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Nov 27, 2010 | 02:46 PM

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CoolGuy660

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Originally Posted by istundra

CoolGuy... seem like u have had so much trouble... hopefully i can help.

so, for the aftermarket ballast you have purchased. what type of bulb connectors do they have? Do they accept D2S/D2R bulbs?

If yes, then i would cut the plug from the failed ballast and connect it to the new ballast. Now with the old plug on the new ballast, plug the whole assembly into your headlamp.

And if your car was design with OEM HID, your wiring should be able to support the aftermarket ballast. No additional harness necessary.

Yea I bought the D2s/D2r bulb harness, Thats not the trouble I'm having its the wire harness thats connected to the car. The aftermarket kit is made for non hid cars, so the two wires I pictured would just plug into the car 9006 harness, but since my car is hid equipped it does not match up.
Cutting the wires is the route I was going to go but wanted to avoid it since the driver side ballast is still good and wanted to sell it. But I guess I have no choice or buy a oem ballast =-/

Does anyone know the size of the harness is it 9004 or 9005 for hid equipped cars?
Thanks for the help istundra

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Nov 27, 2010 | 03:03 PM

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Hasn't anyone ever change their oem hid ballast?

Nov 27, 2010 | 03:30 PM

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just change 1 side for now. as long the burners (bulb) is the same age, the output should be the same.

Nov 28, 2010 | 09:50 AM

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ok buddy, i did a quick glance on ebay.

found some OEM ballast that might work for you.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-99...#ht_791wt_1157
It says it is for a LS400.. but looking at the pix.. it looks almost identical.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/04-LE...1#ht_651wt_931
Bad pix.. but says it is from a 2GS... this should work too!

more expensive ones...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-05...#ht_500wt_1172

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LEXUS...s#ht_735wt_931

Goodluck. Yes, if i were you, i'd go OEM just because you do not need to modify anything.

Thanks alot, I found one one here a member is selling going to pick it up tomorrow.

Nov 28, 2010 | 10:06 AM

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Make sure its the ballast.... it can be just the bulb

Nov 30, 2010 | 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CoolGuy660

Hi guy, I posted this thread to see if you guys could help me out. I have an 02 GS with factory HID, my passenger side headlamp went out, took it to a shop and they said it is the ballast. They told me they can replace it but it Is a part of the headlamp assembly so they would have to order the whole headlamp.
Now of course I told them no it's ok, my question is could I just replace both ballasts with aftermarket ones with no problem using my current headlights or would I have to get non hid to install the aftermarket hid?

u'd better to replace it with whole HID kit to make sure the compatibility ....

if you only replace the ballasts, i am not so sure whether the plugs and wires can fit to factory ones....

for your 02 GS with xenon, you can order this kind of slim D2R HID kit, http://www.vvme.com/digital-slim-d2s...cPath=44_45_33

it is on sale for 60% discount now for oncoming Christmas..... before i bought without any discount.....