Zenon Headlamp Problems

[jeagle]

I have a 2005 LEXUS GS300 and about 18 months ago i one of my ZENON headlamps started to drop out during a journey.If I switched them off/on they came back on but would drop out later. I went to Lexus stoke and they wanted £600 for a new bulb which I thought outragous. The bulb is now failing all the time so I am faced with having to do something about it. Looking at the web this seems to be a known problem. I dont want to fork out £699 if there is a better/cheaper solution. Any help gratefully recieved.

[Guest]

Email Matt he is fantastic can even get you genuine Toyota/Denso Ballasts if that is what is wrong. Xenons are better replaced in pairs because they change colour a little as they get older.

matt@theretrofitsource.com

I have a 2005 LEXUS GS300 and about 18 months ago i one of my ZENON headlamps started to drop out during a journey.If I switched them off/on they came back on but would drop out later. I went to Lexus stoke and they wanted £600 for a new bulb which I thought outragous. The bulb is now failing all the time so I am faced with having to do something about it. Looking at the web this seems to be a known problem. I dont want to fork out £699 if there is a better/cheaper solution. Any help gratefully recieved.

[jeagle]

Thanks but I've just ordered a pair of new bulbs @ £70 pair from www.hids4u.co.uk (08448842600) and if they fix the problem I will have saved a fortune over the lexus quoted price. They will take them back if for any reason they do not work.

[steve2006]

I seem to remember a while back someone had exactly the same problem and it was the bulb so fingers crossed it will be the same result with yours.

Lexus prices are so ridiculous sometimes I think they work the prices out in binary.

How about £25.00 for a standard H4 head light bulb!

[jeagle]

Ordered a pair of DS4 bulbs 6000K from HIDS4U.co.uk yesterday, they were delivered and fitted this morning and are brilliant at a total cost of £70 plus £10 for fitting. As it happens one of the old bulbs had blown but the other is OK. I wonder if Lexus would offer me the £600 they quoted for 1 new bulb for my spare! It shows an astonishingly high profit margin and has made me reconsider using Lexus again I'm affraid.

[Rory]

oone of mine was intermittent, turned out to be a little moister inside the cluster, unplugged the sidelight and and drove with the lights on to dry it out and been fine since