Quick headlight halogen question
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So I hate the yellow halogen bulbs on my 07 is350 and apparently it's a big no no to get an hid kit on the halogen housing although alot of people do it. What about just changing the halogen bulbs to a better halogen bulb, I seen some h11 and even drl / highbeam 9005 on tirerack and they advertised as "white" anyone ever go this route? I really don't want to get an hid kit if it's going to blind people and is so shunned upon and even illegal. I love the led 2011 lights and will eventually get them but too much right now to pay.
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You sure? I really want the hid kit and was going to even order the parking light and drl lights to led but after reading for a while alot of people said whether reflector or projector putting hid in halogen housing is a big NO. Reflector is worse but they said projector too if it originally came with halogen (which mine did) because the ones that come with hid oem have a special housing that's different from the halogen one? So confused now
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Your best bet is to retrofit another projector into the housing, or replace with the stock HID option (which is quite the penny and not worth it at all, you'll need the housings, the sensors, etc... It adds up fast). Unsure of anyone recently doing a 2011+ LED HID headlight that came from halogen housings, I imagine you can get away with not buying the AFS sensors for those, but those headlights will set you back anywhere from $1000-1500. A decent retrofit will set you back anywhere from $3-500. That, or leave them alone and use some whiter bulbs if you want the whiter look (Silverstars/SS Ultras, CrystalVision, NightBreakers, etc). LED is not an alternative either, even worse light output and beam pattern as these projectors were definitely not designed around them.
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Yea I guess I'll leave it alone or maybe if I can find someone that can do a good retrofit some time in the future. I've heard bad things about the "white" halogen bulbs, that they still are yellow and they cost about $80 so not sure if that's the route I wanna go.
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One more thing, how about just making my drl leds? Do at least during the day I'll have white lights. I know I won't have high beam anymore but I've had car for 3 years and never onced high beams
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Hey Guys,
So I have a 2010 IS250 and I want to replace the headlights with black ones with an LED strip. However, I recently found out that most of the headlights sold on Ebay do not fit cars with factory HID lights.
Does anyone know where I can buy aftermarket headlights that will fit my car?
So I have a 2010 IS250 and I want to replace the headlights with black ones with an LED strip. However, I recently found out that most of the headlights sold on Ebay do not fit cars with factory HID lights.
Does anyone know where I can buy aftermarket headlights that will fit my car?
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Not really, I already have stock HIDs, the reason why I am asking is because I want new headlights. Doing a black on white theme so wanted to get black headlights, but can't find a pair that would fit a non halogen model car.
Was hoping someone would know where they sell those
Was hoping someone would know where they sell those
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