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Old 10-20-07, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by MyPearlGs
Amazing!I LOVE IT!Very nice picture.What did use for Parking lights!I mean 194.
Mine is HID 9 led 196 bulbs and is little to blueish.
And Thank You for your help. I will order fog lights 5000k
Wedge Bulbs on Lighting section!! You can actually see a lot of comparisons on most wedge bulbs!!
But I chose Polarg J51, it's the whitest I've ever seen. It matches with the stock very well! (Now, with my fog HID as well )
Old 10-21-07, 11:44 AM
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**FL Lex**,

Your vehicle uses a 9006 bulb for the fogs. I would go with a 5000k 9006 HID kit for the fogs to best match the OEM HID low beams. Here is the link to the 9006 5000k kit:

http://www.kbcarstuff.com/9006_HB4_5...xt-5k-9006.htm

Hope this helps,

Steve
Old 10-21-07, 11:52 AM
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Awesome thanks Steve, can you replace the running lights aswell?
Old 10-21-07, 12:05 PM
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Having trouble deciding between the 3k fog kit or the 5k 9006 hid kit. Where I live it rains alot...sometimes foggy. My question is what is more pratical for my climate? Will the 3k yellows perform in the rain/fog better than the 5k whites? I do want to stay with my OEM lows. Not so worried about the cosmetics...more so the performance of the lights in the foul weather.
Old 10-21-07, 12:37 PM
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Hey Steve, trying to order lights on your site, says you take CC, but not giving me that option? Do you guys no longer take Visa or any CC for that matter?
Old 10-21-07, 12:43 PM
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Hi Guys,

As per your questions:

1) BKE240 - 3000k would be the best from a functional perspective as yellow light will work best in fog/rain situations.

2) FL Lex - Upon checkout when you reach the paypal page there will be an option "if you dont have a paypal account click here..." You wont actually need to sign into paypal. All paypal will do is provide you with the secure backend to enter your credit card information. I would not suggest upgrading your high beams/DRL For 2 reasons:

- HID bulbs take a moment to fully ignite and reach their desired light output. In situtions where you need to flash someone your HID high beams will not be very functional.
- It is strenuous on the components to have them flash on/off repeatedly ie: flashing people.

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I see, thanks for the info Steve!
Old 10-21-07, 09:34 PM
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I just found 2008 GSh and Xenon lights are looking better that 06 or 07 GS
Maybe I shoud wait to get HID bulbs from lexus dealer and that try to match fog lights?
What you guys think about that?
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2007/08...ersion-to.html
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I doubt that the bulbs will be different. If anything they may have just changed the optics of the projector.

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Originally Posted by MyPearlGs
I just found 2008 GSh and Xenon lights are looking better that 06 or 07 GS
Maybe I shoud wait to get HID bulbs from lexus dealer and that try to match fog lights?
What you guys think about that?
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2007/08...ersion-to.html
It's all about Photoshop. All stock HIDs should be the same even the 08 models. Showing two pictures below, one in original and one in photoshop. Same HID!! Still wanna wait? (JDM HID from Lexus in Japan costs about $1,400!!)

Old 10-26-07, 02:03 AM
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All this talk about HID fog lights has finally gotten to me. I was not happy from the get-go with the weak halogen lights so I decides to buy a 9006, 3000k kit off of E-bay. I know what most of you are thinking, buy cheap and you get cheap, but the seller has this to say about his product:

* 100% water proof ballast made in a ISO-9001 certified factory

* Plug and play installation

* Quality burners from Bosch Japan

* Meets stringiest OEM specific test by Toyota (Denso) of Japan

* OEM dealer uses this kit in their cars

* 0.03% kit failure rate (typical 5 -10% for most kits)

* 24 months warranty on ballast and bulb

Total kit price was $79.99 which included shipping. I figure, worst-comes-to-worst and the seller has flat out lied to me, I'm not out much money and my labor. Thanks to 14wr3nc3's post, the installation looks rather easy. Will post pictures after installation.
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Just be careful thats all. Another concern is the bulb bursting in the actual housing. The last thing you want is fragments inside your headlight.
Old 10-26-07, 10:30 AM
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I love my kit from Xenon Depot.... very well constructed and performs great. I too disliked the weak OEM fogs and the HID 6K beams really light up the road for me.
Old 10-26-07, 10:44 AM
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I have heard nothing but good stuff about xenon depot so you can't go wrong with that.

However, I love my 9006 Philips Ultinon 6000k Xenon kit to match my 6000k ultinon low beams

Old 10-26-07, 10:50 AM
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It has been about 4 months now since I installed the Xenon Depot kit..and man even to this day, when I stop at a red light all the eyes are on my car...one girl (man she was HOT!!) said that I have a sexy car and she would love to take a RIDE!!!! My reply to her was ...."you know my wife says that to me everyday" what an IDIOT I AM!!


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