I've been trying to find a nice set of SD headlights and I'm not having much luck finding a set at a fair price. So, I'm now considering doing a retrofit so that I can get everything that I want in my headlights. My question is, can I do a retrofit with my stock halogen/non-HID housing or do I need to use a HID housing?

This is my preliminary build list. Please comment/critique...

'98 GS400 halogen housings
TRS FX-R 3.0 projectors
TRS E-46 R extended shrouds
TRS Morimoto 3Five ballasts d2s
Phillips ultinon 6k bulbs

What else will I need to make this plug and play with my non-hid connections?

Thanks in advance.

 

did you see this thread?

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/2ge...-hid-caps.html

you weren't able to work out the hID lights from clos430

 

For what it would take to buy those I realized I could do a pretty nice retrofit with my stock halogens, assuming they're OK to use... Haven't ruled them out completely tho.

 

You just need luxurymods brackets to be able to retrofit. You need them whether you have halogen or hid lights. I don't know if they make them for the fxr 3.0, contact them and ask. I bought them for my 1.0's a year ago. You also should search some, there is a diy on here that explains how to do it. It's also on luxurymods website.

 

Halogens won't be a problem, if you're using luxurymods brackets you just need to file down on of the holes for the clips that you remove from the factory bowls.

If you wanted sportdesign lights I did a Q45 retro where I painted the bezels graphite, it's real close to the SD finish.

 

aren't the reflector bowls different on the HID compared to halogen?

 

The bowl is different but you don't use it in either case. The projector fills that space. 20 seconds to google people.
http://www.luxurymods.com/2gsdiyhidretrofit.aspx

 

Good luck with the sucky morimoto ballast...