Mr Jokster

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You can use any housing, just a matter of converting the wires going into the oem ballast. Luckily there are only 2 wires go into the ballast. Using any male plug from any conversion kit, its just a matter of shattering the plug and exposing the 2 wires with their blade pins. Those pins fit perfectly into the oem plug, its just a matter of finding a way to keep them away from the elements. The only downside from using non oem hid housings is loosing the auto leveling (which is practically pointless since auto leveling didnt always exist), no aftermarket housings come equipped with whats needed for hid components. You can use after market housings and do the "oncoming blind all cars" way and just do the above modification and use a conversion kit while having the external ballast mounted somewhere under the hood.

The only difference between oem hid and oem non hid housings are the aforementioned sockets for the ballast, leveler and bulb, however there are makings on the non hid housings to punch out all needed sockets for the hid components. I know this because I mistakenly purchased non hid housings for my retro fit and was too lazy to return and get the ones I needed. so I punched out all the tabs needed to fit the components. The only difficult part is that the bolts to mount the ballast are pressed into the housings, the holes for them are there, just need to find a way to remove them from your old housings and find a way to press them into the new housing.

Lutkis

Isn't there a similar space for the ballasts in non-HID headlights like there is in the HID headlights (under the housing)?

Mr Jokster

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As I said before, its all there. They're all the same exact housing except the sockets for the hid components aren't punched out and the bolts that hold the ballast in place arent there.

offbad

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are you sure?

http://www.lexus.com/contact/pdf/2000/2000GSspecs.pdf

offbad

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today's ballasts are so slim you can tuck them in pretty much anywhere

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/Ultra-Canbus-HID-Kit

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/DD...ast-35W-or-55W

Mr Jokster

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He is right. Platinum Edition is a "package" and per your link, scroll down to the options and look towards the bottom of the list for the code "GS" it states "Platinum Series, includes items in SE, plus Heated Front Seats, Navigation System, HID Headlamps"

offbad

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look two items up at SE, that's not applicable to all platinum edition.

PlatGS3

Yes cause I and I have seen 4 other ones like mine around my area

offroad200

My 2000 Platinum didn't.

AmanO

Can I get a confirmation that the harness is different for the two systems, please?

sakataj

iTrader: (182)

like 3 people have already said it is... how much more confirmation do you need? just in case, YES THEY ARE DIFFERENT

jtcanada

I have a 2003 GS 300 Sport, is it come with Xenon HID Headlight? How do you check it?
Thanks.