Ok, i get my new 100watt bulbs through the door this morning and i decide ill get them done, this took me about an hour :(

So i go from this

To This

 

Now can anyone tell me why the new lights are so dam bad?

It was actually better driving with the one standard light than 2 of these 100 watters. :rant: :rant: :rant:

 

Anyway, i then decide to fit my stereo.

get it all done and then the aeriel doesn't fit, picture of it below

I now need to buy a bit to connect it to my sony head unit which is £15.00

:headvswal

 

 

And now to top it all off ive just checked my rear tires and guess what? yep you got it, bald as fook. :headvswal

 

Anyone help with the lights bit as im told they are suppose to be brighter but these are terrible, maybe a bad set do ya's think??? :rant:

HID's are the only way forward, as far as good lights on a zed are concerned

 

Really cant afford that with everything else thats wrong at the minute mate :(

i just ordered 100w dipped and 100w main beam bulbs, plus 2 55w fogs, plus the converters so they're plug and play.. so i hope they will improve the lights... i have also had the full headlights out, stripped, cleaned and re-sealed, so if this doesnt make a difference then i dont know what will..

 

i'll get pics soon, they should be in and working by friday night..

 

T

 

Hello mate. Mine is a uk car so didn't ned the converters (apparently) :x:

Mine are total shit and need cleaning, mine is a 95 too so i am gonna strip em when and if it ever stops raining clean em and chrome em, once thats done hid,s in as well, fook it go the whole hog i say !!!!!

 

How easy is it to take the lights out tho? do you need the bumper off,?

 

My problem is its my only car so cant really be without it :headvswal

Tip Top Tyres down Scotswood Road in Newcastle - Eagle F1s were cheaper than BlackCircle by £15 for the front corners and £25 for the rears!

 

I can only find Tip Top Tyres under the below address, do you think this is the right one?

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Tel: 0191 2567863

Georges Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 7NQ

How easy is it to take the lights out tho? do you need the bumper off,?

 

My problem is its my only car so cant really be without it :headvswal

 

 

it is a quite involved peocess but i really needs to be done just do a search for headlight removal and failing that i hope someone will post the way to it.

Hi,

 

You can get an adaptor for the aerial from a ICE shop if you want to make your life easier!

I got the Xtreme White Xenon bulbs from Danny at DTA Motorsport, the 100watt ones and apparently his are alot brighter than the standard ones but mine seem really really bad :(

 

Any ideas

 

Hi Lee,

 

I'm sorry you're having difficulties with the bulbs I supplied.

 

From my own experience (and feedback received from six fellow ZX owners who are now running these bulbs) the difference is quite significant (in a positive sense, of course) and none of them have experienced the problems you are having.

 

As I said on the phone to you last night I expect you are suffering from a lack of voltage at the bulbs and now that I've seen the pics I also suspect that (a) the bulbs aren't seated correctly and (b) the inside of the lights are dirty. Particularly point (b) will have a drastic effect on the amount of light leaving the headlights. Even if you'd install an HID kit you wouldn't see much improvement.

 

See if you can sort out what has already been suggested here and then get back to me. The bulbs are fit for purpose and do exactly what they say on the "tin".

 

Good luck,

 

Dan

Hi Lee,

 

I'm sorry you're having difficulties with the bulbs I supplied.

 

From my own experience (and feedback received from six fellow ZX owners who are now running these bulbs) the difference is quite significant (in a positive sense, of course) and none of them have experienced the problems you are having.

 

As I said on the phone to you last night I expect you are suffering from a lack of voltage at the bulbs and now that I've seen the pics I also suspect that (a) the bulbs aren't seated correctly and (b) the inside of the lights are dirty. Particularly point (b) will have a drastic effect on the amount of light leaving the headlights. Even if you'd install an HID kit you wouldn't see much improvement.

 

See if you can sort out what has already been suggested here and then get back to me. The bulbs are fit for purpose and do exactly what they say on the "tin".

 

Good luck,

 

Dan

 

Hi Danny, Ive been to my friends garage today, the bulbs are in correctly, we done the light on the wall test and no light was even reaching the wall (or not visable anyway).

The problem is lack of voltage at the bulbs, to sort it i'd need to increase it but as im useless and cant afford to keep spending money i think im going to just have to back to the normal 55w bulbs, As you had said it should have been a straight swap but its not :(

 

Any chance of swapping them?

I can only find Tip Top Tyres under the below address, do you think this is the right one?

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Tel: 0191 2567863

Georges Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 7NQ

 

Aye.

Aye.

 

Been there and got a couple of pot1's or whatever they are called, they weren't that cheap though,

£30 each for the rears and then just didn't bother about the fronts as they aren't desperate.

The rears were very very smooth though :D

Ok, I know this is a dumb question but I got the bulb out of the housing, but I can't get the connector from the bulb! Can anyone tell me how to change them as it's driving me crazy!

P.S. Sorry for hijacking the thread!

Ok, I know this is a dumb question but I got the bulb out of the housing, but I can't get the connector from the bulb! Can anyone tell me how to change them as it's driving me crazy!

P.S. Sorry for hijacking the thread!

 

Its no problem, if you can get the bulb out just follow the wire coming from the bulb down about 5inches and there should be a spade connector, should just pull out

For the aerial mate you can just push a standard plug which you normally get with a stereo onto that 2 pin thing, one pin go's down the middle the other touches the side of the aerial plug, its what has been done to mine and it works fine.

How easy is it to take the lights out tho? do you need the bumper off,?

 

My problem is its my only car so cant really be without it :headvswal

http://www.aus300zx.com/tech/headlight_removal/headlight_removal.htm

 

http://www.aus300zx.com/tech/headlight_disassembly/headlight_disassembly.htm

 

HTH mate ;)

For the aerial mate you can just push a standard plug which you normally get with a stereo onto that 2 pin thing, one pin go's down the middle the other touches the side of the aerial plug, its what has been done to mine and it works fine.

 

It didn't look like it would fit to be honest but i shall try it

Try it mate it does if I could be arsed to take my stereo out I would show you.

Try it mate it does if I could be arsed to take my stereo out I would show you.

 

Lazy fooker :rofl:

Ill give it a go on friday or saturday. Its a shame no1 had said that before i paid to have the converting bit :headvswal

Lazy fooker :rofl:

Ill give it a go on friday or saturday. Its a shame no1 had said that before i paid to have the converting bit :headvswal

I was wondering that as well I thought it was common knowlege. Tak the adapter back for refund. I am not a lazy fooker, its just to cold to go outside. LOL :rofl: :rofl: ;)

I was wondering that as well I thought it was common knowlege. Tak the adapter back for refund. I am not a lazy fooker, its just to cold to go outside. LOL :rofl: :rofl: ;)

 

good point mate :D

 

i need to get this car sorted, so far it has cost me £2175 :headvswal

:rant: mine cost me 1800 for a new box 3 wks after owning it got ripped off at a garage in brum but since then it hasnt let me down persevere you will get there in the end :x:

:rant: mine cost me 1800 for a new box 3 wks after owning it got ripped off at a garage in brum but since then it hasnt let me down persevere you will get there in the end :x:

 

I hope so, my box went straight away (well already gone actually.)

So it was changed to a manwell :D

had mine a year and spent about 3500 grand, more to come aswell :D

i've just got mine and chose one that had already had 4k's worth of work done by one of this forums traders..

 

i think it pays to fork out the extra for a good one... its the same with skylines, theres so many people getting their fingers burnt with poor examples..

 

T

:rant: now i found this club when i get me funds together for a SWB it will be from a club member :bow:

try tip top tyres on commercial road, south shields. my mate owns both of them. really good prices