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Old 02-16-14, 06:10 PM
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I want to go to the 6000k HID's. Can I just change the bulb to achieve this or do I have to replace the ballast and bulbs from like DDM?

Thanks for the help guys.
Old 02-17-14, 08:34 PM
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Please don't.
Old 02-19-14, 10:37 AM
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Keep Toyota's ballast. Only need to replace the bulbs to any color u want. It's D2R type. I use 8000k for all my lexus
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The stock 'color' is ~4300k for a reason. You might think the blues and purples look cool but you're actually greatly reducing the usable light output. That means you can't see as well as with the stock lights.
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Originally Posted by clutchdust
The stock 'color' is ~4300k for a reason. You might think the blues and purples look cool but you're actually greatly reducing the usable light output. That means you can't see as well as with the stock lights.
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I went with a 6k/3k combo. Looked the best IMO. These are what I had on my IS300.
Old 02-24-14, 07:57 AM
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I went with 6000K. They look way better. But I need to adjust them up some. Is that hard to do since they are self leveling?
Are the fog lights HID also?
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