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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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has anyone tried this and can anyone show steps or pointers on this please help!
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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What exactly are you trying to use?

Really the ballasts are the only thing you could use from a G35. G35's use a reflector-based HID system, with D2R bulbs. You can't do a retrofit with reflector HID's, and you should not use D2R bulbs in a projector housing.

You need to do a proper HID projector retrofit, with HID projectors to replace your stock halogen projectors, and D2S bulbs made for use in projector housings. Then you can hook up those G35 ballasts to the D2S headlight bulbs.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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whoa you totally lost me dude...more breakdown please thank you
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im plannin on using the WHOLE G35 h.i.d setup into my dc housing
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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I don't know how much more clear I can be.

Can you explain how you plan to get the G35's reflector assembly into the smaller space taken up by the Integra's projector headlamp? If you're going to go to all that trouble, it would be a huge waste of time to not just put HID projectors in there instead of the G35's crap reflector assembly.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 04:47 AM
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Patrick is correct about retrofitting reflector HIDs vs. projector HIDs, but pictures would help here NVMYDC.

Which model G35 are we talking about. Some came without and to my knowledge some came with projectors. We stock both FX35 and G35 projectors. Both of which are bixenons, and similar in shape, but the G35 have different cutoff plates.

If you haven't purchased the HID parts again, and you really want to use a set of bixenons, then by all means, it can be done. If you take detailed pictures of the HID components and the inside of the integra headlights, I would be more than happy to give you detailed pointers.

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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 05:43 AM
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I'm pretty sure G35's ALL had reflector HID's. The projectors are actually used in the newer G37's. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

I do know that the 350Z switched from that POS hybrid projector/reflector to a true HID projector a couple years back.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:23 AM
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I'm pretty sure G35's ALL had reflector HID's. The projectors are actually used in the newer G37's. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

I do know that the 350Z switched from that POS hybrid projector/reflector to a true HID projector a couple years back.
My mom bought an '08 G35 sedan 2 weeks ago and it has projectors (fresnel lenses). I'm not sure which year they started making the g35's with projectors '07,'08? Hope this helps.
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its an 06 g35 and i will get pics as soon as i can but do i need reflectors for the hids? a buddy of mine just wired the hid's onto his teg with out the reflectors and the beams just go everywhere.and a buddy of mines just wrecked his g35 and gave me his HID setup and i was wonderin if it could be wired up into my dc headlights thanks for the help
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by NVMYDC
its an 06 g35 and i will get pics as soon as i can but do i need reflectors for the hids? a buddy of mine just wired the hid's onto his teg with out the reflectors and the beams just go everywhere.and a buddy of mines just wrecked his g35 and gave me his HID setup and i was wonderin if it could be wired up into my dc headlights thanks for the help
Sorry man, doesn't work that way. For one thing, you would need rebased D2S headlights to use with the Integra's 9006 projector housings. G35's come with D2R bulbs, which are meant for reflector headlights. Second, Integra projectors are crap anyway. In the event that you could get the bulb positioned correctly (which would probably require things like duct tape, among other ghetto-rigging items), the D2R bulbs would put out an even worse beam pattern than what you would get with properly-positioned D2S bulbs.

Take my STRONG advice and that from others: retrofit actual HID projectors, using OEM D2S bulbs and ballasts, or don't do anything at all. Plug-n-play HID kits are bad enough as it is, but trying to jerry-rig HID components that physically will not fit into your car is just asking for trouble.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by EK99hatch
My mom bought an '08 G35 sedan 2 weeks ago and it has projectors (fresnel lenses). I'm not sure which year they started making the g35's with projectors '07,'08? Hope this helps.
My bad, I thought the larger engine and the exterior freshening came at the same time. 2007 was the first year for projectors on the Infiniti G-series, while the coupe got the 3.7L engine in 2008, and in 2009 for the sedan.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 10:09 PM
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its an 06 g35 and i will get pics as soon as i can but do i need reflectors for the hids? a buddy of mine just wired the hid's onto his teg with out the reflectors and the beams just go everywhere.and a buddy of mines just wrecked his g35 and gave me his HID setup and i was wonderin if it could be wired up into my dc headlights thanks for the help
Your best bet is to give those headlights a good polishing and sell them on ebay. The amount you net from those headlights should be enough to buy you another retrofit. RX330/350/400 retrofits are extremely cheap.

I will have to say that those G35 (matsushita) ballasts are super small! I'd take them over the Lexus (Denso) ballasts any day. I think that if you just sell the headlights without the ballasts, that alone should be able to buy you some RX projectors.
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 05:22 AM
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thanks for all the input guys..i will sell the headlights and h.i.d's and be back for more thanks h-t and friends
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