This guy did a retrofit on his older Land Cruiser, better cutoff than mine but the light output seems close.

It makes night driving very plesant now, huge difference.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeLYsjmPrZc

 

nice. i guess the only challenge for the lx570 is the afs, so it's harder to install hid kits and make sure allow enough movement

 

AFS works wonders in my LS, but you may be right about it being a pain installings HIDs on vehicles with the system.

Time to call him out again.....

 

lol, he must be very busy

i have seen lx570 with hid kits installed and works fine, but i have seen those with afs light too. problem is when the kit is installed, you want to leave enough room and wire so the afs can work and turn the headlights. otherwise the system thinks something is wrong and triggers the light

 

I have them on mine (installed them last November), and AFS works, but yes... it was a major, major, major pain in the rear end to get it right. I'm way too retentive to have left it with the AFS light flashing.

Troubleshooting was a long process. I began by removing the covers to both headlights, and the light didn't flash, which was good (as in, the AFS system was still functioning). I then reinstalled one, and then reversed and confirmed my fear: the one with the problem was the driver's side, for which access is rather limited. Two hours later (and after a lot of small cuts on my hands), I was done.

There are a few wires and a space that is tight and not symmetrical (when the headlight is in its "neutral" position). So, it was not as simple as leaving enough of a service loop (as I originally did): it was about leaving enough, but not too much, and then routing the bends in the appropriate direction(s) inside the headlight housing - it took a lot, and I mean, a lot of observation and trial-and-error to replicate what I pulled off on the passenger side in one shot!

I love the finished product but absolutely hated doing this installation on the LX - not the product's fault, for the record. I love the lights, and Steve at XenonDepot is a pleasure to deal with.

 

my goodness, just reading your post sounds so painful already....

 

LOL! It was a bit painful, but definitely worth it. I could've just as easily gotten lucky with the driver's side as I did with the passenger's side (where I just made sure there was enough "extra" wiring inside the housing), but it just didn't happen.

None of these "quick and easy" projects ever go quickly for me... All the wiring has to be routed perfectly, etc. I also refuse to drill into the vehicle and have used industrial strength velcro to attach ballasts, etc., both on this and on my old GX470. Of course, this then means that I have to position everything in the right place so that I can use zip ties to provide some redundancy in case the velcro fails, so that pieces are not flying all over the engine compartment.

Also, in this particular case, I did have to do some quick disassembly/reassembly of the XD harness in order to get the right connection inside the headlight housing to plug into the OEM headlight plug. This was only because I had bought a slightly older kit.

Steve was kind enough to offer me a new harness, which I appreciated, but I just bit the bullet and got it done just as easily, removing the connector, feeding the individual wires through the rubber grommet and reattaching the connector.

I actually intended to post about what the process was for me back when I did this, but it's been non-stop for me, so I never got around to it.

The lights do make such a difference, and it is nice to look at the finished product. I would definitely buy another kit from XD in a heartbeat.

 

hahhaa, funny enough, we are considering either the gx470 or the lx570. i believe the gx470 is very easy to do, and if we really get the lx570 i definitely want hid. if that really happens maybe i will need to bug you

 

Chairman says sorry to make you work hard!

 

Happy to help in any way I can! The light bulb part is much easier in the GX, not just because of the AFS part but also because there are no covers to drill on, etc. It's still an interesting packaging problem on the driver's side, but overall it wasn't too complicated.

 

Apology accepted, Mr. Chairman!

I'll have to figure out what I want to ask him for, for my troubles

 

caha14,

Thanks for taking the time to post up some feedback about the XenonDepot HID kit =)

Glad you're still enjoying your lights =)

Steve

 

Hey is there anyway you can take some pics so I know how it looks like and where everything goes...I wanna do it in my car but I haven't even seen what anything looks like under the plastic cover. If i see it and it looks easy then I will try it. Thanks if you have the time.

 

other regions outside of the US (or NA?) have HIDs. for some reason here we never had it until 2013 LX

 

Hi,

Unfortunately I could not locate a thread showing installation pictures but here are some pictures showing exterior shots:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lx5...installed.html

This customer has the XenonDepot Xtreme HID kit installed (h11)

Steve