway I can retrofit the projectors on my MY05? Thanks!

 

Yea, just buy the 06 headlight assembly and it plugs right into your car.

Here's a link...use the search function bro....

https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...ight=projector

 

The projector will give you better light output with a nice cutoff. You will also get the mulit color look. Might I suggest 6000k xenon bulbs? They give you a much better HID look without losing too much output.

 

use 8000k way nicer

 

yes, but you lose alot of actual light output. Some look too blue almost annoying.

 

thats true you loose a bit of light..but it still looks nice mine actually dont look to blue,their super pale white with a dash of blueyou get the super nasty blue with 10,000k

 

Isn't 10,000k sunlight's brightness?

 

from what I understand, the closest thing to the sunlights brightness would be the 4,100K or 4,300 that's why you see it being a bit yellowish (but just a bit)

 

and anything above 6,000K you lose alot more light output and the higher you go the bluer it gets and then starts getting into the purplish effect which once you get to that point, it's kinda like having just regular halogen bulbs...

the higher the kelvins (meaning: 8,000K and higher) should only be used in show cars... then again, that's just my opinion.

 

Why should they only be used in show cars? Does anyone have a picture of the 8000k headlights so that we can see the difference between the two.

 

here are my 8000k