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Old 09-20-11, 06:47 PM
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Default Retrofit time!

Purchased a pair of LS460 projectors today. Waiting on the brackets to come in from luxurymods.com. If you have useful information please let me know as this will be my first retrofit.

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Old 09-20-11, 07:42 PM
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http://sr1.clublexus.com/forums/ligh...-gs-300-a.html

Just be careful when putting the headlights in the oven and remember preheat on bake then turn off the oven never cook the headlight let the fading heat do its work
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nice! are you using D4S or D2S?
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I'm not worried about getting them open. Just the mounting of the projector. I haven't seen anyone else do a write up with the 460 projector yet.
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Originally Posted by istundra
nice! are you using D4S or D2S?
D2S. I was told that these were better.
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Ask LuxuryMods. They are helpful
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Ask LuxuryMods. They are helpful
They are planning on doing the same retrofit soon so they should be very helpful.
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same setup i have ... just mines been sitting in a box for 2 years hee
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Coming from a LS430 Retrofit on my Tundra to now DD my GS300, the lighting needs much improvement. I can't wait to go with projector retrofit on my GS!

I am looking and looking and i only see a few projectors that fill our lamps well. LS430, Q45, and LS460. All the others, don't fill so well and require a big bezel\shroud to fill.

I can't wait to see of the results! Also, do you have OEM HID? Are you retaining Autoleveling?
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We use bi-xenon TSX replica with better cutoff and dual angel eyes.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-part-2-a.html

Cant wait to see you finish the retrofit! you gonna like it!!!
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closer look of the Dual CCFL
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Originally Posted by istundra
Coming from a LS430 Retrofit on my Tundra to now DD my GS300, the lighting needs much improvement. I can't wait to go with projector retrofit on my GS!

I am looking and looking and i only see a few projectors that fill our lamps well. LS430, Q45, and LS460. All the others, don't fill so well and require a big bezel\shroud to fill.

I can't wait to see of the results! Also, do you have OEM HID? Are you retaining Autoleveling?
No, I have halogens with hids. Got tired of everyone flashing their headlights at me.
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If i can recall, the bracket is pretty much all you really need. The only problem with the bracket from what i read is that one clip is hard to fit, guessing that they didn't really cut enough for one of the clips to pop in. Besides that it should all be good to go.

GL
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hi hater,

please share some pictures how the LS460 projectors mount onto the LuxuryMods brackets!

looking for it!

thanks!!
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ive been looking into the same setup as yours, im in to see the finished product and GL, and post lots of pics please


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