Tungsten Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I'm trying to find out if Nissan ever had E code "sad eye" headlights. Can anyone with a Terrano take a picture of the headlight lens? I want to find out if the Pathfinder DOT pattern housings are exclusive to the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Just breezing through the members rides section I have seen the wd21 Terranos from Australia, Chile, NZ, and Portugal (so far at least) all have the same headlight lenses, just clear reflectored corner lights and some bumper mounted spray nozzles for the headlights (though Portugal ones seem to have some unique jumbled taillights ) I've stopped searching through the members rides section though for more to look at since I found the pic of the 2 door colbywan bought a wHile ago with the Rasin Bran '2 scoops' sun on it and lost my train of thought... dam you simple mind! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Very nice. There is really no way to tell them apart unless you look really close at the frost pattern meaning directly into the headlight. The US units should have a DOT beam pattern so they are frosted in a way to produce that kind of a pattern. Here is mine for comparison: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) Bingo! Heads up to nunya for suggesting the members rides section... Just found one belonging to kiwipete. They are in fact E code housings. Judging from the pattern, they are made for RHD, which would make sense because kiwipete's truck is RHD. This logic would dictate that LHD housings exist as well. The LHD ones should be similar but with the pattern on the lens mirrored the other way. So in fact Nissan should have had 3 different sets of "sad eye" halogen housings: DOT spec, E code RHD, and E code LHD. Edited January 11, 2013 by Tungsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Of course finally found what I was looking for... Nissan did make H4 bulb "sad eye" style head lights after all. This is what happens when I put in Terrano head lights: These are the answer to crappy DOT headlights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdauria Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Let me know if youve found somewhere to buy them! ive been trying to find them on and off for about a year after reading this http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles/articletype/articleview/articleid/938/project-pathfinder--for-safety-sake.aspx Just ordered clear corners a couple weeks ago ^-^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 I ended up doing an IPF light conversion instead. It was cheaper and things are easier to replace if broken. http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/34786-running-ipf-820h-headlight-housings/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdauria Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Ah, alright. I only really do occasional light offroading, usually the beach so i really dont run into any situations where i might break one. I currently have 9007's in the stock housing w/relays & aimed all the way down, thats fine with me for now (glare isnt bad either)... I really do love the sad eye and pathy grille combo too much so i guess ill post up results if i ever get the ece assy's if not, probably going to take a shot at an hid projector retrofit. Thanks though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 You lose high beam if you run 9007 in a 9004 housing. Even if you aim it down the beam pattern will be way off and improperly focused. Never run 9007 bulbs in a 9004 housing. Also, HID retrofit kits tend to be junk. They do not pass any kind of certification and don't have to. The best thing to do is to source a pair of E code genuine Nissan headlamps from a LHD country. I tried to but it ends up costing between $300 and $500 depending on where I buy from. On top of that I would worry about breaking them. The Hardbody conversion ended up costing under $200 for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdauria Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yeah i read a whole bunch of why not to do the 9007s but i did it anyway knowing what i was getting into...but one just burnt out today so i switched back to my spare 9004s, gotta aim them waaay up tomorrow lol and fir the hid retrofit i meant buying the clear front plastic headlights and sourcing something like audi TT oem projectors and ballasts and either way is going to cost a ton but i kind of love messing around with lights haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHR Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Terrano imported from Japan. They drive on the left side, Philippe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Definitely a non-DOT light. Even has the headlight washers. Yeah i read a whole bunch of why not to do the 9007s but i did it anyway knowing what i was getting into...but one just burnt out today so i switched back to my spare 9004s, gotta aim them waaay up tomorrow lol and fir the hid retrofit i meant buying the clear front plastic headlights and sourcing something like audi TT oem projectors and ballasts and either way is going to cost a ton but i kind of love messing around with lights haha If you want to do it that way then it's fine but will look really weird. You don't even really have to buy clear plastic headlights but just use the clear plastic lens. I think sourcing LHD E-code lights is going to be cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrariowner123 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 What makes them "sad eyes"? -Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo94 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The little sham-fer at the bottom makes it look sad, compare the face of a hardbody to a pathfinder and you will see that the hardbody looks "Tougher" and the pathfinder/terrano looks "Sad". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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