jerryray Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 My Dealer in NY has intsalled a anti theft HID kit. Also have noticed datadot stickers on the car. Has anyone else had this installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaintjim Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 My Dealer in NY has intsalled a anti theft HID kit. Also have noticed datadot stickers on the car.Has anyone else had this installed? ← I got the letter and have an appt in Dec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexRexBlue Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I was fortunate to have read about the Data Dots on a post from some forum (can't remember which one) and asked my dealer in August. I had them installed before driving to the US Open. I didn't want them to be stolen at a Lexus event. The dealer was just receiving them and putting them on their loaners. They said that people were stealing the headlights off of the loaners when they were parked in the cities. Ironically, I never received a letter from Lexus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RX400h Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 I never heard about these. Does anyone have a link to info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katzjamr Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Data Dots are the Lexus response to HID theft on the rx 330 and 400h. It is a kit installed by the dealer that makes it impossible to remove the HID's without making them unsaleable, and it marks them with a permanent id so if they are recovered they can be traced back to your vehicle. In the past if thieves were in possesion of stolen HID lites the police could not prove they were stolen because they were not id'ed to a particular car. Even if the vehicle was sitting a block away with missing headlites it didnt matter unless they actually saw the incident. The data dots on the HID's now remove that problem. I am hearing it takes about two hours per vehicle to install, involving removing the front bumper cover, Lexus is providing them for free, and you make an appt with the dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katzjamr Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 the link is at www.clublexus.com, search for 'stolen headlights from 400h' by the poster 'russian md'. you can scroll down from the first page and see the thread, there are seven pages of comments. (somewhere about page five is the answer) The data dots add the id that is tied to your vin number, and the anti theft part is a steel bracket that attaches to the bottom of the ballast (at the bottom of the assembly) and to the body at the fender. hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexRexBlue Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 I just received the letter from Lexus. The interesting thing is that it specifically says that the theft problem is occurring in NY and NJ. Maybe they are sending out the letter to owners in these areas first. Since it takes 2 hours of labor time to install they probably don't want to handle everyone at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobby Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 katzjammer, rexmiami (and other seattle owners)? , are these data dots available here? my first 6 month/5,000 mi tuneup will be in December; just wondering if I should be asking for the installation then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katzjamr Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 It cant hurt. You might call ahead and have them order the kit for you so you can be sure the parts will be there for your service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexmiami Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 the link is at www.clublexus.com, I went to this link, but could not get to where the information was. Did I understand that this installation would be free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike21LA Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 I just got the HID Protection kit installed. Here's a pic of one of the Data Dot stickers. I attached a pic of the stickers on my car. There is one on each headlight & each front door. DataDot USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katzjamr Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Yes Sir Rex Miami i called my local Lexus dealer, they will order the kit, both are covered under warranty including installation. It is about a two hour install for the vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryray Posted November 2, 2005 Author Share Posted November 2, 2005 I just got the HID Protection kit installed. Here's a pic of one of the Data Dot stickers. I attached a pic of the stickers on my car. There is one on each headlight & each front door. DataDot USA ← After they installed my kit, I noticed what appeared to be dirt on the panle where my sticker is near drivers door. I cleaned most of it off. Now I am think they were data dots, if they were they looked terrible and I though they should be on the HID lights not the panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexRexBlue Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 From your description I'm not sure where you think you removed the dots from. I'll check mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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