done a search on headlights but still have a couple of questions...

 

There is mention in a few posts about cleaning the reflectors. What should I use to do this or more importantly, is there anything I should avoid using!?

 

I guess you have to take the headlights out to do this. How much of a pig of a job is this?

 

What bulbs do I need for a Jap import ('91 NA) for the dipped headlight. Already replaced the main beams.

 

Cheers

 

David

dont know from cleaning the reflectors, but would advise that you do the headlight mod, this allows you to fit standard H3 bulbs. ( I looked on the web for the H3C bulbs (to fit jap spec) and they were twice as expensive and a long waitning time.

 

light mod

 

HTH

I did this mod years ago and even mamaged it with taking the screw out whit the headlight unit still in the car - had to be careful though!!! Well worth doing and then you can try higher wattage bulbs if they dont blow from the heat though.

 

I am currently wondereing if its possible to clean the inside of the bulb lens without taking the unit out by using a fluid or a piece of cloth on a wire off a baby bottle cleaner. It may just be the inside of the lens on the bulb side thats dirty and this may help - I might have a look at this at the weekend if its not raining! As a guide - your headlight is clean if you can see the buld inside the unit - I certainly cant on mine and it must make a hell of a difference.

cheers folks

 

nothing's ever straight forward with these cars is it! Does sound easy enough though. Thanks for the link.

 

David

Aha! Twinturbo.net has posts of people leaving the unit in place and making shaped rods with coat hangar wire with cloth wrapped round it and cleaning fluid on it and accessing the lenses from the bulb openings. Seems to do the trick. I will attempt this as soon as I have chance and will take some pics so that I can post before and after and during the cleaning. It might make driving at night almost manageable! :)

stupid question, but does this mean that my Jap import only takes expensive bulbs?

 

Do I have to do this mod too, and if so, what bulbs can I fit after that?

The jap bulbs are hard to get and cost about £22 for a single bulb Nissan can get them for you. The UK headlight unit is almost identical to the Jap one - except for the rubber boot that seals the bulb in and the extra earth lead it has! The earth lead you add in allows you to use standard H3 bulbs off the shelf for any car and you can get them anywhere. I modified mine 5 years ago when I first got it and a bulb went and I found out how much they cost. Plus you can only get 55w bulbs for the Jap bulb.

 

If you pull the lamp apart to clean it then use plastic friendly cleaner on the plastic bits, and glass cleaner for the lenses.

I've read a 'how to' on removing the headlight assembly without taking the bumper off but not seen one for dismantling the assembly itself. Are they easy enough to pull apart or very likely to cause expensive breakages?

 

David

You heat them up in the oven to soften the sealant and prise them apart. Caution is needed not to force the glass as it can crack.

I wouldnt go as far as using the oven, borrow her hairdryer and use the hot setting (unless of course you are the sort of big girls blouse who has his own hair dryer) :)

Here is a link to a Japanese Z site showing how to clean the headlights:

 

http://www14.synapse.ne.jp/falcon/club/diy/clean.htm

 

-Andrew

Hi

modify to take H3 bulbs. Then put PIAAS in

Bring light onto the road.

Arthur