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I am planning on ordering HID fogs from HID Xtra, their kit has been perfect for my low's and the low's in our lx, so i figure i should get another. I just need to know if anyone has done this swap and what kind of bulb and wattage do i need? Also where did you guys mount your ballasts? Thanks in advance

fatboypup

I hear fogs are a knuckle busting good time

01LEXPL

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^^ they are indeed! I recall the amount of cursing when i was swapping over to plain yellow bulbs!

Btw you need 35W bulbs & kit. Well i'd go with that since the OEM halogen counterparts require 55W for both the low beams & fogs.

Ballasts? good question - i'm gonna be swapping over to HID's this spring, no time or cold weather & slush will make me do it now.

Pyroibw

yea ive heard not to use 55w HID's in the fogs, because the housing can melt or something. i have 35w and there more then bright enough. i mounted the ballasts right above the foglight inside the bumper. never had a problem. you need h3 bulbs if you have a 3rd gen es.

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I don't think i will undergo this project, i will probably just use the money to go towards hardwiring my radar detector

Pyroibw

hardwiring the detector= $5
hid kit= $100+

Que?

01LEXPL

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HID kit is like 50$

Pyroibw

you can get em for $25 but there not going to last very long.

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Ehhh no lie, both my kits on my car (ebay kit), one i got for 35 and the other 29 and that was like at least a year ago, they are still working fine and strong. Maybe i got lucky?

Fogs, is not that big of a PIA, but there is some thinking involved.
Just get a regular 35w with H3 bulbs.
now the PIA part,
after you connect the bulbs in and power the cap, your fog housing is not open, what i did was tak sura wrap and wrapped the whole back with like 5 layers and tape on each layer ghetto sure but hey it works. been through this crazy rain we have been having here in so cal and going through big puddles and they still work.
Then i electrical taped the cap where the power supply went too


o if you wonder where to place the ballast a suggestion right behind the corner lights


Up to you haha hope this helped

acc

I have 55 watt ballasts, but a 35 watt hid bulbs and then color is superwhite with a hue of purple.

es300boyee

its really simple to do this i did it on my 97 es300 if you have not done it yet i will send you the quickest and best way to do it and all the tools that youll need!

lexusnb

Can you send me the instructions too. I want to put HID's in my wifes 00 ES but couldn't figure out how to run the wires I did the headlights.

Thanks

adreano17

have the yellow projector fogs and was wondering, should i get the 2500k bulb or the white? since it is yellow already. cant figure which would be the better result.

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20000k low beams and 10000k fogs

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