jet350

i have a 06 350 with hids but its seems like one of my ballast is gone and i ordered a new oem one but im having trouble finding the old one to change it. does anyone know where it is and an easy way to change it. and its the right side (passenger) headlight.

quang

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if i remember correctly, if you face the car front, it is on the fender side behind the air intake box

brociouz

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I'm confused. How do you know the ballast is gone if you don't even know where it is? I must be missing something.

jet350

well i thought it was just the bulb but to be sure i switched bulbs from the side that wasnt working to the side that is working and the bulb was fine it lit up no problem so my next solution was that the ballast was gone.

koksik

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have same problem, but I can't remove ballast plug from the headlight. ( ballast is under headlight, and the wire with the plug is inside the headlight )
Anyone know how to remove plug?

chikoo

Dang. Glad i did not get oem hid. Hid kit ftw!

ttiangco

Damn. My passenger headlight went out and i did the same test. I swapped the bulbs. Im in search of a ballast now, but i called the 1 and only local lexus here and he said you cant buy it seperate? Does someone have a part #?
I even thought about gettin an aftermarket hid kit.

pfdaxe

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I had the same issue a couple of months ago. Dealer stated the ballast is inside the housing and they had to replace the entire headlight assembly. The cost with labor was around $1200. Luckily it was covered under warranty. I know I have seen headlight assmblies on Ebay for a couple of hundred.....

You could always buy a seperate ballast, mount it somewhere close to the headlight and just connect your OEM bulb to it.

laobo979

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LEXUS...item3efec34e4b
these might work

IXI187IXI

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is it a little gray plastic piece stopping it? When i did my ballast for my GS i had the same problem where the end of the ballast that plugs into the bulb would not come out. Theres a little plastic lever that you need a "special" tool to use. an allen key works fine though

ttiangco

I tried to change ballasts today..i couldnt get the oem ballast out. The space where the ballast connector goes to is very tight. Help?

chris07is

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i have both of my ballast replaced...i bought it at the lexus junk yard in my neighborhood. the ballat was soaked in h20 for some reason.

koksik

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I must open headlight to remove ballast plug from the inside?? Is it easy to remove clear part? Any tips?

ttiangco

Yea, i figures once i had the ballast out that it was more then likely i would have to open up my headlights..

koksik

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How You guys remove clear part? And what You using to glued again?