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Old 11-30-06 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Levistey0
unfortunately i didnt purchase the Xenon kit. I ended up buying the McCullough kit. Did the install. Thanks for the info everyone!
You might want to do sometype of a conversion. Your light pattern is very sloppy and potentially blinding to oncoming vehicles.. BTW, your kit is still a Xenon kit. this just describes the gas in the bulbs.
Old 11-30-06 | 06:15 PM
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well if I have a '97 I should be able to just do a plug and play and they will have a nice light, is that what you are saying
Old 11-30-06 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by tjschnei
well if I have a '97 I should be able to just do a plug and play and they will have a nice light, is that what you are saying
yep, that's what I'm saying. The projectors in the 97+ are different and create a more defined cutoff line.
I created a post on this a few years ago. Check it out.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ght=projectors
Old 11-30-06 | 11:51 PM
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wow. Thanks Iron Cobra. Im actually pretty satisfied with my lights, but always wondered to myself why there wasn't a cutoff line. Im definitely going to look more into that.

Do you happen to have pics of both of the different headlights side by side?
Old 12-02-06 | 04:45 PM
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i agree there are probably other cars out there with stock projectors that work for both halogen and HID, its a matter of finding out.
im glad your conversion works great with the SC! cobra

picture i think are really useful when comparing.
Old 12-06-06 | 11:41 PM
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Thats really weird why your light pattern is so all over the place. Mine is fine.

Here are some pics...
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Old 12-06-06 | 11:42 PM
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The beam line is pretty clear.
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Old 12-06-06 | 11:43 PM
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another shot
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Old 12-08-06 | 08:23 AM
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did you use a plug and play kit? and if you did which one?
Old 12-08-06 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmyXthai
did you use a plug and play kit? and if you did which one?
I used a plug and play kit which cost me $133 shipped to my door. Took me 5 min to install.

I got the same kit as IronCobra http://sr1.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251086

So far so good. I really like it.

I got the 4300K kit (white with a slight hint of blue) which gives the most amount of light.
Old 12-10-06 | 09:47 PM
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cool thanks
Old 05-08-07 | 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by IronCobra
OK, I understand exactly your problem. I have a SC and I had to mount my ballasts behind the bumper. There is a thick piece of plastic that you can mount them to.
I was wondering where I can get this setup on my 98 SC300, and also the bulbs for hid..

Thanks!
Old 05-09-07 | 01:29 AM
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Also, make sure to mount it someplace that doesnt get hot b/c that will shorten the life of the ballast.
Old 05-09-07 | 02:36 AM
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i have a 92 and my cut off is good.. you can see it in the pic on the truck tires -- try leveling you headlights.. that was something i ran into.






heres a vid of them firing up .. im only like 1-3 feet away from the garage door

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it3-mxFuzk0
Old 06-04-07 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by HybridC24K
The beam line is pretty clear.
That's exactly what mine look like with 93 model headlamps and MobileHID.com HID's...

unfortunately it wasn't always that way... when the lenses were all gross, it was scattered, but after some cleaning and polishing, they now look like those...

I'll get some pics soon...


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