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Old Oct 17, 2003 | 09:59 AM
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A friend of mine that has a Corrolla has the 9004 bulbs in his car and was wondering if an HID kit exists for such a headlamp. I laughed at him, but he sounds so serious, I thought I would ask on his behalf.

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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 05:11 AM
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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 05:46 PM
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If he puts them in it will double the value of the car!
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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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umm..... i have never paid attention to the 9004, but all they need is to rebase the d2s bulbs to 9004, not hard i guess
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 04:50 AM
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umm..... i have never paid attention to the 9004, but all they need is to rebase the d2s bulbs to 9004, not hard i guess
Thanks Henry!
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 05:14 AM
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To support/confirm rominl's response....yes...they do have a 9004 rebased HID kit that is/was available (prior to the "supposed" HID ban). I have them in my 1st gen LS400.
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 08:39 AM
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Originally posted by BR1AN
To support/confirm rominl's response....yes...they do have a 9004 rebased HID kit that is/was available (prior to the "supposed" HID ban). I have them in my 1st gen LS400.
Thanks!!

The guy I bought my 6000K HID bulbs from ( jus4bulbs@yahoo.com - rominl recommended him - awesome guy - fast replies to questions and very fast delivery of product) said he can get a 9004 HID kit for the Corolla for US$494.00 shipped to Canada. So in fact they still can be bought. Not sure if my friend who has the Corolla will be wiling to spring ~500 bucks to upgrade his headlights!
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 09:48 AM
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The only thing with the 9004 HID kit is that high beam is gone after the HID mod. 9004 bulb consists of low and high beam filaments.

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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 12:58 PM
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Originally posted by Hameed
Thanks!!

The guy I bought my 6000K HID bulbs from ( jus4bulbs@yahoo.com - rominl recommended him - awesome guy - fast replies to questions and very fast delivery of product) said he can get a 9004 HID kit for the Corolla for US$494.00 shipped to Canada. So in fact they still can be bought. Not sure if my friend who has the Corolla will be wiling to spring ~500 bucks to upgrade his headlights!
this is awesome! well the law bans the hid sales inside the US. this guy i referred he's in taiwan, so there you go btw, how's the 6000k doing?
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 02:47 PM
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Originally posted by rominl
this is awesome! well the law bans the hid sales inside the US. this guy i referred he's in taiwan, so there you go btw, how's the 6000k doing?
They are beyond amazing. I have to take some night time pics and then I will post up a thread about that mod!!! Now the fogs don't have that very fait bluish tint to them anymore compared to the 6000K hids in the low beams! I am glad I did this mod!!!

Now I need to get a TC and some rims!!!
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Old Oct 20, 2003 | 04:55 PM
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Originally posted by Hameed
They are beyond amazing. I have to take some night time pics and then I will post up a thread about that mod!!! Now the fogs don't have that very fait bluish tint to them anymore compared to the 6000K hids in the low beams! I am glad I did this mod!!!

Now I need to get a TC and some rims!!!
congrats man. there is a reason why this was my 2nd mod for the gs4
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