neneko Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hello everyone, this is my fisrt post. I would like to know a little bit about upgrading my HIDs. I just bought a 98 ES300. I was told that they had already factory HIDs but not as bright as the new ones. I have done some research ALREADY but I'm still not sure how to do it. If you can help me I would apreciate it. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 first you should do a google search and learn about hid;s before you go about upgrading and get real information about the technology as it is all over the place and too much to go around asking for before trying to understand it. also try not to type in caps in future posts,no harm no foul once you read up on hid;s you will understand what you want and need is pretty simple and not rather expensive once you know where to look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexusfreak Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I think someone posted something similar to what your looking for either on these forums or in www.clublexus.com Try doing a search of HID's. Good Luck! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mburnickas Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I know my 98 es did not have HIDS; but it now has Phillips 6000KUltinons for over 2 years! :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexusfreak Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I know my 98 es did not have HIDS; but it now has Phillips 6000KUltinons for over 2 years! :D :D ← I'm not 100% sure if HID's were an option on the 97 & 98 ES ......I know 99 & up were in the U.S. (Canadian ES vehicles came standard with them). B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexusk8 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Actually, the '00 and '01 ES models were the only years from the '97-'01 era that have the factory HID as an option ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 not sure if canadian models had them as standard pretty sure they were optional but definatly not available on 97-99 in canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna4ever Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/ http://www.hidkits.com/about_us.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunman Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I have them on my 97 ES. http://homepage.mac.com/drsunilpatel/PhotoAlbum19.html They were only offered on 00-01 ES models. They are pretty rare. You will not see many ES's with these headlamps. I do not have the auto levelling feature hooked up but they work fine anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna4ever Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 ^^^ Very nice! How much did the OEM headlights cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mburnickas Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 ^^^ Very nice! How much did the OEM headlights cost? ← http://home.comcast.net/~94gsxr1100/lexus/lexus.htm here are mine that I installed. As noted above Phillips 6000K Ultinons.. Paid $450 I think like 2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 not a bad rpice MB ,depending on your ballasts btw thanks for not causing contreversy with your avatars on the page replacing batman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunman Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I paid about 500 for both headlights on ebay but I had to wait to get them as both are rarely on ebay at the same time. The ballasts were included but I had to buy the bulbs on ebay for 40 bucks each. Price have really come down on the bulbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superlexuslove Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I paid about 500 for both hid kits on ebay but I had to wait to get them as both are rarely on ebay at the same time. The ballasts were included but I had to buy the bulbs on ebay for 40 bucks each. Price have really come down on the bulbs. WOW!500$ for 2 hid kits.Right now the price is only 40dollar/hid kits,I didnt't know hid kits was that expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01lexpl Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I paid about 500 for both hid kits on ebay but I had to wait to get them as both are rarely on ebay at the same time. The ballasts were included but I had to buy the bulbs on ebay for 40 bucks each. Price have really come down on the bulbs. WOW!500$ for 2 hid kits.Right now the price is only 40dollar/hid kits,I didnt't know hid kits was that expensive. OEM kits, ALWAYS are worth money, then again, those are the ones that last more than 5yrs without any issues unlike aftermarkets. Second, this thread is now 7 YEARS OLD, so yes, they were around 250$/kit in 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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