Xenons

[venice]

:whistles: Does anyone know if you can install xenon headlights on 02'lx470???had them on my gs430,really miss that effect

[aaronbrill]

:whistles: Does anyone know if you can install xenon headlights on 02'lx470???had them on my gs430,really miss that effect

yes you can ..

get a transformer i recently did it on my 02 lx470

[aaronbrill]

:whistles: Does anyone know if you can install xenon headlights on 02'lx470???had them on my gs430,really miss that effect

yes you can ..

get a transformer i recently did it on my 02 lx470

you can buy the kit online look on ebay its not too expensive .. around $20

[Jim_Chow]

I think he's referring to HID's, not white/blue light bulbs. Read my tag line.

[ghitos73]

I wanted to know the same thing. So, while my LX was being serviced, I asked the service guy and he says that it's possible. He advised against it though being that the cost of a Xenon bulb was $400 each. He also mentioned how people how had them wanted to go the other way. I personally like the brighter lights. I am thinking of changing mine to Sylvania SilverStars. Do any of you guys use it? and what do you think?

SilverStar

http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/Sylvania-silverstars.htm

HID Light Kits

Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/9006-Xenon-...sspagenameZWDVW

Brightheadlights

http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/Xenon-...Lights-Kits.htm

[Jim_Chow]

I wanted to know the same thing. So, while my LX was being serviced, I asked the service guy and he says that it's possible. He advised against it though being that the cost of a Xenon bulb was $400 each. He also mentioned how people how had them wanted to go the other way. I personally like the brighter lights. I am thinking of changing mine to Sylvania SilverStars. Do any of you guys use it? and what do you think?

SilverStar

http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/Sylvania-silverstars.htm

HID Light Kits

Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/9006-Xenon-...sspagenameZWDVW

Brightheadlights

http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/Xenon-...Lights-Kits.htm

The trick to retrofitting in xenon (HID) bulbs is to match the bulb design w/ the projector type. In other words, each reflector/projector lamp is designed with a certain focal point. The problem is, HID projectors/reflectors have a different focal point than halogen reflectors/projectors. If you just put a HID bulb into a halogen projector/reflector, the light won't focus properly, and the light ends up spraying all over. There are two way to get around this:

1) Retrofit a HID projector into the LX lamp and use HID bulbs (best)

2) Use HID bulbs that have been rebased so the focal point matches that of the halogen projector/reflector (next best)

I did (2) using the xenondepot kit. They use rebased Philips bulbs and Philips thin ballasts. When you get a HID kit, you want to go w/ a name brand (Philips or Denso). Make sure you do not touch the glass on the bulb (I wipe mine w/ alcohol before installing regardless). For the retrofit, I bought 2 spare gray plastic caps w/ wire that goes between the stock H1 bulb and vehicle lighting harness. You can get these at the dealer. The reason was so I could switch back one or both lights to the OEM halogen ones if, say, one of the HID's blew out on a road trip. You have to drill a 25mm hole in the rear of each cap to fit the bulb in. I then cut off the connector (from the cap) and soldered that to the xenondepot harness (to trigger the relays). This way, you don't alter the vehicle harness in any way. You just plug the HID harness into the vehicle harness, install ballasts, igniters, and bulbs, and you're done! (took me an afternoon to tidy up the job, as I solder all my connections and encase them in split loom/zip ties).

The light output of the 4300K HID's was measured to be 4x more than that of the halogen H1's using a photographic light meter capable of measuring light output differences in 10% increments. This is equivalent to a 50 yr old being able to see as well as a 20 yr old in the dark! The HID's also give far superior peripheral view (shoulder of the road, etc.) compared to the halogens.