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Old 11-17-03, 03:20 AM
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Default HID and Yellow Fogs for 98 ES300?

I have a 98 ES300 and would like to get HID headlights and GS400 like Yellow fogs. What bulbs do I need for Heads and Fogs? I am sure headlights(low) are H4 so can I just swap bulbs/ballasts from any other lexus like GS400? What about the fog lights if I want to get yellow ones?

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Old 11-17-03, 10:39 AM
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Lows are H7, you'd need a H7 rebased HID kit, which will be a bit more difficult to find due to a NHTSA/DOT crackdown on sellers of these kits. Fogs should be H3B, using PIAA Ion Yellow is the closest way to get the GS fog look (check out pics of steviej's fogs).
Old 11-17-03, 11:06 AM
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if you put hid in that year headlight, youre gonna get a lot of haze... get the 00-01 headlights that are made for hid, and yes its h7, and get piaa ion yellow fog bulbs.... those are h3
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Nice Max.
Old 11-19-03, 02:40 PM
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I'm also going for the same thing, I've gotten myself the hid-ready headlights from an 01 now I just have to get the ballasts and bulbs (maybe after the holiday season when the cash has rebounded)

But here's the question for all you experts out there,
The headlights have the autolevelers on them, is there any way to retrofit that into my 97, or do i have to forget about that altogether?
Old 11-20-03, 02:09 PM
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No you can do it. Just make sure the lights fit right into the socket. The Autolevel function won't work but that's cool too. Most Audis and Acuras don't use autolevel so your car will still be street legal and have factory HID apperance. As long as the install is done right then you'll be fine.
Good luck and definately post pics bro!
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Found the first key to what you're looking for. Grab these, then grab some D2R xenon bulbs and you can install these into your ride with a set of ballasts and a harness.

1. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2443604505

Goodluck. I just found these browsing online.
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When you get the HID ballasts, can you just cut the plug off of your existing bulb socket and match the wires up, or do you need to do anything additional?
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You'll need harnesses bro. Usually this is the advantage of grabbing a kit because the kit has the harness however, there's hope for you. Ebay has them. Just pop in D2S in the search and a wealth of Equipment comes up. You should easily find the harnesses. They're like under 20.00
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