Pianoman72

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...threadid=93792

feast your eyes on that thread if your lamps are milky or yellow. Some good info and pics.

Condensation I thought everyone knew about. You bake the lamps in the oven and pull them apart. There's a few step-by-step threads around. I don't think that really a common prob with our lights, though.

The Ju1ce

ahaha this is funny,,,, ok from auto-parts-direct.com i got quoted

"The headlamps you are looking for are $513.49ea and I have them in stock!


Terry Johnson
Parts Specialist
Sterling McCall Lexus
(713) 995-2630 Phone
(713) 995-2695 Fax
parts@smlexus.com
www.smlexus.com"

from my local lexus dealership i got quoted $459.00 a piece and from the oem wholesale website i got quoted $365.00 a piece. pretty spendy no matter how you look at it.

anyone comes across some JDM's you gotta let us brothers know!

Mischievious GS

well...in my opinion, the jdm headlights produces alot more light output with my hid's. alot meaning it's noticable to me . but like i said, you lose the ability to adjust your headlights via the water bubble, and the leveling indicator...but my headlights came pretty well adjusted already . also, i found out that black, plastic trim piece that covers the usdm headlights will NOT fit the jdm headlights, and i do not know if the jdm headlights come with that piece. i'll go find out though.


err...no? i've been procrastinating on hooking up those positioning lights, but everything else works fine .


agreed. robert is a very nice guy and always willing to go out of his way to help a guy. *insert plug here* . he's helped me on several occasions, and without him, i'd probably have to fly to japan to dig thru the junkyards myself . thanks robert




as far as the oem headlights go, once in a while, they have sets on ebay for less than $150, but most of them are used. i think i got quoted something like $350 or $500 for a brand new oem headlight at the dealership. i forget which price, but it was one of those prices. i had a brand new oem headlight on my car when i first bought the car. i think the previous owner cracked one of the headlights and had it replaced with a new one. the difference between the used and the new one was like night and day. obviously the new one was crystal clear while the used one was a little yellowed. no matter what i tried on the used one, it would never look as good as the new one. to put it in a better perspective, when i put my hid's in, the new one would emit a bluish tone, while the used one would be a little greenish. they both balanced out after a while, but it was still noticable.

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If your going to get new OEM headlights might as well get the NEW JDM they look better. About $400-425 each. The price is not so bad after looking at what those other places quoted you.

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Good to hear everything worked out GREAT on your JDM headlights. Hook up that last (positioning) lite.

The Ju1ce

hey mischevious you slap a paint job on that shiny **** or just wax the crap out of it???

The Ju1ce

hey guys how much would just the balasts cost for a set of HID's?

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Wow it sounds like your trying to do everything to your car all at one time. If you get JDM headlights you might want to wait to get the HIDS....... read above 1st post the connectors are not the same size & I think that will apply to the HIDS.

But hey if you got money to throw around go for it.

The Ju1ce

yeah i got the hook on some HID's with no ballasts so im just trying to figure out whether or not its worth going for

Mischievious GS

heh...both. i painted it about a year or so ago. ever since i painted it, i use nothing but zaino polish on it, and i swear it's the best wax/polish i've ever used. it's a pain to put on all those coats, but its worth it every once in a while . right before the show i had the front bumper repainted, and my friend buffed the whole car out again to get most of the swirl marks out, then I did a 3-step zaino right before the show.


what type of HID's are you getting hooked up with? if it's just the bulbs, you might run into more problems if they aren't the plug & play type...meaning the base of the bulb should be a 9006 base. if you get bulbs that came off a stock car (D2R or D2S), you might need to do some modifying before you can even get those bulbs to fit. if you really want to get into the details of it...hop on over to the Lighting forum and theres a thread that can help you with all the finer details of it...heres a link ---> Hid info .

GS300_SA

all, i just purchased a 1997 GS-300 the car is amazing i must say i used to have infiniti I30 98 model www.cardomain.com/id/cefiroman i am looking everywhere to have the one piece clear headlights for the GS300 1997 model, please guys help me out on where to get them hit me back at apple_sa@hotmail.com

thx

saed

lexus4jess

Ju1ce i can machine the d2s bulbs if you can't find the plastic modified bulbs.But this will work only on philips d2s 85122 & 85123 xenon bulbs.



9006 adapters for d2s d2r