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Old 05-02-21, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by hzhao
Those are full LED lights.
Two questions on them:
1. How is the light output compared to the factory HID lights that are on my 17 GX? I have aftermarket HID on my 13 GX and those make the factory HID seem dim but I’m interested in the LED if they are sufficiently bright.
2. The 13 does not have that auto level feature like the newer ones do, will these work without having that ability?
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Originally Posted by Piney1
Two questions on them:
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2. The 13 does not have that auto level feature like the newer ones do, will these work without having that ability?
'10-'13 AFS HID do auto level.






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Originally Posted by Acrad
'10-'13 AFS HID do auto level.




Oh, my 13 came with OEM halogens. If I recall correctly, they didn’t level.
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Yeah… the halogens are static


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Originally Posted by Piney1
Two questions on them:
1. How is the light output compared to the factory HID lights that are on my 17 GX? I have aftermarket HID on my 13 GX and those make the factory HID seem dim but I’m interested in the LED if they are sufficiently bright.
2. The 13 does not have that auto level feature like the newer ones do, will these work without having that ability?
It will work with non-auto leveling headlights. However, those lights come with the wire harnesses are made for 2014+ GX, you will have to do a little bit rewiring to get them to work for 13 GX. Those lights combined both low and high beam, as well as LED DRL. If I am correct, for 13, DRL is reduce powered high beam.
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Thanks. I like the idea but am not into wiring. Will prob just update my wife’s 17 GX, it has every option and low miles. She wanted it for a ‘forever’ car - I’ll update it when she is out of town. Will keep making my 13 look like a Prado.
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Originally Posted by Acrad
Perhaps look at some of the 3rd party '20+ conversions?

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gx-...n-2014-gx.html
Does anyone have a direct link to his website or where I can order the lights from. Need to confirm pricing and shipping.
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For those about to do this conversion, I can confirm that the set from "Danyang Kailite Autoparts" works perfectly with no errors.

Here's the link from where I bought it from:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...116913175.html

I ordered on September 6 and it arrived on the 14th.



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How are these for light output? I would like to do this for my wife’s 17 but am curious about light output. I’m spoiled HID lights and want to make sure that the new ones are as good.

HUGE impact on the front of the vehicle with that update. Looks awesome.

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For those about to do this conversion, I can confirm that the set from "Danyang Kailite Autoparts" works perfectly with no errors.

Here's the link from where I bought it from:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...116913175.html

I ordered on September 6 and it arrived on the 14th.


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I tried to send you a private message without success. Please hook me up with the seller you purchased the set of lights from in china
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Originally Posted by DrWGCA
Chenglong Hu on Alibaba is the way to go. Code 'LIKEMIKE' for $800 set. Shipping price sucks, but WHO CARES??? THEY WORK!!! NO decoder needed..... Sorry to all who have had troubles.....
Hello Friends, I am planning to make my purchase of a set of 2020 GX 460 head light from Chenglou Hu of Danyang Kailite Auto Parts China, as recommended by Xtian8. I wanted to find out if anything new came up since you started using this product, if you there is any defect so far and your experience generally. I also planned to purchase the 2020 front grill from them. Any feed back from you all will be highly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by xtian8
Search for Danyang Kailite Auto Parts as the seller. Contact name is Chenglong.
Hello Friends, I am planning to make my purchase of a set of 2020 GX 460 head light from Chenglou Hu of Danyang Kailite Auto Parts China, as recommended by Xtian8. I wanted to find out if anything new came up since you started using this product, if you there is any defect so far and your experience generally. I also planned to purchase the 2020 front grill from them. Any feed back from you all will be highly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by MallCrawlr
For those about to do this conversion, I can confirm that the set from "Danyang Kailite Autoparts" works perfectly with no errors.

Here's the link from where I bought it from:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...116913175.html

I ordered on September 6 and it arrived on the 14th.



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I planned to buy from the same seller within this week. Please let me know if anything new came up since you started using this product, if you there is any defect so far and your experience generally. I also planned to purchase the 2020 front grill from them. Any feed back from you all will be highly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by SIXTHCOLUM
I planned to buy from the same seller within this week. Please let me know if anything new came up since you started using this product, if you there is any defect so far and your experience generally. I also planned to purchase the 2020 front grill from them. Any feed back from you all will be highly appreciated.
I ordered the full update for my 13 and the grill/headlight update for my wife’s 17. The order shipped on Tuesday. It’ll be 2 months before I get it though.
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Hey SixthColum and Piney, I'm glad you ended up purchasing some high dollar item from china and it ended up working. I had to go through hoops to get mine to work correctly. I finally figured out that the 2020 headlights i purchased were for the 2010-2013 conversion and not the 2014-2019 conversion. There is a difference. Best thing to pay attention to is the plugs in the back. It should be a direct plug and play without any additional yellow spaghetti wires. I highlighted this in my youtube video "part 2" showing those wires. The package that Xtian shared is most likely for the 2014-2019 truck conversion and those were the correct ones to buy. There was a lot of lessons learned early on doing this conversion. As far as grilles, i purchased mine from Bell Lexus in Arizona because they had a sale going on and shipping was free. The normally have really great sales around the holidays so i would check again with them. The shipping was very fast and i felt more comfortable buying from a Lexus dealer in the U.S. as opposed to another country. Just my 2 cents, you may have a better experience with your purchase. Hope this helps.

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