Ideal250

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Quick question. I have a 2010 Lexus IS250 and it has halogen headlights factory.

Can I get a set of 06-11 OEM xenon headlights (not the 12+ with the LED DRLs), and swap them in to my car?

Meaning a direct plug and play swap..assuming of course I get the OEM HID bulbs and ballasts etc with the headlights themselves.

The connectors are same placement and look the same but just curious if anyone knows for sure. Ive tried searching but most results are for aftermarket kit conversions or the 12+ conversion.

Thanks for the help in advance.

Noeh

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I would go for a HID kit, auto focus and auto leveling won't work anyways. If you really want to replace the whole assembly I would upgrade to 2011+ ones with LED from Sewell.

Ideal250

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Thanks for the response. I have come across a set of OEM xenon lights for next to nothing, hence my question. So I'm really just looking to know if it's a direct plug and play or if something else is needed.

Jeff Lange

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It is a direct plug and play, however the bi-xenon function will not work without rewiring, and the AFS/auto-leveling will not work without significant wiring changes/computer added.

I ran the factory HID lights on my factory halogen-equipped car with rewiring for bi-xenon support and later switched to the 2011+ LED type. Neither are quite plug and play, but close if you skip the AFS and/or auto-leveling functionality.

Jeff

Ideal250

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Great info Jeff thanks! Any link or info on the rewiring needed to allow for bi-xenon support?

Thanks again.

Ideal250

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Bump.

Hey Jeff if you see this, I found this from you in another thread:

1. Splice the actuator solenoid into the high-beam wiring. If you have DRL's disabled, this will work 100% correctly. If you do not have DRL's disabled, your solenoid will be getting 50% power during the day when your lights are off. In reality this doesn't really affect anything, but I'm not sure how good it is for the solenoid in the long run.

2. Splice the actuator solenoid into the high-beam wiring, but also wire in a relay so that the solenoid only gets power when the low beams are on. This prevents the solenoid from ever seeing the 50% duty cycle from the high beams when they are in DRL mode. This is the cheapest method if you want everything to be functionally "correct".

3. Swap out your MPX ECU for one from an HID-equipped 06-10 car, this ECU will have a solenoid output that you can then wire to the solenoids in the headlights. This is the most correct way to do it, but also the most expensive.

Read more: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...#ixzz3I1sEvFXQ

I was wondering if you could elaborate on method 2 or better yet if there was a diagram available for this. Thanks.