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Old 07-03-17, 03:35 PM
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Default Just installed LED headlights in 94 LS400!

Hi all! I decided to install some LED headlights, and parking lights in my 94 LS today. Here's a link to the lights I bought:
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Honestly, I'm pretty happy with how it looks! I'm even more excited to see how it looks at night, as I just installed these a couple hours ago. If anyone would like a write up on how to install them, let me know. I was just too excited to get them in so I didn't take any pics while installing. The process is actually very easy once i figured it out. Took about 30-45 minutes, just because you have to remove the battery to get at the drivers side headlight. Its not the greatest pic considering its daytime. I'll have a better nighttime pic soon.
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looks bright. Hope it isn't blinding.
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They are pretty bright. Whats interesting is that when I turn my fog lights on now, the headlights get brighter and the fog lights dont turn on anymore. I don't really mind since I'm not a huge fan of the yellow fog lights, but I don't know why they don't turn on anymore. I'll check the alignment of the lights tonight so I don't blind people.
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I would like a write up as I want to do this at some point.

Is there an adapter to plug it in?

Looks great by the way. Your car too.
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Looks really good, I really want to try a set for my LS.

Do they just plug right in? what about the wattage...same as stock halogens?
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Originally Posted by evan55
Looks really good, I really want to try a set for my LS.

Do they just plug right in? what about the wattage...same as stock halogens?
I believe each bulb is 40 watts, totaling 80 watts. Says so on the adapter, and they pretty much plug right in. The kit I got is plug n play, so it plugs right into the original harness and the installation process is really simple. I'll upload a "how to" on the thread in the next few weeks.
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How can I trust the seller/product seeing unbelievable figures attached?
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Originally Posted by Yamae
How can I trust the seller/product seeing unbelievable figures attached?
I'm not sure what some of those figures mean, but the lights are super bright and seem to be good quality. I only bought them based off of the reviews on Amazon, and so far they work great! I would definitely let you guys know if they were phony.

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Heres some pics at night to give a better idea of how the visibility is.


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That looks like it could be blinding oncoming drivers.
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Originally Posted by sha4000
That looks like it could be blinding oncoming drivers.
At certain angles it is. I'll have to adjust the level. The beam pattern is in the shape of a V. Where I was standing in the first pic was at the upper left of the beam.
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always wondered if these can fit under the rubber boot of the headlight bulb housing. how did you do it? I suppose pictures would be best.
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Originally Posted by timmy0tool
always wondered if these can fit under the rubber boot of the headlight bulb housing. how did you do it? I suppose pictures would be best.
I installed some LED H4 headlights into my 97 and unfortunately, they won't fit under the boot. I have the ones with cooling fans on the back of them, so they stick out quite a bit. I had to enlarge the hole slightly with some scissors but still got the boot to seal around the new LED cooling fan housings. I'm using some Siriusledlights.com H4 X2 LEDs and they're amazing even compared to my HID kit I had. My fogs have an HID kit and I can't even see them now. These are rated at 36w.
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Originally Posted by timmy0tool
always wondered if these can fit under the rubber boot of the headlight bulb housing. how did you do it? I suppose pictures would be best.
I was able to fit the bulbs in with the boot fully intact. I'll upload some photos once I have time to make a write up.
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Originally Posted by westopill
I was able to fit the bulbs in with the boot fully intact. I'll upload some photos once I have time to make a write up.
The boot pissed me off to no end. Yesterday I replaced my driver side busted headlight and put a new bulb in the other. The new headlight - I took off the boot completely. It just makes it hard to switch the bulb in that space. The passenger side one, I cut it off. Again, no space, and the clip was stuck on the boot. I would recommend everyone get rid of that stupid boot...


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