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Old 07-29-12, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by draco
IS350S, looks like your headlights are blacked out headlights. Are they OEM but insides painted or are they aftermarket? Any shots from the front?
OEM painted with clear lens swapped and square finders covered. Here you go:
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That is hot! Nice work
Old 07-29-12, 05:30 PM
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Wow must be the angle of the light, the light housing seems to have a darker color than body or did you do a color match before paint or just went straight for the color code and paint ?

You also might want to paint your rear spoiler too, it makes your RX that much more sweeter

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Originally Posted by mowmow
Wow must be the angle of the light, the light housing seems to have a darker color than body or did you do a color match before paint or just went straight for the color code and paint ?
I bought a pair of 2008 RXh head lights on eBay and got them painted flat black with the lens swap. The color on the SUV changes on different light conditions to black or deep pearly blue, thats the beauty of Neptune Blue Mica!
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Got this for $4.90 free ship. Top slot for iPhone, lower slot for iPad.
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Originally Posted by IS350S
I bought a pair of 2008 RXh head lights on eBay and got them painted flat black with the lens swap. The color on the SUV changes on different light conditions to black or deep pearly blue, thats the beauty of Neptune Blue Mica!
To be honest, I prefer them stock.
Black headlights are nice when the whole lot is designed with that effect in mind from the start.
Otherwise, the single lenses become too evident.
But as always with aesthetical matters, each to their own!

PS: what do you mean by "lens swap"?
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Originally Posted by spacecraft
To be honest, I prefer them stock.
Black headlights are nice when the whole lot is designed with that effect in mind from the start.
Otherwise, the single lenses become too evident.
But as always with aesthetical matters, each to their own!

PS: what do you mean by "lens swap"?
Swap the frosted projector lens for TSX-R clear lens, which makes the HIDs clearer and sharper.
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Originally Posted by adam8065
Removed the roof rack, bought thundercloud rims, interior blue lids, flow master exhaust, K&N drop filter, torque master spark plugs.

Still need to have my wood interior painted to black wood, purchase a front lip, lower the car, put on Thundercloud grille and chrome door hands, and paint all the emblems on the car black pearl.
still have the roof rack? looking for a set to carry my surfboards around.

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Originally Posted by IS350S
Swap the frosted projector lens for TSX-R clear lens, which makes the HIDs clearer and sharper.
Interesting, I had not seen that yet.
Just googled for it, and found this tutorial.
I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle, the stock AFS are already very good in my opinion...
What do you think? And is it necessary to remove the whole light assembly, or is it possible to take just the low beam apart?
Thanks in advance.
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Originally Posted by spacecraft
Interesting, I had not seen that yet.
Just googled for it, and found this tutorial.
I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle, the stock AFS are already very good in my opinion...
What do you think? And is it necessary to remove the whole light assembly, or is it possible to take just the low beam apart?
Thanks in advance.
I do not know, I had mines custom painted and lens swap through Lightwerkz.net. They did a amazing job on it!
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Originally Posted by wimbers
still have the roof rack? looking for a set to carry my surfboards around.
Sorry, I wish I did, I believe I had my bodyshop throw them away.
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Originally Posted by IS350S
I do not know, I had mines custom painted and lens swap through Lightwerkz.net. They did a amazing job on it!
I see, thanks anyway.
Is the light with the new lens really as brighter as it looks from the pics I've seen in the webpage I linked previously?
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Since purchasing back in November or so, I couldn't NOT do anything to my wife's RX. She stated she wanted it to look diff than the others out there. Not liking to go too extreme on cars either, I'm getting there.

            Was close to bagging it and throwing on some nice 3-piece wheels, but things have changed with a baby on the way. Hopefully, we can still get those done in the future.







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            Originally Posted by GHSER7



            I like the tail lights. My Rx is the Bamboo color and I was trying to figure out how the red JDM tail lights would look on this vehicle. I was just asking about it in another thread. I found this on the Harrier site but you have the actual picture.

            Just curious, are the red tail lights full LEDs? Was this a direct swap or did you need an adapter or to rewire anything?
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            Originally Posted by 1koolfella
            I like the tail lights. My Rx is the Bamboo color and I was trying to figure out how the red JDM tail lights would look on this vehicle. I was just asking about it in another thread. I found this on the Harrier site [IMG]http://toyota.jp/harrier/dop/package/image/002_p_012/main01.jpg[IMG] but you have the actual picture.

            Just curious, are the red tail lights full LEDs? Was this a direct swap or did you need an adapter or to rewire anything?
            They are pretty much the same as the hybrid tails but red and smoked. They did come with an adapter for the LEDs. Not sure about anything else. Since the car was already at Lexus for other body work, they installed them for free.

            They actually look much much better in person too, the picture doesn't do them any justice! I love how they look!


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