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Old Aug 31, 2018 | 05:28 AM
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Hi guys, i want to change my IS250, 07 Lexus headlights but i do not know whether the car fits Factory Halogen Headlights
OR Factory HID/Xenon Headlights. Please help...how do i get to know which one is which
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Old Aug 31, 2018 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Bakira10
Hi guys, i want to change my IS250, 07 Lexus headlights but i do not know whether the car fits Factory Halogen Headlights
OR Factory HID/Xenon Headlights. Please help...how do i get to know which one is which
You should be able to just take a look and see the difference between halogen and hid. Its a striking difference, the only other thing i can think of is if you reach in and remove the bulb, it should be easy to remove the halogen. FYI, if your car has halogen you can't convert to hid, but you can do it the other way around.
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Old Aug 31, 2018 | 10:25 AM
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HID cars will have a Hazard High Voltage Electric Shock label on each light housing. Usually yellow / black.
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Old Sep 1, 2018 | 01:52 PM
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gompka & Fsport are correct. I also have an 07 IS250. They are the stock halogen D4S bulbs so therefore I am unable to convert to HID. But at least the bulbs I’m replacing them with from KENSUN are cheap they are $30 - 33? And they still look great!
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Old Sep 1, 2018 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by J2FUEGO
gompka & Fsport are correct. I also have an 07 IS250. They are the stock halogen D4S bulbs so therefore I am unable to convert to HID. But at least the bulbs I’m replacing them with from KENSUN are cheap they are $30 - 33? And they still look great!
I'm fairly confident 'D4S' is an HID headlamp, not halogen. The Halogen low-beam bulb fitted to 2IS vehicles is an H11. Correct me if I'm mistaken.
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Old Sep 3, 2018 | 11:25 AM
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don't all 06-08 in North America if equipped w/ HID also have AFS? so if your IS250 have AFS then u should have HID?
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Some user don’t event know they got AFS.
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Old Sep 4, 2018 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Bakira10
Hi guys, i want to change my IS250, 07 Lexus headlights but i do not know whether the car fits Factory Halogen Headlights
OR Factory HID/Xenon Headlights. Please help...how do i get to know which one is which
Consider posting a picture of your headlamp, we can tell you whether it's HID or Halogen based on that.
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Old Sep 5, 2018 | 07:38 PM
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try to turn on the headlight at night time.
If the light was dim at first then getting brighter, you got HID
If the light bright right away then you have halogen
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