Best Xenon/hid For Is200?

[RedLexus]

I searched for this but found nothing definite , whats a good , well priced kit for the dims of an IS200? And how well do they work? Cheers , Tristan .

[sparkystav]

Pro-Lex do a good kit for the IS.

Have a look on their website, it's a plug and play kit.

Stav

[snowman]

I used to have a Philips kit but sold it not long ago to a member.

they were the best that i have come around after supplying HIDs.

[Einstein]

Just fitted my kit this morning... also plug "n" Play..

Sourced from eBay at £44 inc delivery.... but will probably have about £10 customs charges to pay later.

Arrived 12 days after sale, which is pretty good.

So far, very happy with them.

John

[stuie]

HIDS4U on eBay fabulous guys

[yemgi]

I got all my kits from eBay, very cheap and good quality

[Gareth Rose]

Hi,

Im interested in getting HIDs but Iv'e got a styling kit on my car and hence no headlight washers. Would it still pass as mot?

Cheers Gazza

[Einstein]

Nothing to do with headlight washers....

technically, no kit is legal as they do not have self levelling mechanisms...

but as long as the beam pattern and aim are correct, they will pass the MOT without problems..

John

[maz786]

hi i am also interested in getting HID kit for my front fog lights but not sure where to position the ballasts? has any one had ther fog lights done and if so can you post sum pictures on where the ballast is located?

thank you!

[yemgi]

Behind the bumper, next to the fog lights, there is lot of room. I have 2 ballasts there on mine

Look on this picture, there is enough spae under the headlight:

[Rob's Lexx]

i was told my HID's had no beam pattern whatsoever? can that be right?? just put stock bulbs in for MOT, but that still baffles me...

[maz786]

Behind the bumper, next to the fog lights, there is lot of room. I have 2 ballasts there on mine

Look on this picture, there is enough spae under the headlight:

nice one mate!

[PiratePete]

i was told my HID's had no beam pattern whatsoever? can that be right?? just put stock bulbs in for MOT, but that still baffles me...

Yes this can be totally correct. But should be easily solvable by yourself. The most likely cause of this is that light emitting centre of the HID is not sitting in the same position as the bulb was. This will throw the beam pattern right out.

To cure this park the car up against a wall, turn the lights on and unlatch the HID from the headlamp. Then move it around (in and out mainly) until you see a very crisp cut off on the beam. There should be light below 0° and no light above 0° on a horizontal line running right from the centre (*** this is hard to explain), on the left on the beam a crisp cut off should be seen running about 10° up radially.

In other words imagine a clock face saying ten to three. the cut off of the light is where the hands would be with all the light being below.

Once you have the HID in the right position for that then look at how the HID is sitting in the headlamp and you will need to make a spacer to hold the HID in that position.

If none of that works, the only other thing it may be (and I can't confirm this at the moment), is if the headlamp has a metal shield in it (looks like a little bulb cover) that may be missing.

Let us know how you get on

[PiratePete]

Just fitted my kit this morning... also plug "n" Play..

Sourced from Ebay at £44 inc delivery.... but will probably have about £10 customs charges to pay later.

Arrived 12 days after sale, which is pretty good.

So far, very happy with them.

John

I haven't seen these on eBay, can you post a linky ?

[Chris.S]

Got mine from HIDS4U.com, come with a warranty.

[Einstein]

Here is a link to what I bought..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HID-XENON-CONVERSION...emZ300151863295

they come with 18 months warranty.

The shipping price has gone up slightly, but it is still only £46 in total..

I still haven't received any customs charges, but even so, it won't be any more than a tenner.

My view is that all the kits are made in China/Hong Kong anyway, and rebadged/boxed for different suppliers. why pay more for the same thing.

John

[PiratePete]

I think I'm gonna go for that John. At £46 I don't think you can go far wrong.

Problem is I've now got jobs piling up to do on the Lexus and no time to do them, AND I want to try and make it to the midlands meet this weekend.

[PiratePete]

John,

Is that link for the right type of bulb? It doesn't look right to me I may be wrong tho.

[Einstein]

That link is for the 9006 bulb.. which is correct for my GS300 low beam.

I am not sure on the type of bulb on an IS200, but the seller does all the various types anyway.. including the Bi-Xenon type, although they are slightly more expensive.

Fitting is just plug and play, so even the missus could have done it :)

John

[yemgi]

low beam : 9006, high beam: 9005 for both IS and GS

[swfcdan]

really tempted to get those cheap ones, even if the break its not a massive loss of cash. my only problem is a literally need a step by step dummys guide on what to do

[Einstein]

remove bulb.

fit HID Globe.

secure ballast.

connect leads to globe.

connect original bulb connector to ballast.

Job Done..

John

[PiratePete]

i was told my HID's had no beam pattern whatsoever? can that be right?? just put stock bulbs in for MOT, but that still baffles me...

Ok I've just checked my IS and I suspect the bulb cover has fallen off. It must be in the lamp and maybe you knocked it off whilst fitting the other bulbs. Its a small metal shield that sits over the bulb but is attached to the headlamp. Normally it is sprung to just be held in position by its legs. Check for that mate.

[Rob's Lexx]

i was told my HID's had no beam pattern whatsoever? can that be right?? just put stock bulbs in for MOT, but that still baffles me...

Ok I've just checked my IS and I suspect the bulb cover has fallen off. It must be in the lamp and maybe you knocked it off whilst fitting the other bulbs. Its a small metal shield that sits over the bulb but is attached to the headlamp. Normally it is sprung to just be held in position by its legs. Check for that mate.

cheers for your input. where will this cover now be if its fallen off? in the light housing??? how easy will it be put back on correctly??

[PiratePete]

i was told my HID's had no beam pattern whatsoever? can that be right?? just put stock bulbs in for MOT, but that still baffles me...

Ok I've just checked my IS and I suspect the bulb cover has fallen off. It must be in the lamp and maybe you knocked it off whilst fitting the other bulbs. Its a small metal shield that sits over the bulb but is attached to the headlamp. Normally it is sprung to just be held in position by its legs. Check for that mate.

cheers for your input. where will this cover now be if its fallen off? in the light housing??? how easy will it be put back on correctly??

It should be in the headlamp. You may have to get the headlamp off to fish it out. Just press the legs in to put it back in position, HOWEVER it must be the right way round. The legs should be offset to ensure you do it right but may not, so check the beam against the wall as you do it.