rubbish dip beam

[james852]

dose any one els suffer from really bad dip beam head lights. i mean they are really poor and they are xenons too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

dose any body know if i can get up gradeds or if the 07 350Z bulbs will fit in my 04 uk spec gt??

[H5]

I think the headlights are pretty good, especially the Xenons. Are you sure they are working on both sides?

[rickya]

Is your JDM, is so they can be badly aligned by importer for SVA. I had this problem, beam was sol low you could not see very far. At last service by Nissan got them to do it (free of carge) inc in service & was told that they were both set tool low.

[M13KYF]

dose any one els suffer from really bad dip beam head lights. i mean they are really poor and they are xenons too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

dose any body know if i can get up gradeds or if the 07 350Z bulbs will fit in my 04 uk spec gt??

 

The whole headlight unit will fit but aint cheap. Over 1K

[jonathan73]

I have a similar problem in that I can't see more than 3 white lines in front of me at night. Kinda really. Bulbs / headlights are sooooooo damn expensive though I've taken to driving behind a man and horse with a gas lamp

[james852]

i dont know what it is. but its bad . have read a lot of people say that there xenons are good but mine are really poor. i mean i ride motor biks as well and there lights a bad but these are the worst i have have ever used. and yes both lights are working.

[rmmackfc]

You should see the ones on a Monaro Would be as well saving electricity and leaving them off .... terrible.

[stuey]

Is your JDM, is so they can be badly aligned by importer for SVA. I had this problem, beam was sol low you could not see very far. At last service by Nissan got them to do it (free of carge) inc in service & was told that they were both set tool low.

 

 

i agree

 

my dip beam was rubbish but its all down to adjustment

 

mine were too low but now they are fab............

[Sarnie]

I think its pretty well known that the headlights are crappy. I remember a merc pulling alongside me once on a motorway. His lights were lighting the road ahead light football floodights, mine looked like a candle in comparison

[Guest prescience]

I think its pretty well known that the headlights are crappy. I remember a mec pulling alongside me once on a motorway. His lights were lighting the road ahead light football floodights, mine looked like a candle in comparison

Agreed. There ain't many problems/downsides to the Z, but this is one of them IMO. You want to drive at night at speed, you need to be able to see without straining - otherwise you're concentrating on the wrong things IMO

[Toon Chris]

After coming from an alfa 156 which struggles to even project a beam forwards, the Z is bloomin marvellous!

[Liam's Z]

Met many people before who said this James. I'd have to agree with you, headlights are very poor.

[Trev-the-Rev]

I don't have any complaints with mine, but they did uprate them for the 06my iirc.

[Zummertor]

Met many people before who said this James. I'd have to agree with you, headlights are very poor.

 

Having driven older A6, Yaris, Lexus and Honda Accord in last 2 weeks I find the Zed's worse. Kind of

 

I agree but it seems from reading around that unless you pay for whole new units there isn't a way to improve them, or maybe my searches aren't finding the right threads.

[marzman]

Adjustment eh?

 

I've been meaning to post for ages about the quality of headlights... i've actually switched mine on and off to check if they're still working - i couldn't tell if they were on!

 

And the worst part is when driving in the dark, i cant go over 40mph on the country lanes cos i cant see... i have a queue of cars behind me... and when someone is behind me their headlights light up everything to the side/infront, and my car casts a big shadow where my headlights should be!!!!

 

Im sure they cant possibly be so bad... can we check adjustment ourselves or is it a job for a mechanic?

[H5]

It may sound daft, but turning down the brightness of the dash lights at night can help your night vision, your eyes become more accustomed to the dark.......