I have a 2008 is250 and want to change out my HID's with LED bulbs. What needs to be done to do this?

 

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...356237826.html
etc etc
Dont know why you would want to though, leds look bright on a wall but on the road they get absorbed (5000k plus)

 

most people that sell LEd bulbs have a direct plug and play. Our lights are H11 bulb so just buy a H11 fitted led.

so you don't have to do anything. You don't need a ballast or converter like you do with HIDs

 

TOTALLY WRONG,
2IS came with 2 different type of light bulbs.
1. halogen which is H11
2. D4S which is HID and AFS
If you have factory option HID then you have no luck to go with LED (as i know).

OP stated that he/she need to change HID so i consider he/she got OEM hid.

 

You can change ANY bulb type to matching LED type regardless if AFS, H11 or HID.......plenty of D4S LED type bulbs on ebay
Here is an example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110W-D2S-D4S...tY8D12&vxp=mtr

So the correct answer is yes OP can change whatever bulb to LED.

 

I'm not very good with lights so forgive me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the 110W draw too much power? I remember reading somewhere that the lexus lights are rated for 55w

 

Contact Xenondepot.com. They have the best kits around. I'm sure they can help you out finding what you need.

 

The ad is pretty stupid. They state further down that they are totaling up the amount of watts, it's 55w per bulb. They are cheap LED bulbs, they'll end up burning out fairly quickly most likely.

I'm not too sure what the fascination with putting LEDs in our cars is. We already have a projector that has a silly setup where the bulb is put in from the side instead of behind like every other car (see here) in the name of saving space. LEDs are not designed for halogen/HID projectors (or reflectors if we want to get into that too) at all, and will usually distribute the light in an odd fashion (or even produce an extreme amount of glare to oncoming traffic. It sucks when you have somebody have their 55w HIDs in reflectors blinding you late at night). Our poorly designed projectors make putting in LEDs even worse. Light output will be worse compared to stock. Just because it looks brighter does not mean it is. Light that appears brighter in front of your car erodes your ability to see further along the road as your eyes need to adjust to the bright light in front of you instead of the evenly distributed light that was there before (if you're ever put HIDs in halogen reflectors, you've for sure experienced this).

But, ignoring all that, it's your money. Do what you want. TheRetrofitSource or Xenondepot at least provide quality kits.

 

I'd have to agree with Zmon. HIDs and the projector seem like the best option for us right now. I had an LED bulb that I ran with for a couple of months but found that it just wasn't bright enough in conjunction with the projector housing so ended up switching them back to the HID bulbs.

 

As far as I know, LEDs generally have a lower lumens rating than HIDs. LEDs are ~2000 lumens and HIDs are ~3200 lumens. You wouldn't be buying yourself anything by switching... besides longer bulb life.

 

My 2007 IS250 headlamp cover turns yellow and became blurred.

I was thinking to get this : http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/2006-2010...QAAOSwA4dWIZQa

Is it compatible?

 

A cheaper alternative is buying a headlight restoration kit. Use that to clean and buff off the yellow oxidized layer on your headlights. From there, put on a set of Xpel Headlight Film. I did this to my headlights and they look great after 3 years so far.

 

I do see it but the connector is not applied to our car (keep in your mind that HID headlight on our car is using ballast instead of regular connector) so it won't work.

 

Try the Retrofit Source. They have Morimoto LED bulbs, for H11. I believe they have a 6000k output w/ 5000 lumens.

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/

Also could try piaa. They have great bulb setups.