4thone

Heres a pic with the head light and park or running light.

dandd2

iTrader: (2)

so u replaced the drl's only?
or the headlight bulb..?
how easy was the replacement..

dandd2

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where did u purchase these

Raptor.1

Where did you get your LED's? It looks like you got the color blue, am I right?

4thone

I replaced the drl's with Silverstar 9005st .The smaller bulb (a 194) I replaced with a white led that gives it that blueish tint.If you notice your interior lights have a blueish tint,those are leds.Both bulbs are located in the drl's housing and are easy to get to once you take the black engine covers off.
I found the leds at a small install shop in my area.

dandd2

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did nothing to the main hids corrrect?

drck1000

So the DRL replacement is 9005 and the parking light is 194.

What is the replacement for the fog light? Is it 9005 or some other bulb?

Thanks

4thone

No i haven't done anything to HIDs.
I haven't gotten into the fogs yet,I can't figure out how to get to them.I need to investigate further.
I think the drls will look yellowish wih any bub because of the low wattage being fed to it.

SGT

To get to the fogs you're gonna have to take off the bumper.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...3&page=5&pp=15

drck1000

That sucks that you would need to take off the bumper to get at the fogs. I talked with my salesperson yesterday and he said that the service tech could do it for me at no charge when they replace my rotors and I just need to bring in the bulbs.

I was just about to place an order for replacement bulbs for the DRLs, the LEDs and the fogs. Perhaps I will just get the LEDs now since they are only like $10 and the DRLs appear yellowish even with the Silverstars. I was going to try some PIAA bulbs, but I guess no sense having nice and bright DRL's huh (since from 4thone's post it seems like they only help with the high beams).

ferrarilon

I replace my running light with White LEDs... I got a pair for 25 dollars
If you just get regular bulb that is white... it should cost less than 10 dollars

drck1000

[QUOTE=SGT]To get to the fogs you're gonna have to take off the bumper.

[QUOTE]

SGT - In the thread that you referenced, the poster was replacing the entire fog light housing to install an HID fog light. Is that really required just to switch out the bulb for the stock fog light? I haven't had a chance to look around the fog light yet. If it's the case that the bumper needs to be removed, then I'll probably just replace the parking LED with a white LED to get a whiter light for driving at night.

SGT

That's a good question. I'm not positive on that, so you may want to check it out before removing the entire bumper if that can be avoided. If you find out, let us know.

drck1000

Definitely not going to do anything myself it if involves removing the bumper! I used to have PIAA's in my old 4Runner. It was even a pain to switch out those H4 bulbs! Stupid wire lock on the bulb housing and a rubber cover.

I'll poke around this weekend when I have some time and it's not raining out (only covered carport). The Lexus service tech also offered to do it for free when I take my car back in about a week or so, so I probably will just purchase the bulbs and have them do it. Thinking about just switching out the bulbs for the fogs and the parking light and leaving the DRL as is.

BTW, let us know if they do anything for the rattles in your 5K service. I think the rattle that I thought was in the door may be the glove compartment. I tried opening it when I hear the rattle/noise and it stops. I hope that's it and they don't have to take apart he dash!

SGT

I'd better take out all the stuff I have in the glove compartment then. I'll let you know how it goes. Taking it in 8:30am.