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Old 08-22-16, 05:49 PM
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hi guys, I just bought a 2012 lexus is 250 a couple days ago and I love it, everything about it is awesome. I just had a couple questions maybe someone has asked already and there is a thread but anyways ... (my car knowledge sucks)

my car has DRLs but not the kind of bulbs I want to have, I want to change to LEDs (I think its called LEDs) I really like the ones that look like a line or dots.
is this difficult and could it void my warranty ?

the second thing is I was wondering how hard it is to switch the model of the tail lights from 2012 to 2013+ ? I'm not as interested in this as the headlights I was just wondering
Old 08-22-16, 06:55 PM
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Is this the one you are referring to?
Old 08-22-16, 07:35 PM
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That is correct, those look amazing
Old 08-22-16, 09:51 PM
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Look here for headlights:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...eadlights.html

2011 through 2013 ISX50 have the same swoosh taillights. Like the attached.

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Old 08-23-16, 03:48 AM
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Your taillights are the most current version unless you go with aftermarket to replicate the light bar look of the new IS models. There are a few different versions.. Here's a review of a couple

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...omparison.html
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I'm not sure what kind of warranty you would have but I would assume it would be a powertrain warranty - which I don't think would be void if you were to swap out either the tail lights or the headlights.

What exactly do you not like about your tail lights? I have a 2010 and they have an amber patch on the outside tail light instead of a clear patch (amber bulb) - I would much rather have these - I have put on a red piece of vinyl to get rid of the orange.
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mine 2012 came stock with the LED? I wonder if that was an option back then as 2011 was the first model the LED became available
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^^^^Yes, came stock with HIDs, not with Halogens.

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Old 08-24-16, 11:47 AM
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The question is. How much do you want to spend? OEM is 1500+ for used set, 2200+ for New Set.
Ebay version is $400 for a set + HID kit.

Tail Lights theres actually a FS thread right now.

The choice is yours!
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