I've joined the HID bandwagon.

by **SleeperSolara** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:10 am

Looks nice man.

Can't wait to get HID's and finally see the road again.
Silver Star bulbs sucks after about 2 years.

by **Jon11582** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:32 am

Very good choice on ballast placement location - I never through of mounting them under the headlight.

by **Solarafreek** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:36 am

Lookin good

by **hskrsolara** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:42 pm

PXLpainter wrote:Man - looks nice! I envy your fog setup!

Okay - so 'sup with you guys and the yellow fogs anyways? Is that a Gen 1 thing or just a ricer thing? I've yet to see a stock Lexus with yellow fogs.

I see a bunch of lexus cars (is, es, gs) with yellow hid's here in MN and in NE. I was never a fan of them until I drove at night, in fog/sleet/snow for about 7 hours from NE back to SE MN with silverstar headlights and fogs...Bad choice! The yellow fogs are a huge help in the snow, rain and sleet. Much better visibility and a much better choice for adverse conditions. Although I like the all "pure white" look of the 5000k, the yellow fogs are actually functional and I settle for their average appearance.

So, to answer your question, no it is not a "ricer" mod, it is quite functional and a nice feature to have in poor visibility conditions.

by **PXLpainter** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:43 pm

^^ Oh.. like we have all the time here in SoCal? :lol:

Yes - I know all about the "practicality" of yellow fogs - I grew up in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and drove in every kind of weather imaginable (except sunny, clear skies!)

I had them on my Dodge truck way back then... very useful indeed up there.

by **hskrsolara** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:56 pm

^^no need for the smart ass remarks when you knew their true purpose the whole time.

Vegas- awesome job on the HID's, they look great! How is the glare? I'm in the market for some as well, will definitely check out the place you bought yours at.

by **PXLpainter** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:31 pm

^^ Thank you Captain Obvious. :roll:

by **SolaraGuy22** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:45 pm

Dammit Vegas. You had to post those pics? Now I have to bump that up on my mod priority list.

Very nice though, how long did the install take ya?

by **DrLove** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:44 pm

wow realy nice!!

I wanted to see what it will look on my white lara to get 4300k HID. Now I know, that's beautiful! Look like my SIlverstar but brighter and whiter a bit, really cool.

I don't know how 5000K would look, I don't want to look "white-blue" like ricer civic and all. I want a OEM look, very white (no yellow at all)
Im scare that 4300K would be a bit white-yellow..

Maybe Vegas can help me on that.

I love your fog+headlight with the same Kelvin, that's not rice, that's badass!!

by **Solorange** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:46 pm

Hey you mounted your ballasts in the same location I did on the drivers side. I couldn't find any other place to put it because the battery was in the way. I used the airbag sensor bracket though.

by **Dawgz** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:55 pm

Looks real nice!

I still love yellow fogs though, especially is300 projectors :-D

by **Ruski** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:56 pm

DrLove wrote:wow realy nice!!

I wanted to see what it will look on my white lara to get 4300k HID. Now I know, that's beautiful! Look like my SIlverstar but brighter and whiter a bit, really cool.

I don't know how 5000K would look, I don't want to look "white-blue" like ricer civic and all. I want a OEM look, very white (no yellow at all)
Im scare that 4300K would be a bit white-yellow..

Maybe Vegas can help me on that.

I love your fog+headlight with the same Kelvin, that's not rice, that's badass!!

5300 K doesnt give you ricer civic looks, its light blue when the bulb warms up, then goes to white as well

by **[SMAN]** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:45 pm

Ruski wrote:
DrLove wrote:wow realy nice!!

I wanted to see what it will look on my white lara to get 4300k HID. Now I know, that's beautiful! Look like my SIlverstar but brighter and whiter a bit, really cool.

I don't know how 5000K would look, I don't want to look "white-blue" like ricer civic and all. I want a OEM look, very white (no yellow at all)
Im scare that 4300K would be a bit white-yellow..

Maybe Vegas can help me on that.

I love your fog+headlight with the same Kelvin, that's not rice, that's badass!!

5300 K doesnt give you ricer civic looks, its light blue when the bulb warms up, then goes to white as well

I went with 4800k and it's perfect. Infact it's the same color temp you find on those older Cadilac Escalades with HIDs.

by **gasolara2002** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:29 pm

I love the hids. Nice job vegas. My only suggestion is to make sure you enjoy them because once you go hid you will hate halogens. LOL

I've joined the HID bandwagon.

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