Recent content by OregonB

Swap worked great, both sides now working. Satisfying to snip out and scrap the junk ballasts and wiring on each side. The new halogens are't the strongest beams, but work fine (high beams are still the aftermarket LEDs the PO had installed, they work). For $100 in parts & about one hour -...

Was in N. Japan in January & saw this in the ski resort parking lot. I'm a 100 series guy in Oregon, so not good on ID'ing these other flavors...but the lines on this are rig is awesome (the bar on the front is a bit goofy to me, but just adds to the legend)

For what its' worth, I learned the black wire is to the bulb, green wire is the ground...but you probably knew that already. I learned: other way around! Green is to H1 pos, black is to ground.

dang! I hate it when that happens. I guess you could try replacing the connector :( I'm lousy with continuity testers...but faulty headlight relay, maybe?

So if you can wait, I'll do the write-up.

Best of luck. My parts come in in a few days, I should get after it shortly...report back.

Haydog & others - I am going to go back to original. Do not use this rig that much, and just spent $5k on tie-rods/ball joints/shocks/etc/whole front end (220k miles)....not critical to me to have the brightest lights possible (until it is, and then it is too late, ha). I'll try to buff out...

I have not made any progress, yet. Looking closer I saw that one of my low/headlamp assemblies has condensation inside the lens (pic, below). So - leakage, which may = replacing the entire lamp assembly - probably both, since having only one side looking new might look a little weird...

Thank you. I had *assumed* that the grey half-dome cover was OEM.

05 LX470 w/pass side front headlamp burnt out. PO, 9+ yrs ago, (perhaps wanting something brighter/saving $) decided to splice-in a new bulb. Which worked. Everything else stayed original. Problem is, this bulb is no longer available, tried everywhere to find. So I've got a spliced-in bulb...

Tempted to bite on this improved version, except the old one still works.

Maybe one could DIY. I love those kinds of projects. I have to say, this is a legit long-time vendor from Mud way back, and I have a ton of respect for his product. (Why, you may well ask? Because years ago I put one of his early platform iterations into my LX, used some Home Depot bins for...

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motivation for anyone deferring their cabin filters:

thank you