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Originally Posted by vtec to vvel
mine is an 09. you mentioned that at some point the ballasts were changed out, so does this mean that the earlier models had ballasts that were aftermarket-friendly?
I spoke with diode dynamics today and the representative brought it up before i even asked. He was like "oh....what year is your 370Z?" and went on to explain that depending on the year, i may need to switch out ballasts?
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IIRC, when Nissan switched to different ballasts (I think after 2010 or something), that's when there were compatibility issues with the original Morimoto bulbs. In 2011 or so I got into an accident and a brand new headlight assembly was ordered. The ballast was different (smaller). To keep things consistent on both sides I kept the old ballast and sold the new one. So I still have the same ballasts from 2009, and I'm on my 2nd pair of Morimoto (now XB series) bulbs after over 4 years with the 1st set. I've not been on the road much since my car is still down, but from some short trips the new bulbs are very nice.
Talk to the guys at The Retrofit Source to see if they have new information since then. Back then their site had a footnote warning users about compatibility issues with certain ballasts.