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[gaijin]

I think you would really like these for the HID bulbs, I have them and they are a really nice bright white color (almost like a modern LED headlight). The price on Amazon Japan is also really good and they are 100% real Philips bulbs.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00XQL73I2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Really hard to get a good photo but I tried....

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Thanks for the heads up - those do look good. I didn't realize how yellow my HID low beams looked until today.

So ... I fixed my problem and installed the Philips HID bulbs. It's hard to get a picture that accurately shows what the naked eye sees, but they are definitely whiter than the stock HID bulbs, and a bit brighter.

With the new HID bulb installed on the passenger side and the stock bulb still in the driver's side (there's a new LED fog bulb on the passengerside, but more on those later), here are some pics ...

Hard to see any difference here, but whiter and a bit brighter:

To better appreciate the color difference, here are pics of the driver side high (IPF LED's) and low beam stock HID bulb:

Easy to see the yellower color of the stock HID bulb when compared to the IPF LED.

Same shot, but on the passenger side with the new HID bulb and the same IPF LED:

Both low and high beams are now pretty well color matched.

Here are the lows and highs projected on my garage door from 20 feet away - stock HID still on driver;s side with new HID bulb on passenger side with IPF LED highs on both sides:

I blocked off each light with an opague blanket so only the one being measured was showing and took these measurements of LUX for the different bulbs:

Stock HID low beam - 794 LUX
New Philips HID low beam - 853 LUX
New IPF LED high beams - 2,760 LUX each

At this point, the halogen fogs I had been using looked like they should be LED's also, so I pulled the NOKYA H16 yellow halogen bulbs and replaced them with Philips yellow LED H16 fog light bulbs.

Old halogen and new LED:

Reflected on the garage door at 20 feet - new LED on passenger side and NOKYA halogen on driver side:

LED looks a bit yellower, but no brighter - both measured 270 LUX.

Happy with this lighting for now.

HTH

 

[AL LC2013]

Are there any instructions out there on how to replace the D4S HID bulbs (low beam) with replacement bulbs? Have searched around and haven't found any. Can't seem to figure out this connector as I believe it is unconnected and you turn the cover counter-clockwise?

 

[gaijin]

View attachment 1629846 Are there any instructions out there on how to replace the D4S HID bulbs (low beam) with replacement bulbs? Have searched around and haven't found any. Can't seem to figure out this connector as I believe it is unconnected and you turn the cover counter-clockwise?

I paid for a short term subscription to the online TIS manual, the instructions are available there:

What you need to do is turn that cover counter-clockwise, pull it part way out, and then disconnect the connector. Then you will have to rotate the internal bulb connector counter-clockwise to remove that in order to gain access to the bulb which is held in place by a spring.

NOTE: The manual says that the rubber gaskets on the big outer cover are NOT a re-usable part - see the part number for a new gasket in my pic.

HTH

 

[AL LC2013]

Great, thanks for the help!

 

[Reckless]

IPF Headlight LED 5000 lm 351hlb V2 only lasted 2 months for me. I installed it in my fog light. One bulb has already burned out. Not too happy for $205.

 

[SQRRRL]

Installed IPF high beams and fogs on 2013 LC. High beams are bright and yellow fog blend well with the low beam.
Did anyone get these with their IPF’s

 

[Chocolate]

Those are the 194s that go in the majority of the interior lights and doors.

The 194s are very easy to replace in the interior as a set. You just pry off the covers. Make sure to disconnect the battery before replacing the door bulbs.

 

[airforce1]

IPF Headlight LED 5000 lm 351hlb V2 only lasted 2 months for me. I installed it in my fog light. One bulb has already burned out. Not too happy for $205.

Reckless, sorry to hear about that. I believe that it can be returned under warranty?

Quick question for forum members:

I have a '08 LX570 so I don't want to be modifying the dustcap....which means I will be going for the Hikari's.

Any reports on longevity or light output comparisons on their newer 12,000 lumen LEDS?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077B7GJ5J/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_WRJzAbX23T9HK?tag=ihco-20

 

[tbisaacs]

View attachment 1689707 Installed IPF high beams and fogs on 2013 LC. High beams are bright and yellow fog blend well with the low beam.
Did anyone get these with their IPF’s

On the LX the 194s at the “parking lights” in the head light housing.

 

[tabraha]

IPF Headlight LED 5000 lm 351hlb V2 only lasted 2 months for me. I installed it in my fog light. One bulb has already burned out. Not too happy for $205.

Definitely let us know how if the warranty works out and if it is a painless process. I know that's frustrating.

Also as a follow up my cheap-o amazon LED's (high/low and fogs) are still rolling along 9 month in and I leave the low's on full time as DRL's basically. I still have not found extended dustcaps for the low beams (highs and fogs worked out with all the factory caps) but the optics are clean as a whistle still on the lows and see over a mile of dirt road every single day it is driven. I guess those o-rings work pretty good, but I still want the dust caps...

I'm hoping the cheap-o led's will last long enough for the big names to really sort out fanless LED's that have longevity worked out. I know there are options out there now but very few and unfortunately none have been in the wild for a substantial length of time.

 

[SQRRRL]

View attachment 1689707 Installed IPF high beams and fogs on 2013 LC. High beams are bright and yellow fog blend well with the low beam.
Did anyone get these with their IPF’S?

 

[Reckless]

Definitely let us know how if the warranty works out and if it is a painless process. I know that's frustrating.

Very frustrating and completely useless since I went through Amazon Japan. They didn't respond and I contacted them four times. Amazon Japan wouldn't accept the return since it was ~4 months when I went to make the claim. I ordered another pair from Japan. I don't know of any comparable brands or I probably would have switched. I did get used to the super light output from the high beam bulbs in my fogs. Waiting for a much larger output bulb to replace my V1 LED low beams. I am not sure they will make a V3 that pumps out 8-10,000 lumens. V2 is at 5,000.

 

[SQRRRL]

Very frustrating and completely useless since I went through Amazon Japan. They didn't respond and I contacted them four times. Amazon Japan wouldn't accept the return since it was ~4 months when I went to make the claim. I ordered another pair from Japan. I don't know of any comparable brands or I probably would have switched. I did get used to the super light output from the high beam bulbs in my fogs. Waiting for a much larger output bulb to replace my V1 LED low beams. I am not sure they will make a V3 that pumps out 8-10,000 lumens. V2 is at 5,000.

Do you think the LED failed because it was used as a fog and not a high beam?

 

[Reckless]

Do you think the LED failed because it was used as a fog and not a high beam?

At first it was something I thought. I asked my friends could it be heat, could it be current draw or something else and everyone said it should be no different. I imagine it was something to do with initial manufacturing run poor quality.

 

[SQRRRL]

At first it was something I thought. I asked my friends could it be heat, could it be current draw or something else and everyone said it should be no different. I imagine it was something to do with initial manufacturing run poor quality.

Copy that.

 

[grinchy]

Is anyone running the IPF HB3 as a high beam in an LX? Does it function still as a DRL? if so what year do you have?

 

[RyanR]

Finally got around to installing the IPF 301HLB2 LED's in my 2008 LX570 Low Beams. I did the dust cap modification and added rubber cups to the backs to create room for the LED housing to move properly with the AFS system. I originally ordered these in January of 2018 and they came from Amazon Japan in 2 or 3 days so they have been sitting in the garage for a long time.

I've had a variety of LED headlight retrofit bulbs, HID conversions (Housing mods with lens swaps) and LED lightbars over the years from cheap Chinese ebay specials to Rigid and BajaDesigns. I haven't seen an LED that puts out a light quite like this. If I hadn't installed the bulbs myself I would swear they are HID as the light intensity and color just doesn't look like an LED. I mean this in a good way, I absolutely couldn't be happier with the quality of the light, even distribution and sharp cut off.

I had every intent of doing the Hikari "Eyes of the Megatron" LED's for my High Beams as they are half the price of the IPF 351HLB2 High Beam LED's, and require no modification of the dust caps, but I am so pleased with the low beams I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the high beams too.

I did not get the T10 Marker bulbs included with my H11's so I went ahead and ordered the IPF 301WAM T10 bulbs to replace my no very dingy looking stock marker bulbs.

Items I have purchased:
IPF 301HLB2 - H11 Low Beam Bulbs
IPF 351HLB2 - 9005 High Beam Bulbs
IPF 301WAM - T10 Marker Bulb

My order from amazon.co.jp for the High Beam and Marker Bulb came to $187.02 I also have some H11 Hella Optilux Xenon Yellow bulbs for the Fogs that I'll install when I do the High Beams and marker lights. Hopefully they are short lived because their demise means MetalTech made an LX570 revision of the GhostRider bumper and I have since chopped off the lower valance lol

Grinchy - From previous comments it sounds like people are seeing the IPF retain the DRL function but once I receive mine I will test and report back. My 2008 should be electrically similar to your 2009.

 

[RyanR]

Definitely let us know how if the warranty works out and if it is a painless process. I know that's frustrating.

Also as a follow up my cheap-o amazon LED's (high/low and fogs) are still rolling along 9 month in and I leave the low's on full time as DRL's basically. I still have not found extended dustcaps for the low beams (highs and fogs worked out with all the factory caps) but the optics are clean as a whistle still on the lows and see over a mile of dirt road every single day it is driven. I guess those o-rings work pretty good, but I still want the dust caps...

I'm hoping the cheap-o led's will last long enough for the big names to really sort out fanless LED's that have longevity worked out. I know there are options out there now but very few and unfortunately none have been in the wild for a substantial length of time.

Somewhere earlier in this thread there is a post about modifying the dust caps with extended rubber caps, I'll try to find it. I did the same, took about 10 minutes per cap to cut the center out with my dremel and clean them up and glue the rubber boot on them. They fit perfectly.

EDIT: See Post Below for electro992's guide on modifying the dust caps.

 

[RyanR]

Pictures of the dust cap modification for anyone installing these on a 08-11 LX. Pretty much the entire cap needs to be cut away in order to keep the AFS functional. A 3 inch hole saw works great. I used these extension caps, the 95mm size is a perfect fit for both the ID and the OD (lip wraps down over the edge and is trimmed flush):

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071FWFCQ5/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Thank you!! I followed your lead for my 2008 LX570 and this worked perfectly!

 

[LXinOBX]

Just a quick note on my approach to the dust cap issue - if one removes the dust cap and drills it with a 3" hole saw you'll get a (duh) nice 3" opening that is flared slightly at the edge. A plastic cup (like the ones sold w soda at college football games) fits nicely into the hole and then (because they are a smaller diameter at the bottom that the top) seats firmly in the cap (then you cut off the "top" of the cup). I applied a little sealant, but it is (my opinion) a far superior approach (and if you are totally anal you can paint the new extension to match the OEM cap.

I found the dust cap approach to be really clunky and looks like schit.