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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 05:04 PM
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Hi, I'm a new member. Well I bought my car last month and it had everthing I wanted except the HID lights. I took advantage of this great forum and started doing research about HID kits. I read all the pro's and cons and decided to contact XENONDEPOT for some more info. First let me say they are top notch and Steve was great answering all my questions. I decided to go with the 4300K kit so that I could have a close to oem setup. The installation was very easy. the longest part for me was trying to find good hidding spots for the ballast and relays. The passenger side wheel well has a access panel that when removed made a great spot to hide the ballast. I removed the collant overflow box and installed the relay so when I reinstalled the box the relay was out of site. The driver side was more tricky there's no good hiding spots. I ended up mounting the ballast behind the battery and the relay in front of the battery. I'm very happy with the results of the kit and I'm glad I went ahead and did it. here's a couple of pictures below showing the cut-off lines before and after and a picture in the street before and after.

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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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Awesome! I have been waiting to see pics of this! I am looking to do the Xenon Depot HID kit for my ES350 as well. I was skeptical if it would illuminate the road nicely, but it looks like it really does! How long did it take you to do it, and was it hard?
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 01:49 AM
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Looks a lot better than those halogens.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 06:38 AM
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Thanks guys, The install took me about 2hours but that's because I really wanted everything hidden and out of site (oem look ). The install was very easy the hardest part was swapping out the bulbs which was only hard because of space. I did end up taking out the battery which made it easier on the drivers side.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 07:29 AM
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Glad to hear you're satisfied with the product! I know that you were worried about glare and beam pattern.

To anyone that is interested, the kit used in this application is the Xtreme 4300k H7 Kit:

http://www.kbcarstuff.com/H7_4300k_X...p/xt-4k-h7.htm

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I read somewhere that Non-HID and HID projectors on the newer Lexus are the same. Is thid true?
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Im pretty sure that the projectors will slightly different however we have had very good feedback from customers using their OEM halogen projectors for an HID upgrade. FLES350 is a perfect example =)

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