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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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I've tried it before, but you are correct, its hard and I know that the gear that you turn is made of soft alluminum or something, so I'd rather have lexus do it. at least if they strip it, they can replace it.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 01:01 PM
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My problem is that I am very **** about my headlight. I like them to be perfect according to me, not Lexus. Lexus always goes according to factory spec.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 11:42 AM
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usually on most cars the light on the right should be a little higher than the left. for oncoming driver purposes.

that is why the germans have a cutoff that looks something like this.

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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 11:47 AM
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My 08 GS has that same cutoff. looks like a stair case going up from left to right.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by The G Man
My 08 GS has that same cutoff. looks like a stair case going up from left to right.
does it look like a little stair case or a minnie stair case almost looking like a perfect line? because on my 06 gs it has a very small cut off center
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 12:31 PM
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Whats a minnie stair case Anyways mine look like this guy's headlight, but his is adjust low on the right side. You can imagine the staircase if his right side was higher.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ight=headlight
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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yup thats the same as mine but what i meant was the germans having it like thise.



the only reason our gs doesnt have a nice purple cutoff is because we have a very small cut line and the shiled that makes that cut if flat as the s2000 and most german cars have it rounded.

look at what a clear lens can do for us. this is a pic of a stock 06-08 gs300-460 projector output.


and this is with a tsx clear lens



notice the difference in output? i dont know why lexus would put a textured lens instead of a clear one. its obvious the clear one is better and with oem hids.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:03 PM
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Wheres the picture for the tsx clear lense? Anyway, I have seen the tsx hid lights b 4 and they are whiter. Maybe Lexus put a textured lense in there so it will not bother other drivers as much.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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the second picture is the gs300 projector with only a tsx lens.. .its a huuuge difference
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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I only see one picture Maybe its my work computer filtering it out.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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hopefully you can see these






OEM gs300 projectors







gS300 projectors with tsx lens





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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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Those tsx light patterns are nice. Tsx always did have one of the nicest projectors.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by The G Man
Those tsx light patterns are nice. Tsx always did have one of the nicest projectors.
no no no you dont understand what i am posting.. the second set of projectors are not tsx ones... they are gs300 projectors with only a lens swap still the same projector off of the GS300
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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where do you guys set the bubble when adjusting the headlights to a usable range
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 05:32 AM
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dam, I need a longer screw driver. :rofl:
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