How to know if RX I am buying has HID?
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It has projector headlights, has heated and cooled seating... but I called dealer and they couldn't tell me from the spec sheet if it had HIDs.
One this I noticed is that ALL NAV vehicles have HIDs.... is is possible to get a NON-NAV car with HIDs, do any of you have a non navigation rx with HIDS?
Ive tried to search, and the thread that tells the difference one of the pictures is down. TIA.
One this I noticed is that ALL NAV vehicles have HIDs.... is is possible to get a NON-NAV car with HIDs, do any of you have a non navigation rx with HIDS?
Ive tried to search, and the thread that tells the difference one of the pictures is down. TIA.
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What year? 10-12 if.I'm not mistaken..the HID version the projector clear lens is on the inner side of the headlight (closest to the grill) where as the halogen projector is on the outter part of the headlight.
Can you look at the car? If so turn the lights on if they are yellow they are halogen if they are blue/white/slight yellow..its HID
Also not sure why dealer can't tell ya..that's uncalled for
Here is 10-12 difference:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-third-generation/507315-rx-350-headlight-housing-i-have-noticed-it-comes-in-different-configurations.html#post5563402
Can you look at the car? If so turn the lights on if they are yellow they are halogen if they are blue/white/slight yellow..its HID
Also not sure why dealer can't tell ya..that's uncalled for
Here is 10-12 difference:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-third-generation/507315-rx-350-headlight-housing-i-have-noticed-it-comes-in-different-configurations.html#post5563402
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but in simple, no
you would need to retrofit it. you cant just stick a HID bulb/ballast into a halogen projector housing. you will end up with terrible lighting
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The 1RX's had HID's without projectors, and while I agree having a projector is far better, they still did their job.
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you can check this thread out for some more definitive answers..
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...ogen-projector
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Also, HIDs happen to be much brighter than halogens, so many manufacturers put auto level adjustment mechanisms to point the light in the right way. That's one more thing that will be missing.
Retrofits are possible. The best ones I've seen take a donor projector from another vehicle and replace the original. No self-leveling, but very good results. Lots of work, though.
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are you referring to completely removing the projector or what?
you can check this thread out for some more definitive answers..
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...ogen-projector
you can check this thread out for some more definitive answers..
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...ogen-projector
I happened to be one of those people who installed HID's in their vehicle without projectors (an old '03 Corolla S I had) , HOWEVER, I purposely pointed them down farther than the standard pointing so that I would not be blinding anyone, and get the best ligthingof out my HID's. Don't recall the company (all I remember was they were in Cali), but the kit was easy to install and worked extremely well on those pitch black country roads. I see a lot more people doing this test days (guess the kits got much cheaper), and yeah, they're usually pointed too high and blind the majority of us
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Sorry, perhaps I'm totally off base here. I was under the impression that those of us with 3RX's without HID's (with the projectors on the outside), could installed an HID kit and install the HID bulbs inside the projectors similar to how they are done on the RX's that come with them from the factory?
I happened to be one of those people who installed HID's in their vehicle without projectors (an old '03 Corolla S I had) , HOWEVER, I purposely pointed them down farther than the standard pointing so that I would not be blinding anyone, and get the best ligthingof out my HID's. Don't recall the company (all I remember was they were in Cali), but the kit was easy to install and worked extremely well on those pitch black country roads. I see a lot more people doing this test days (guess the kits got much cheaper), and yeah, they're usually pointed too high and blind the majority of us![Thumb Down](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsdown.gif)
I happened to be one of those people who installed HID's in their vehicle without projectors (an old '03 Corolla S I had) , HOWEVER, I purposely pointed them down farther than the standard pointing so that I would not be blinding anyone, and get the best ligthingof out my HID's. Don't recall the company (all I remember was they were in Cali), but the kit was easy to install and worked extremely well on those pitch black country roads. I see a lot more people doing this test days (guess the kits got much cheaper), and yeah, they're usually pointed too high and blind the majority of us
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i do know what you mean re; those dark country roads. i bought sylvania h11cool blue lights for my rx. didnt put them in yet, but every halogen car i ever put them in in the past. i never had any problems seeing on those dark roads after that. quite honestly, my hid`s in the past really didnt impress me that much.
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You guys do know that you can buy hid bulbs that are capped on the end so that you would not blind people on the road when installed in a non HID light housing or non hid projector housing. Theretrofitsource.com sells these. Works great back in the day when i was a poor college student and driving a old beater 2001 Honda Accord, gave that car to my dad when i bought a new car and at189,000 the transmission is starting to give up, but the hids on her still running strong.