Abadiseli

Hi,, anyone try to upgrade headlights from one lens to three lens oem is it plug and play ?

Denzlex

Have you looked into the cost? I believe it’s about $5k for the factory triple beams.

cbus

No idea. Nothing on YouTube for this? Gut feeling is they would have a common harness, at least for the low/high beam inputs, but the triple beams have cornering lights that might not function on a car with the single-beam units.

I am in the market and triple beams are a must-have for the car I get.

toyotaman7

I would think the connectors are very different as the tripple Beam has to talk to the car to rotate the lights in turns and as well as up and down. Base light does none of that.

Also, even base light has cornering lights on ES.

cbus

Quick eBay Motors sleuth tells me the connectors are quite different, so OP is probably SOL.

And thank you for the knowledge - didn't know base lights had cornering function.

E46CT

the ones pictured in post 1 are aftermarket. they're still expensive.

yes base lights have side-illumination.

base main projection is shared with mazda 6, ford escape, etc. it's an off the shelf gen 1 K0IT0. same for gen 2.

BBQapple

Unless you just think they’re awesome looking don’t bother, I have bi level on my ES and tripe beams on wife’s IS and they’re almost exactly the same. If anything the bi level lights are slightly brighter at night and the triple beams slightly more even.

If I could have the $1,100 extra that they cost back I’d do it in a heartbeat.

Abadiseli

I already have it and it’s cost me 2000$

Abadiseli

Nothing in the YouTube only for aftermarket

ESh

OEMs are not plug and play. The balast/functions are not the same.

dezymond

I recall someone in a FB group doing this modification with aftermarket headlights just like that and they were happy about it. They posted pictures and said they were happy with the light output and pattern. I personally thought it was a bit of a mess in terms of light distribution as I have the real triple beam on my car. Can't beat OEM.

LexFinally

This is generally true of aftermarket headlight setups. It's a lot more complicated than people think. You don't want to just go around blinding oncoming motorists left and right.

BBQapple

Back in the day Mini and BMW disabled the rear fog lights on North American cars, because people here are selfish and turned them on when not foggy to be cool making the cars more dangerous because the tail lights were more blinding and also makes it harder to see the brake light actuation.

So apparently yes, a lot of people are completely happy blinding other cars so long as their own cars are bright and look awesome.

Denzlex

These are Lexus triple beams, or knock offs?

Abadiseli

yes lexus triple beams but without motors