Gs400 HID flicker
Originally Posted by ranjankhan
So Toyota replaced one, said the other one was still good, so then I said might as well replace them both.
Now it appears to me that my right light shines higher than my left, but when I stand next to both close up, they both shine about knee high.
Can they have been isntalled incorrectly, and or adjusted? it is a pain to reopen...
Now it appears to me that my right light shines higher than my left, but when I stand next to both close up, they both shine about knee high.
Can they have been isntalled incorrectly, and or adjusted? it is a pain to reopen...
pay attention to both sides of the headlights. it will come to a point where suddenly one (or both) headlights will glare on you. if they both glare at the same time or very close, then you are fine. otherwise the one that glares you first it's higher
there are bolts at the back of the headlights to adjust the leveling. if you look inside the headlights and the hid bulbs look level, then they should be installed correctly
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Sounds like you had a busted ballast from that first headlight, odd those bulky ballast seem to be bullet proof. If they replaced only one headlight your bulbs most likely dont match unless they used the + bulbs but in most cases dealerships are supposed to replace both headlights or at least both of the bulbs. If one of your lights is higher then the other dont worry about it, it takes a professional tech to align them so if its of a little then just forget about it.
Man i was searching clublexus to see if anyone had the same problem as me, and seems like i am having a bit of the same problem here, MY LEFT HID IS NOT WORKING, well it works for just like 45 secs and then goes out, this morning i turned my lights on to check if the clicked to normal again i saw the hid was a purplish color, i immediately turned them off and they have been off since then, i am fearing tonight, i don't know what to do, NEED HELP ASAP on the matter i don' know if it is the bulb or not, is it easy to switch the HID bulbs from one to another?
Please help me in the matter, I NEED PRO HELP, AND I KNOW I CAN GET IT HERE!!!
thanks
Please help me in the matter, I NEED PRO HELP, AND I KNOW I CAN GET IT HERE!!!
thanks
which bulbs do i need to get, i checked with lexus and each one cost me about $400, i can't spend that much $$$$ for two bulbs? I need to go on ebay or something, Can someone tell me which bulbs i need to get? Thanks
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The bulbs that you are talking about are 4300K,
"The bulb is 4300K, which is factory but also known as best."
is what it said on the auction page
but are 6000k better?
GERMANY MADE PHILIPS 6000K D2R XENON HID BULBS
"The bulb is 4300K, which is factory but also known as best."
is what it said on the auction page
but are 6000k better?
GERMANY MADE PHILIPS 6000K D2R XENON HID BULBS
Last edited by nanotech; Sep 27, 2005 at 06:35 AM. Reason: adding picture
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Originally Posted by nanotech
The bulbs that you are talking about are 4300K,
"The bulb is 4300K, which is factory but also known as best."
is what it said on the auction page
but are 6000k better?
GERMANY MADE PHILIPS 6000K D2R XENON HID BULBS
"The bulb is 4300K, which is factory but also known as best."
is what it said on the auction page
but are 6000k better?
GERMANY MADE PHILIPS 6000K D2R XENON HID BULBS
Also Happened To Me!!
Tonight my driver side stock HID turns on for 10 seconds but in a low output purple light then starts flickering. After about a minute of flickering it shuts off. Passenger side lights up fine.
By using the AMAZING SEARCH FUNCTION, it seems like it is my HID bulb and NOT my ballast. Anyone to back this up?
If it is my bulb, would you all reccomend getting the 6k bulbs or stick with stock K?
Much appreciated!
By using the AMAZING SEARCH FUNCTION, it seems like it is my HID bulb and NOT my ballast. Anyone to back this up?
If it is my bulb, would you all reccomend getting the 6k bulbs or stick with stock K?
Much appreciated!
I found some bulbs but will the ones that go on the IS300 fit a LEXUS GS400 98.
they are the stock that came off a 2002 lexus IS.
thanks
Is there any way i can also get my High beams to be xenon as well, without doing alot, like getting some nice bulbs only, and yes one last question, on my 98 gs400 the drl lights are like really dim, well it doesn't have any drls to tell you the truth it is just at the first switch on the headlight thing. but anyway is there anyway to get those lowbeam mid lights to get brighter like the side headlamps maybe like at night?
thanks
they are the stock that came off a 2002 lexus IS.
thanks
Is there any way i can also get my High beams to be xenon as well, without doing alot, like getting some nice bulbs only, and yes one last question, on my 98 gs400 the drl lights are like really dim, well it doesn't have any drls to tell you the truth it is just at the first switch on the headlight thing. but anyway is there anyway to get those lowbeam mid lights to get brighter like the side headlamps maybe like at night?
thanks
Last edited by nanotech; Sep 28, 2005 at 11:25 AM.
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Not to insult anyone but you shouldnt be giving such poor advice by telling the guy to buy new bulbs. When a headlight turns on and then turns of after a short period of time its a ballast issue. The easiest way to find out is to switch the bulbs, if this happens with 2 different bulbs then you've just diagnosed your problem. A ballast is a computer, if it detects even the slightest problem in its operation it will shut down to prevent any damage. Switch the light bulbs and see if the same thing happens then you need 1 new ballast. Oh and if you need d2r light bulbs I got 4 pairs, 3 brand new and 1 used for about 20 hours the brand new once are 75 shipped for the pair and the used one 70. Even if its not your light bulb causing the problem you should still get new light bulbs since your car is a 98 and has seen its fair share of use.
Well i am glad i am getting advice from all but how sure are you that all of us are having ballast problems, we have all been looking at the same symptoms, the first guy had a bulb issue, and was describing the same problem, the second guy did some research and is pretty sure it is a bulb problem, now i am left and i don't know if i need to buy bulbs or ballasts, how much is a ballast brand new?
thanks
thanks