terror83

Did you put LED's in the headlights or fog lights?

My headlight lenses are OEM and OEM HID and not hazed up at all (car was low mileage and always garaged), but I'm wondering if there's a slightly better/brighter than OEM bulb to run? Currently it has the 35w Philips 85126 +

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crwys

I reccomend checking out theretrofitsource. You can buy very well made after market projectors there or even the OE Rx350 projector if you want to pay the extra money for it. The rx350 projector is considered one of the best projectors on the market due it it's crazy width of light output.

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/d2...bHPKJK9eKBdu9g

this is supposedly the best hid bulb currently on the market. Slightly better than Phillips.

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LeX2K

Yes, although technically I think the projectors was an option but every ES330 had them? I could be wrong but either way the so called upgraded ones have a projector for the low beams. On bulb colour for a long time I assumed that 4300K is better for visibility versus say 6000K but I did some reading and in reality the more blue spectrum is better at night due to how the human eye works (look up scotopic vision). There are exceptions though for heavy rain and snow as well as fog a 3000K light is much better.

crwys

sorry I misread your post before this one. I assumed you were doing a retro fit but you plan on buying the whole assembly? If you have never done a retrofit before it can be pretty hard and it's a lot of work depending on the projector you buy. Im not sure if the rx350s are easy swap in or not you will have to research.
yes they are not cool white but remember anything above 4300k and you are losing light output. So you just have decide if you want to want your car to look more cool or if you want better light output.

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crwys

Since it came with halogens I'm assuming no projectors in the housing? You would have to do some cutting most likely on your headlight housing to make the projector fit. The amount of cutting you'll have to do will vary depending on the projectors you buy. I used a die grindr when I did my retro fit. I have a 99 and I can tell you that the amount of cutting I had to do for a morimoto d2s 4.0 was a lot less compared to an rx350. (I bought both and managed to squeeze both projectors into the headlight housing.)
Wiring can be plug in play depending on your what bulbs you buy / current headlight connections but they sell converters online so you can do h3 > d2s or whatever.

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LeX2K

You will at minimum need an adapter harness. What ballasts exactly are you buying?

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crwys

Sorry but this time you weren't clear enough. You said you were asking for tips on putting projectors into the a car that came with halogens.
Not that you're putting a hid projector headlight assembly into a car that has wiring for halogens.
You also mentioned that you were still going to look into the rx350 projectors.
A simple google search can easily get your answers regarding the wiring questions you have. And asking on a retrofit / hid conversion forum will likely get you more, faster answers. Such as xenon depot or hidplanet

LeX2K

You will need the ballast connector that mates to your (H7?) factory connector I would think xenondepot sells such a thing. Good choice on the ballasts although I'd be temped to buy used.

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