RX xenon lights are more blueish than IS
#16
That is not true the Rx's lights are more brighter than our cars, believe me i saw the difference, and the new 2008 Rx has more advance turning of lights also, meaning adaptive xenons i noticed that too last night.
#17
Never said that it produced a brighter light. Just that the Mercury Free bulbs produced more of a White looking light. Where the old mercury filled ones produced a bluer light.
#18
the rx has a 5000k bulb and ths IS is 4300k.... i know this cause my brothers a mechanic at lexus and i got those rx bulbs installed for my fogs as seen in my default picture its bluer then the head lights
#19
dont we supposed to use 9006 bulbs for IS fogs?
sorry if i am confused
#20
Yea I'm a little bite confused about that, too. If the RX uses D2S and our fogs use 9006, how would they fit? Unless there's some sort of bulb adaptor... Only seen them for H4 though.
#23
I believe the projectors in the IS and the RX are the same. I couldn't or would not believe LEXUS going with two different types of projectors, especially since cutting costs is the main objective. Most of the time, you can relate blue/purple projection lights to the projector.
Starting any point of view statement with "I believe" is asking for doubt.
You said the projectors in the IS and the RX are the same. Let me help you.
RX330 Projectors Notice the rear bulb entry
IS350 Projectors Notice the side entry
This is theside of the projector housing. As you can clearly see, the projector accepts the D4S buld through a side entry. This is true for all Xenon equipped 2IS.
To further emphasize my point let a fellow 2IS owner eloborate. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=14
Thank you for everybody's help and I decided to go with the retrofit. But I am using the OEM IS250/350 HID projectors. The reason why is because of our headlight design. I can only use the 2IS projectors because the bulbs are inserted through the side rather than behind the projector. Right now I have completed the retrofit and I also swapped out the stock fresnel lens for the super clear S2K lens for the sharp cutoff. The output is incredible compared to just using the HID kit on the halogen headlights. When I get the chance I will post some pics.
RX uses 85122+ D2S while IS uses D4S bulbs.
RX330 Projectors > 2IS projectors
You know what else, they even use different ballasts!
I hope this helps clear up any further 2IS projector questions!
Last edited by emoshun; 12-11-07 at 09:14 PM.
#25
also I am in the process of retrofitting a pair of sc430 projectors with e30 clear lenses in my extra pair of headlights. It is said to be comparable to the S2000 projectors. Oh yea emoshun you are at HIDplanet.com too, I just noticed your sn..hahaha
#26
Yes, but just not as razor sharp. Post up pics/pm me when you're done!
#29
I'm thinking about replacing the projector lens only. Would this work? I think it would be possible as longas the diameter of the projector lens matches. Good projectors such as the ones on S2K or S4 would be pretty nice.