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Old 07-11-10 | 09:57 AM
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Hey Lexus Fam. I'm new here, I was wondering if any one knew how I could find LED Fog Lamps for the LS 430? I noticed these aftermarket lights on a few vehicles in NY like Explorer's and some other Trucks but it was at night so I couldn't see how neat they were installed. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks
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Old 07-11-10 | 11:23 AM
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Hey Lexus Fam. I'm new here, I was wondering if any one knew how I could find LED Fog Lamps for the LS 430? I noticed these aftermarket lights on a few vehicles in NY like Explorer's and some other Trucks but it was at night so I couldn't see how neat they were installed. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

It would be a whole custom build. Unfortunately enough, the LS doesn't have a large aftermarket in the United States. Maybe someone with connections in Japan can chime in here and help you out. YAJ always has some cool things for auction in Japan.
Old 07-11-10 | 12:14 PM
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You do realize that the conversion would make your fog lamps useless?
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i put in hid's in my fogs on my 05 430UL and it came out awesome,, looks hella bright in the day time (get it hella bright?) but is also very very useful for night as well as it throws out as much light possible onto oncoming traffic. now those led guys have something else to look at.

honestly i get more looks from people with those new crazy led's than any other type of car. where i live at there are a lot of new audi's, mercedes's, & no shortage of new 911 porches's, and i catch them looking all the time.
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I was wishing for a direct fit just with LED type lights. After doing research your right
TJW98LS it would be a custome design. Do you have a link to any of the Japan aftermarket site's? Thanks
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some guy from Vietnam was rockin some nice *** led's that i have also seen on some car with a kit for sale on the carson site like pages deep into the exterior body kit section but it was a nice lookin car. i saw the same car in some vip mag a year or two back and it was nice. car just had some cutout in the front bumper with some 5 wide led strip molded in. not a bad mod at all, but only looks good to those coming at ya, doesn't put any usable light down at all.
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This needs to be translated.. but, this one is set up like Ebay.

http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/

Search for UCF30
Old 07-11-10 | 11:58 PM
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well i have been looking for them too and last month auto exhibition was held down here and i saw a stall from taiwan having those leds exactly like the porsche 911 or panamera but the size of ls430 fogs are way to big ...the ones i saw i have pics too and it can be fixed but the gap left out needs to be covered up ...i didnt want to take the risk of it going to look ugly

it was just costing 60$ for one side
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assuming jdm fogs are available, i'd go for those instead:

http://lexus.jp/models/ls600h/specif.../selected.html

^ the above is for the LS460/LS600h, but look around and see if there is a similar application for the LS430 (either from lexus japan or jdm aftermarket)
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You do mean fogs and not the DRL right? The fogs can be switched out easily with LED bulbs of the same base type as the standard fogs. I did mine, but they were rendered "useless" as the LED are not a intense as the regular incand. lights, but they "seem" brighter by look.

Now my HID look yellowish, whereas before the fogs looked yellow.
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I always thought about accquiring some of those LED fogs from one of the other manufactures(AUDI) and retrofit them in my foglight housing by using the oven method. I'm thinking hard about this but if i do decide, i will definatly post my outcome.
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Check VAIS. They carry these lights along with their audio line.
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Originally Posted by Stormforge
assuming jdm fogs are available, i'd go for those instead:

http://lexus.jp/models/ls600h/specif.../selected.html

^ the above is for the LS460/LS600h, but look around and see if there is a similar application for the LS430 (either from lexus japan or jdm aftermarket)
Now that would look awesome on LS430 but i think OP is looking for something more like this:

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+1 ^ them leds look nice
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Yes xuserx04 Thats what I'm talking about. Only if the lens filled in the space but the lights would look like the Mercedes and the Audi. Those lights are sick.



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