Hi all I have an IS 200se, 51 plate and although I have had it for a while and have often considered HID replacement bulbs as the standard one are as dim as everybody states I've never felt particualrly confident about a) fitting the HID's and Their legality with regard to an MOT (normal ones I don't want any crazy blue ones or anything.

SO the question I want to ask here is what bulbs are an improvement on the OEM's without going to HID's? Also approximate cost would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Honestly, by not fitting a HID kit you are missing out, you won't have any problems come MOT time if you stick to 6000k temp hid bulbs.

If you go for 8000k bulbs or higher you may run into problems at MOT time and you may get your collar felt by the rozzers. You can get a HID kit of ebay for about £50 and fitting is easy.

Agree 100% with Kam, no point wasting money on anything other than an HID kit as the difference is immense! It takes about 15 mins to fit a kit, and if you know how to change a light bulb you won't have any problems.

I had 8000Ks on mine for ages and never had any problems with the police or the MOT. And now with 5000K on they just look like any other car on the road with OEM xenons, pure white light so just blends in nicely.

Just go for it, it's the only option that makes sense

[quote name='Greedy80' date='25 June 2010 - 12:10 PM' timestamp='1277464227' post='724373']
Hi all I have an IS 200se, 51 plate and although I have had it for a while and have often considered HID replacement bulbs as the standard one are as dim as everybody states I've never felt particualrly confident about a) fitting the HID's and Their legality with regard to an MOT (normal ones I don't want any crazy blue ones or anything.

SO the question I want to ask here is what bulbs are an improvement on the OEM's without going to HID's? Also approximate cost would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!
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Different colour temperature filament bulbs really just look different when you stand in front of them and don't improve your view of the road ahead because of the characteristics of the human eye and the colouration of roads and surroundings. The only way to go is HID because they are actually brighter and not just a different colour.

[quote name='Parthiban' date='25 June 2010 - 12:28 PM' timestamp='1277465281' post='724378']
Agree 100% with Kam, no point wasting money on anything other than an HID kit as the difference is immense! It takes about 15 mins to fit a kit, and if you know how to change a light bulb you won't have any problems.

I had 8000Ks on mine for ages and never had any problems with the police or the MOT. And now with 5000K on they just look like any other car on the road with OEM xenons, pure white light so just blends in nicely.

Just go for it, it's the only option that makes sense
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Thanks for the help guys I'm going to look into getting the HID's are the any you would recommend perhaps on ebay, equally any you might avoid, simplicity of fitting is key for me.

Thanks again.

[quote name='Greedy80' date='30 June 2010 - 09:33 AM' timestamp='1277886790' post='724808']
Thanks for the help guys I'm going to look into getting the HID's are the any you would recommend perhaps on ebay, equally any you might avoid, simplicity of fitting is key for me.

Thanks again.
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They're all technically the same in terms of fitting, it's all plug and play - although some of the ebay ones need the connector plugged the other way round but again not a big deal. I got mine from HIDs4U but they're at the top of the price scale.

I got this kit: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Xenon-HID-Conversion-KIT-H1-H3-H7-H11-HB3-HB4-9006-H9-/220486482784?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item335604bb60"]clicky[/url]

Next day delivery with fitting instructions- bought mine from the same seller. The IS200 uses HB4/9006 bulbs. As menitoned, go for the 6000k temp bulbs.

Have a look at [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XENON-HID-CONVERSION-KIT-9006-LEXUS-IS200-99-RX300-/300401253059?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item45f14f5ac3"]These[/url] They are a good price and are the slim ballasts.

Thanks once again for the help guys I shall likely go for these next month. If I have any probs I will get back to you, thanks again.