- [Man] $400 Lighting, verse $1,200 lighting.
- Does more expensive,
mean more better.
- Let's find out
(upbeat music)
we got two identical Nissan 350Z
and we've been modifying them to be fun daily drivers.
They can take the track.
one Z gets really expensive, cool parts,
and the other Z gets the cheap stuff.
Then we test them to see which components
are actually worth spending your money on.
- we Compared coil overs,
brakes,
wheels,
tires,
we've turbocharged both of our cars.
And today we're adding some stuff that doesn't
necessarily improve the cars performance,
but when you look good, you drive good.
At least that's what I'm hoping.
These are $800 taillights.
- On real.
- Made by a company called Yunique.
I've heard that Zach job can potentially
program these in any way that we want.
- [Man] Insane.
- We got some XK Glow Headlight Bulbs here.
These are $150.
They're more advanced than
I knew headlight bulbs could be.
We also got an Underglow Kit.
This was $250.
I can sync both of these to my phone,
do strobes and change colors.
You got to pay attention Nolan,
cause you won't be driving home one day
means that Joe rolled behind you
and say... (funny beeps)
flashing them blue and reds, man,
you get pulled over.
We'll beat you up.
(both laugh)
- All right, I'll keep an eye out.
(both laugh)
On low car We have 400 bucks of eBay lights.
Let's just dig in and see what we get.
- Both boxes for our lights are the same boxes.
So we had a suspicion that they were the same lights.
- They definitely are.
They're the same design for sure.
- And what we think happened
is the guy that we bought these from
purchases Nolan's lights
and then retrofits cool LED stuff inside of them.
- Yeah.
- I'm actually kind of stoked that
a card dude made these rather than the factory.
- Low car also got some under blue
James avoid it.
It's just a strip of lights
that we'll have to fix ourselves I suppose.
- Let's got.
- sticky tape on the back
and it comes with a bunch of zip ties.
So I'm sure this will be nice and secure.
(laughs)
You might've gotten some headlight bowls.
We got a full headlight housing.
What do you think dude?
- It looks like there's guns in it.
- Yeah.
- I'm so stoked it. I love it.
That is so perfect for those cards.
- They were $213.
- I think they're worth every single penny.
- Yeah.
So we've got our $400 set up here.
We got our $1,200 Set up here and the question is,
can the cheap stuff flex as hard
as the expensive stuff?
- Do you yours change colors?
- No.
- Not after to a good start.
(upbeat music)
- It's time to swag out the low car.
I've been looking forward to this episode.
The whole time we've been shooting this series.
All right. So I'm removing the stock tail lights.
They're held in with three 1mm bolts
that hide on these little plastic tabs here.
They come out pretty easy.
And then according to the internet,
you kind of just pull it sideways.
There's these little tabs in there
that are holding them in.
There you go. Oh,
I already see a problem with the wiring
for the aftermarket lights,
they do not use this kind of plug.
It's gonna be more difficult than I thought.
- Basically we got to connect
these Steez to the battery.
- These bones connects to the battery bonds.
- These things can change like into
30,000 different colors by using your phone.
- 16 million James.
- 16 million?
Are you kidding me?
- No.
- I can't even name 16 million colors dude.
- You better get started.
- Red,
green,
orange,
pink,
purple,
teal,
light teal,
light purple,
neon green,
hot blue.
- Maybe I'll do one headlight.
Make sure that it'll fit
and then it works.
(man yelling)
So this is the bulb that was in the car. It's an HID.
This is the Age 7 connector
that the XK glow kit was based around,
which is a very different connector
than what's on the bulb.
So we can just cut some stuff,
solder some stuff and make it work.
But it's a little unforeseen hurdle.
- It's not a plug and place system as we thought it would be
and I'm gonna have to do some custom wiring.
Now it's gonna tell you, wait an hour,
at least to get it running.
(Soft music)
I guess the only thing to do is
give the headlights a try.
Just smells like farts in here.
- Sorry.
(laugh hilariously)
- All right, listen.
We're going to make these color changing bulbs
work one way or another.
So this car has HIDs.
So it's got this little transformer box here.
Basically power goes in,
it becomes high intensity
and then it discharges into the headlight bulb.
So we're going to just cancel that thing altogether.
Clip the wires right here,
run those wires to our new bulbs
and we should be in business.
Check back in 20 minutes.
- Ever since we've bought this car,
there's been condensation in the headlight
and we just never addressed it
because you know what? Low life.
so many zip ties holding this
freaking car together, dude.
Second light going in.
- Alright.
So this is our first test with the new head.
Nolan, you Ready?
- Go ahead Aaron.
(super bright light shinning)
- Lets get those headlights making colors, huh?
- Yes
- So we're going to wire this stuff
straight to the battery for right now.
I was planning on doing it too. You know,
like an ignition source from the fuse box,
but we don't have that much time
and well, that's really it.
- We started this show to compare
expensive parts to cheap parts,
but I also want to add that it's
comparing expensive parts to cheap parts
under a very tight timeline.
So we got a party lights going.
See this, Ooh, red, white,
and blue Marka
- Today I'm gonna be tackling new steering wheel.
Oh baby.
An NRG three-spoke wheel.
I don't even know what you'd call this finish,
but I think it matches the spirit of the car very well.
Before you install a new wheel,
it's very important that
you disconnect your battery. Why?
Because your airbag,
you don't want to blow your hands off
working on your car.
That'd be very unfortunate.
(man screams)
Along with our wheel, we also got a quick release hub.
It's a race car thing.
You know, having your wheel out
makes it easier to get in and out of your car.
Especially with racing seats.
We're going to take this plastic face off of the wheel.
Underneath there will be the airbag assembly,
which is the reason we disconnected the battery.
There will also be a nut holding the steering wheel
onto the steering column itself.
Once we loosen that,
we'll be able to slide the wheel off
and begin the installation process for a new wheel.
This is the dumbest tool for this job, but whatever.
(man struggling)
That was scary.
- Our aftermarket brake lights came with four wires.
Two of them were black,
one's green,
the other one is green with a white Stripe.
So just to double check,
even though I'm pretty certain,
which one does what.
I got this power pro right here,
which tests continuity and gives things 12 volts.
So it's very easy when you're trying
to figure things out.
When it beeps, complete circuit then you have continuity.
I'm going to give 12 volts
to one of the green wires
to figure out which one is which.
So this one's the green wire with the white Stripe.
That's probably your running light.
Then I'm gonna go to the green wire and do the same thing.
(continuous beeps)
Since it's brighter, that's a brake light.
So now you know which one's, which.
You don't want to cut wires
until you know exactly what does, what,
cause it's not very easy to repair.
(whistles)
Brake light.
- They look great.
I mean, they're not too much different than the stock ones,
but I like the design.
- Things are rowdy, dude.
I love it.
- Kind of debating on how we're gonna run the wires.
I think ideally I'd go under the carpet inside,
but again we don't have that much time.
So I'm debating whether or not there's a good option
to go underneath the car
and just go up to the taillights that way,
but it's not looking too great.
This door panel, huh?
- We've got power and ground to our taillight harness now.
So I guess I'm gonna plug them in
and see if they work.
- Well, Job is working on the taillights.
I'm gonna lay out our Underglow Kit.
Make sure we have all of our parts.
Up until this point,
everything we've done about these cars
has been to add The Fast.
But today we're gonna add And The Furious.
You can have any beer you want,
as long as it's a Corona, bam.
(upbeat music)
Oh yeah.
That's how people know we're serious.
Oh, hi baby.
Don't chill in the car.
Don't pee.
Hello doggy.
(gibberish)
Look at this thing. Come on, come on.
- Hey I'm Frank. We're about to plug in this taillight,
see if it does anything.
See, dude, give me a plug.
Dude. Give me a plug.
Plug me.
- Check out Zach job's news show.
- You actually, you know what?
Go ahead.
- Take out Zack job's new show, Money Pit
only on Donut Media.
He's building a sick Miata
and we encourage you to build along.
We're doing it with a budget in mind.
You guys have been asking for mid cart.
I think the Miata is mid cart.
- Now that's a good plug. Now plug in like this.
- Okay, cool
- And let's see what happens.
(all cheer)
Hey, I might be stopping or am I...
(all laugh)
- This is what you call steezing for no reason.
(upbeat music)
The tail lights are in and working.
Time to move a onto the underclothes, Yeah.
- Yeah.
Are you missing some hardware?
- I don't know.
- Let's move on to the underclothes.
- Alright, here we go.
(honks)
Works.
Yes.
Oh, that's such a cool noise.
Well, this thing's at Z days.
It'll be a pretty easy.
- I think it's good.
- I feel like a grandma right here.
This is like some NASCAR.
- Yeah, feels like NASCAR.
- I do like the feel of it
and a surprisingly easy to install.
It's time to install The Under Gloves.
They came with these little,
little channel things that you screw up into the car
and they'll hold the lights.
So we got a drill,
we got an impact driver,
all ready to go, baby,
we'll go a little more forward.
And a little more forward.
(metal grinding)
The taillights are in and they work.
The headlights are in and they work
and The Under Gloves are in place
and they're working.
So now it's all the tedious stuff,
hiding all the wires,
tying stuff up and all that kind of junk.
This is a universal kit.
So they gave us enough wire to wire, a semi truck.
- This part kind of sucks.
Cheap.
It's just cheap.
Our $25 lights are so small that we're going to have like
tiny bits of like light shining from under,
under the car instead of the whole thing.
- That's pretty cool on the wheel up here.
Everything's wired up. It's working.
It looks, steezy AF,
a little silly, but super fun.
We're going to go do some crimes.
- I'm in for crimes.
- I love doing crimes with you guys.
You guys are great for doing crimes with.
Street sharking is not a crime.
(upbeat music)
- We don't have enough length
to get all of our lights to where
they should be to make the car look good.
- I think I can do this thing.
Such things for very,
very thin wires.
- This right here,
is like the worst wire that you could work with.
The only way this is good is when you buy it
and you just don't touch it.
Because the wire is so brittle that if
you crimp it a little bit too hard, it snaps.
And then you mess up your line.
- No, that's all under the sway bar.
- Come on, man.
- No, I would like it to go through the car, right?
(chattering) - Like get a long these guys,
a bunch of armchair quarterbacks.
Can't believe this.
- You know the coffee's good.
Sometimes you just gotta drink it.
And he was able to pull it off.
What he ended up doing was
using slightly larger wire
going from very thin 24, 26 gauge
to like an 18 gauge.
Pretty decent wire.
Because it's so long could potentially
burn out our led
or damage the little controller in the long run.
But for now we can look legit.
Let's see if we can get these things to work.
- No dude, no dude.
- So ridiculous, dude.
I loved it.
- I think it came out pretty dope for 25 bucks.
- Yeah, dude.
- 50 bucks total
and now you got all of it.
- I love it.
- It looks great.
- It's making light.
It might not be quite as bright as ours,
but I think at night this thing's gonna look sick.
These cost $25.
You can't go wrong.
Put these in my room.
- There's only one more thing to do.
Wait for the sun to go down
and mob with my boys.
- Think this is like my boxer, honestly.
(man blowing through the exhaust pipe)
(upbeat music)
- So, does more expensive mean more better?
- I'm going to say, Yeah, Yeah,
- Really?
- Yes it does. (laughs)
Our remotes barely work.
- Yeah.
- We had to get extra wiring
to run the lights all the way to the back.
- Oh, yeah.
- But Hey, for 20 something bucks,
I think it's a good value.
I just think the high car components
were of a better quality.
- The fact that high ended up spending over $1,200
just to make the car funnier.
I think like smiles per dollar,
You guys destroyed us in this challenge.
- Absolutely.
I think there's a far lower chance
of getting pulled over with our taillights than...
- Cause when we hit the brakes,
they cause people to have epileptic seizures,
those headlights are atrocious,
like a tribal arm tattoo.
- That's what the car is missing.
That's why it shows them.
They suit the cars so well, I think.
I choose to rebel in it.
- Yeah, totally.
They're like 100% on point
for the style of this car.
Nolan, which one would you buy?
- By component,
I think I would go with the expensive LEDs
just for peace of mind and ease of use.
Taillights,
I think I'm going to go with the cheap ones.
They worked well
and they won't get me arrested.
I'm going to go with the high car headlight.
- I think I'm the same.
I think like high car headlights,
low car taillights,
and I'd probably go low car neons
just because I can't notice a difference.
At the end of the day, all of this stuff was just to be fun.
And I think both cars are super fun.
So I'd rather do it at a fifth of the price.
Thank you guys so much for watching High-Low,
this episode and all the episodes before it.
Next week is the last of the Zs.
- It's the final track battle.
It's the final confrontation
between high car and low car,
which mods will come out on top, James.
I can't wait to find out. - We got a lot of new shows.
We're not slowing down at all guys,
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(laughs)
- See you next time.