Originally Posted by rominl

well, to avoid confusion, they are the same.

if you get a halogen and change the bulbs to superwhite, a lot of times you read those as "xenon bulbs", but they are just "xenon wannabe"

Originally Posted by jlin101

Techniquelly xenon is just one of the rare gasses (along with neon, argon, krypton and radon). All high intensity discharge lamps contain xenon gas in the bulb; but not all xenon bulbs are HID's. Some regular halogen bulbs contain xenon in the gas mixture. Some retailers try to confuse buyers by calling their halogen xenon lights (which they are), even though they are not HID. To be certain, make sure it says high intensity discharge lamp, which requires a ballast.

Originally Posted by mikeIS250

Check out the my.is thread that the pic was posted on... aznracer does have a ballast.

Originally Posted by IronCobra

I think he said that his NON HID headlights (reflector style) blind people when used with aftermarket HID kits. The factory HIDs have projectors that have a sharp cutoff line to prevent from blinding oncoming traffic.

Originally Posted by shox

I put 6000K HIDs in my '03 Celica when I had it. Made a huge *** difference, but not exactly like the dealership. Dealership are using 4000K, this means it brighter and whiter compared to the 6000K or up. 4000K is ideal because it is actually the brightest lighting you can achieve, anything else is not as bright. Also, I don't know what lenses they use in the projectors oor what not, but you'l notice in a distance it looks more blue and as the vehicle comes closer it looks whiter. The Celica had projectors, but it just looked blue all the time so I don't know. But yeah, won't look the same aftermarket compared to stock.

Originally Posted by amy011079

Isn't there a way that you could pre-order your car and just have them put HID's on it without all the package? That's what I was told from my dealer here in ATL. Maybe you should ask before opting not to get it and then deal with the hassle of trying to find HIDs later that will suffice to your needs. Good luck.


On a side note, I think that not having the HIDs standard was the stupidest thing Lexus did with the new IS. You have to be kidding me. It feels like buying a BMW where you have to add the stupidest crap to the car and as you do, you can see the price tag just going "cha ching cha ching."