New Member: 2005 GS300 Mods
09-01-05, 10:02 PM
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New Member: 2005 GS300 Mods
Hello Everyone,
Im new on this forum. Here are pix of the mods I have done so far. Hope you guys like em!
Some info about my car. I bought the last 2nd gen GS from Park Place Lexus in Plano, TX about two months ago. The VERY LAST 2nd Gen GS on their lot! Me buying the last car has some drawbacks...mainly that I couldn't pick what options I wanted. Other than that the car is kickin ***! The car came stock with Halogen headlights. I got to admit they lit up the road very well considering they were halogens. However, I wanted better so I did a BMW M5 Bi-Xenon HID retrofit and its holding up great so far. Numerous people have asked me why I didn't get the 3rd gen. Simply put, I got a bad *** deal on this car.
Now, on with the pics. Enjoy!
Engine bay.
The biggest and most time consuming mod of all. The HID system.
HID Parts
In process of retrofit.
One of the most beautiful pictures, with the exception of the hid's actually on my car
HID's in car close up. The more beautiful pic would be a shot of the whole car with the HID's on. Unfortunately I didn't have time to take that pic.
Heres the beam pattern. In case any of you guys are thinkin "oh that dumbass is going to blind everyone with his modded HID's".....heh. The beam cutoff is very sharp. I believe it is sharper than the OEM lights.
Hope you guys enjoy the pix. If you have any questions about how I did any of this please ask. I'm sure I will be getting quite a few questions about my HID setup. I believe another guy here has done a retrofit with Q45 Projectors on his GS. I was going to do that initially but those projectors were rare and the ones I found were expensive as all hell. All I gota say to you with the Q45 7lens projectors is....CLEAN!
BTW....L-Tuned Exhaust in a week!
Im new on this forum. Here are pix of the mods I have done so far. Hope you guys like em!
Some info about my car. I bought the last 2nd gen GS from Park Place Lexus in Plano, TX about two months ago. The VERY LAST 2nd Gen GS on their lot! Me buying the last car has some drawbacks...mainly that I couldn't pick what options I wanted. Other than that the car is kickin ***! The car came stock with Halogen headlights. I got to admit they lit up the road very well considering they were halogens. However, I wanted better so I did a BMW M5 Bi-Xenon HID retrofit and its holding up great so far. Numerous people have asked me why I didn't get the 3rd gen. Simply put, I got a bad *** deal on this car.
Now, on with the pics. Enjoy!
Engine bay.
The biggest and most time consuming mod of all. The HID system.
HID Parts
In process of retrofit.
One of the most beautiful pictures, with the exception of the hid's actually on my car
HID's in car close up. The more beautiful pic would be a shot of the whole car with the HID's on. Unfortunately I didn't have time to take that pic.
Heres the beam pattern. In case any of you guys are thinkin "oh that dumbass is going to blind everyone with his modded HID's".....heh. The beam cutoff is very sharp. I believe it is sharper than the OEM lights.
Hope you guys enjoy the pix. If you have any questions about how I did any of this please ask. I'm sure I will be getting quite a few questions about my HID setup. I believe another guy here has done a retrofit with Q45 Projectors on his GS. I was going to do that initially but those projectors were rare and the ones I found were expensive as all hell. All I gota say to you with the Q45 7lens projectors is....CLEAN!
BTW....L-Tuned Exhaust in a week!
09-01-05, 10:06 PM
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Welcome Jeff! Cool work on the lights
09-01-05, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by r00kie
CONGRATS on your new car!
That HID retro looks awesome!!
edit to add: Welcome aboard!!
That HID retro looks awesome!!
edit to add: Welcome aboard!!
You must be the guy with the Q45 projectors
Me <- t3h jealous....haha
I think someone here with a blue GS had the Q45 projectors also. Anyways I gota give you guys mad props.
09-01-05, 10:18 PM
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Your drivers side projector is way of, it needs to be leveled more, since thats ECE spec cut of you will be gettin alot of light into incoming drivers eyes, I had to lower mine since the LS projectors throw of alot of light. Plus if you look there is light leakage, the angel wings kinda looking light on top of the drivers side headlight, thats from not covering up the projectors all the way, maybe you should redo it and rebalance it at the same time.
09-01-05, 10:21 PM
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Heh, didn't realize I didn't post exterior pix. Its pretty much stock so I didn't think there was much of a point. Color is Crystal White. Stock rims. I'm sure you guys can use your imagination....heh.
These pix are from the first day I got the car. Went to do a car photoshoot with some friends that day. Only difference now on my car on the exterior is that the front license plate has been removed and the HID's retrofit.
On with the pix:
Side:
Front:
Back:
These pix are from the first day I got the car. Went to do a car photoshoot with some friends that day. Only difference now on my car on the exterior is that the front license plate has been removed and the HID's retrofit.
On with the pix:
Side:
Front:
Back:
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09-01-05, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jefftsai
Thanks man!
You must be the guy with the Q45 projectors
Me <- t3h jealous....haha
I think someone here with a blue GS had the Q45 projectors also. Anyways I gota give you guys mad props.
You must be the guy with the Q45 projectors
Me <- t3h jealous....haha
I think someone here with a blue GS had the Q45 projectors also. Anyways I gota give you guys mad props.
Yup...the blue GS belongs to "bluelex". There's a few more members that has them as well.
09-01-05, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by vicestan
Your drivers side projector is way of, it needs to be leveled more, since thats ECE spec cut of you will be gettin alot of light into incoming drivers eyes, I had to lower mine since the LS projectors throw of alot of light. Plus if you look there is light leakage, the angel wings kinda looking light on top of the drivers side headlight, thats from not covering up the projectors all the way, maybe you should redo it and rebalance it at the same time.
09-01-05, 10:42 PM
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Those are e-55 bi-xenon projectors, they are ECE code notice your beam pattern going
___/------ to where DOT beam patten would look like ____I--------- straight up and not very far up.
___/------ to where DOT beam patten would look like ____I--------- straight up and not very far up.
09-01-05, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by vicestan
Those are e-55 bi-xenon projectors, they are ECE code notice your beam pattern going
___/------ to where DOT beam patten would look like ____I--------- straight up and not very far up.
___/------ to where DOT beam patten would look like ____I--------- straight up and not very far up.
ECE is.....just stays straight up like this.
____/
DOT is....it goes straight again.
____/-----------------
I'm pretty sure thats how it is...
Any other of you HID guys chime in?
09-02-05, 05:48 AM
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welcome to the club...
i too was consider the e55 projectors but the ones out of the x5...then i found some s2k's locally and viola s2k retro baby.
oh dont forgot to add your name to the crystal white GS owners list...
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-2nd-gen-1998-2005/93388-all-pearl-white-crystal-white-gs-owners-post-here.html
i too was consider the e55 projectors but the ones out of the x5...then i found some s2k's locally and viola s2k retro baby.
oh dont forgot to add your name to the crystal white GS owners list...
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-2nd-gen-1998-2005/93388-all-pearl-white-crystal-white-gs-owners-post-here.html
Last edited by joshoowa; 09-02-05 at 05:51 AM.
09-02-05, 06:10 AM
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welcome to CL...Im loving the retro fits....hopefully one day I'll be able to do something similar (I'll have to pay someone though to do them for me...Im not talented enough to do it myself). Lot's of great info and resources here, and great people too!!