I recently did some research into replacements for the OEM lighting. I have a 97 ES300
High 9005
Low H7
Fog H3
I highly recommend people spend some time at this website for some important info about lighting. Be cautious, there is much marketing hype about lights.
I purchased all my lamps from this guy (I am not affiliated in anyway). They are just ordered so I can't speak from experience yet.
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html
Below is email (2/26) from him with his recommendation:
Fog: H3 Gold, $13/ea.
Low: Ultra High Efficacy Plus 50 bulb (Osram Silverstar +50, Narva
Rangepower+50, Tungsram Megalicht +50, etc. -- we currently stock the
Tungsram) $17.50/ea
High: New 9011 "light cannon" bulb.
The new bulbs are not some tinted or overwattage version of 9005, but
rather employ a relatively new technology called HIR, Halogen Infrared.
The mechanical dimensions of the bulb are all virtually identical to the
9005, but the bulb glass is spherical instead of tubular, with the sphere
centered around the filament. There is a "Durable IR Reflective" coating
on the spherical glass. Infrared = heat, so the coating causes heat to be
reflected back to the filament at the center of the sphere. This causes
the filament to become much hotter (producing more light) than it can by
passing electricity through it, *without* the shorter life or greater heat
production that comes with overwattage bulbs (to say nothing of
overwattage bulbs' incompatibility with stock wiring.)
Here's the comparison:
High beam stock: 9005, 12.8V, 65W, 1700 lumens, 320 hours
High beam new: HIR1, 12.8V, 65W, 2530 lumens, 320 hours
These bulbs are spendy - $34/ea - but their cost is worth considering in
context: Any number of companies will charge you more than this for a
tarted-up 9005 with blue colored glass (PIAA and Sylvania Silverstar come
to mind) that doesn't produce more light and has a very short lifespan.
The HIR bulbs have a double-wide top ear on the plastic bulb base, this is
to comply with the law requiring different bulbs to have different bases.
The extra-wide plastic top ear is easily trimmed or filed to make the bulb
fit your headlamp's bulb receptacle. Once that's done, they go directly
into the headlamp, and the existing sockets snap on.
I don't have access to my car now and won't have chance to install them until mid April, but I'll let you know how it goes. Good luck.
Dan