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Old 01-15-10, 04:00 PM
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is it me or does it seem that the lexus lens gets foggy, I pulled up next to an ES 350 and the lights look brighter than mine and its only 1 year newer, are there ways to clean that foggy build up or am i stuck with that.
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Old 01-15-10, 04:08 PM
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HID output does get weaker and weaker every year

are you sure it's the lens?

and you can't compare it with a different model really, different headlight produces light very differently
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ohh, well iam having the dealer take a look at it he's gonna tell me if the light is being diminished by the lens i'll try to take a pic next to another newer or similar gs it just seems really dull, so buying new HID's would help or not sure
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are you talking about the headlight lens, or the hid projector lens (inside)? they are very different
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the hid projector inside not sure if thats the cause but i know its not the outside lens
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Is there water condensing inside? Does it sometimes look 'wet', or look like there are water droplets inside?
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no there are no water droplets or leaks in the light housing
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Originally Posted by bigblack06
no there are no water droplets or leaks in the light housing
a picture is worth a thousand words. post some pics up so we can see what the problem is. then we can tell you what you need to do.
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alright, i'll probably post them tommrow, thanks for the help so far.
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yup, pics will definitely help

the projector lenses are blur on lexus projectors
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Originally Posted by rominl
yup, pics will definitely help

the projector lenses are blur on lexus projectors
not necessarily true. the RX, ls, is, and es projectors perform 100 times better than ours. its just the gs projectors that suck
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^ IS350 was no better, trust me.
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Originally Posted by SRGS300
not necessarily true. the RX, ls, is, and es projectors perform 100 times better than ours. its just the gs projectors that suck
sorry, my post meant to say the lens surface is "blurry" on lexus projectors, unlike honda/acura or say bmw where the projector lens is clear
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^ is this what affects our light output?
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Originally Posted by rominl
sorry, my post meant to say the lens surface is "blurry" on lexus projectors, unlike honda/acura or say bmw where the projector lens is clear

my girl has a 05 acura tl and her car performs better than ours but she does not have clear lenses
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