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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 05:56 PM
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which HID company is the best out there that won't damage your ballast, which one is the simpliest upgrade, and pics are good as well if anyone has any.
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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A lot of similar lighting threads lately... do a search.
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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I went with Garax and love it.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 03:56 AM
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There are a few threads on this. Garax seems to have been good for many of us. A few have something different.

What are you looking to achieve? Color, light output, ect??
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a bluish color but not to blue and 6000k is good enough and dont want any damage to occur
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you can find Garax on eBay for a good price. I tried a few other brands in my previous Lexus and had the worst luck. Many other members did also. 5k - 6k is a good range to give you color and not affect your light output too much. I would also suggest to look at the DRL & City Lights to make sure they are all similar in color. I think I posted a thread of what I got. I have VLeds for the City Lights and the DRL I got off eBay and was suggested from an ISF owner. Search for my thread as I did post a picture with all the information that is needed.

any plans for HID fogs also?
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 05:53 AM
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Does the gs430 come with factory HID's ?
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dont buy 30 dollar hid bulbs because they wont work well. a lot of members tried to go cheap and had nothing but problems.
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Originally Posted by JDMMUNKY
Does the gs430 come with factory HID's ?
i believe all 3gs come with hid from factory. someone please correct me
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 12:02 PM
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I have the Garax 6k and HIDextra (vendor) 3k in my fogs, no problems at all. The difference between our factory HID bulbs and the garax 6k bulbs are very minimal at night, imo
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by IXI187IXI
dont buy 30 dollar hid bulbs because they wont work well. a lot of members tried to go cheap and had nothing but problems.
I've used $35 HIDExtra bulbs for my fogs for years and they work great. You can get cheap ones as long as you get them from a reputable vendor.
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Originally Posted by rominl
i believe all 3gs come with hid from factory. someone please correct me
I would say you are correct sir!
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 07:55 PM
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I would say you are correct sir!
Yup. Its pretty sad that the Infiniti M, BMW 5, E class etc have them optional. Not sure how this is not standard.
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I have the Philips 6000K from Japan and loving it.
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
Yup. Its pretty sad that the Infiniti M, BMW 5, E class etc have them optional. Not sure how this is not standard.
heck, when they made hid an OPTION on the 2is i was totally like wtf...
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