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My lovely but dim SV

5K views 12 replies 6 participants last post by  Dan in Florida 7  
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My blue pearl SV is making me very happy. Unfortunately and impossibly, the lighting remains from previous generations. What the heck Nissan? It's a 22! My 17 Escape has full led interior lights and I can see! My brand new Frontier reminds me of a yellowish, 90's smoke out when I crawl in at night!
The dealer tells me that if a bulb change fries something else, my warranty is void. My Ford dealer told me that user changeable parts does not affect warranty, but that's probably just a nice way of saying the same thing. If rather NOT kill my truck! Anyway, I'm willing to take a chance to improve my night vision. So, what to do friends? eBay?, Amazon high rated? 2nd gen proven? Buy ProX sealed units if even available?
Please, please! Any (sound) suggestions could help. And thanks!
 
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Nissan's still using the stock wire filament bulb because it's hella cheaper than the LED bulbs now being used in most new cars. Nissan figured if the consumer wants LED bulbs, then let them swap them out themselves... Nissan is trying to SQUEEZE every single penny of profit out of it's vehicle sales......

Have you considered installing Sylvania interior LED bulbs??

If you don't want to go with the LED bulbs, then switch over to the Slyvania Silver Star wire filament bulbs...

Anyhow, hope this helps....
 
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I was pretty bummed my 2020 didn't come with LED lights. I have changed them all out, except the fog lights. I bought them, but I haven't had the motivation to crawl underneath and undo things that need to be undone to get to them. I got switchback turn signals that are pretty cool. They're white until you hit the turn signals and they flash yellow. They're bright too. The fog lights are supposed to switch from white to yellow and back if you turn them off and on again quickly.

The headlights (Alla 12,500 LM) are ridiculously bright, too bright really. The low beam cutoff is clean but they're so bright you can't see anything past it. The sharp contrast makes everything else disappear. The high beams turn reflective road signs into blinding lights.
 
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I was pretty bummed my 2020 didn't come with LED lights. I have changed them all out, except the fog lights. I bought them, but I haven't had the motivation to crawl underneath and undo things that need to be undone to get to them. I got switchback turn signals that are pretty cool. They're white until you hit the turn signals and they flash yellow. They're bright too. The fog lights are supposed to switch from white to yellow and back if you turn them off and on again quickly.

The headlights (Alla 12,500 LM) are ridiculously bright, too bright really. The low beam cutoff is clean but they're so bright you can't see anything past it. The sharp contrast makes everything else disappear. The high beams turn reflective road signs into blinding lights.
If I remember right I put mine in from the wheel well. Turn the wheel all the was to the right to do the left side, then reverse. Remove 4 screws, push the liner back, and put them in.
 
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Mine are Aukee, 10,000 LM if I recall correctly. They look just like the Katanas I posted earlier in the thread. They are bright but not too bright. Reflective signs glow brightly but in no way are blinding. Although much brighter than halogen, the cutoff is much more dramatic. This style of LED bulb installs in a different clock position than the halogens. Once you understand that quirk, its as easy to install as halogens. Then verify that low beam is low, high is high.
 
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The only downside is that as expected the DRLs dont work. Solution, switch on lights to drive. Ive had them for almost one year now and love them. If the 2022 S and low SV have dedicated DRLs you dont need to worry about that.
 
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As I understand it, on DRL mode one low beam goes in series with the other, instead of parallel on regular headlight mode. Thus the DRLs are not as bright and the lights last longer. It works with halogens because they have a metal filament. It does not work with LEDs.

There are ways to hook up a system to run them with DRLs but that is a lot of wire cutting etc. I simply turn on my lights every time I drive. My headlights are LED, my tail / brake lights LED as well. All my external lights are LED except the turn signals in rear and the turn / park bulbs in front. I am not worried about bulb life or current draw with this set up. And, often by day it’s somewhat darkish anyway as I live in a very rainy part of the world.