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Your idea is like shaking and sloshing your fish bowl and thinking it will be clean when the water settles.
There are threads on how to take them apart, I did one before reading a thread on how to do it. Not the best route.
Finally a 100 owner....
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Your idea is like shaking and sloshing your fish bowl and thinking it will be clean when the water settles.
There are threads on how to take them apart, I did one before reading a thread on how to do it. Not the best route.
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Posted my wheels in the classifieds and on ebay 1998-07 Toyota Land Cruiser LX470 Lexus BLACK Wheels : eBay Motors (item 370330892954 end time Feb-14-10 22:09:08 PST)
Goodridge G-stop Brake Lines - includes 6 lines to replace all the rubber hoses not just the four at the wheels.
Anthony.L
Looking for the end of the road...
How about SS lines that are longer then stock for more travel without fear of tearing a line?
UPS just dropped my HID's in. I was very impressed with the quality of the ballasts. I was looking for the color K to double check and I saw 55W on the ballasts
. Looks like they will be a little bright. I ordered the 35W kit and I guess they sent me the 55W kit. I might as well just drive with my high beams on
. I'll put them in and do a few laps around town and see how many flash me, as well as have somebody drive me past it with the lights on to test the glare. Now I'm hoping they sent me the 5K kit and not some 12K hyper purple spurkle (it rhymed with purple and sounded funny...) color. I'm sure Bull Cruiser will chime in with his experience with his hand made HID bulbs with ballasts from his friends Buggati Veyron and custom brackets from Germany telling me he won 56 awards for best color, 12 awards for cool headlights.- Thread starter
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And you bring the funny!
Anthony.L
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I ordered the 55w on purpose! doh
Maybe they saw your order and was like "hey this other LC 100 guy ordered 55w so he probably wants them too!"
Maybe they saw your order and was like "hey this other LC 100 guy ordered 55w so he probably wants them too!"
I ordered the 55w on purpose! doh
Maybe they saw your order and was like "hey this other LC 100 guy ordered 55w so he probably wants them too!"
are you not afraid of the star-up AMPS on the ballasts. It's startup is a whopping 6.2A's where factory (halogen) is 4.3A, I don't want to fry anything! Did you get the relay kit?
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I tried using the factory harness to power the ballasts. Not enough power to even try to ignite them. Being 55W it was hopeless. I did not blow any fuses. I was bummed. I call pman and went to his place to see if his skills would help. It did, we built a relay kit and it now pulls directly from the battery. I used to always drive with the fogs on, now I find the fogs unnessecary! The cut off is surpisingly clean. I was expecting it to be a mess...but it's nice.
I love my headlights.
I love my headlights.
Anthony.L
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So 55W wasn't a bad idea after all huh?
Since it's night time, take any pics?
Since it's night time, take any pics?
what's the color like. Can you tell a difference behind the wheel? An regrets or second thoughts? What spec relay did you use?
Give me 20 mins for pics. I gotta find cam and get out there. Its a 5K 55W APEXCONE HID KIT. No regrets, it's pure white behind the wheel and very very very nice to have now. Wish I did this sooner.
They take about 30 seconds to fully crank, while im out there I will take pictures of the relay package so you can see the specs (since it's dark I'll take a picture of the new harness tomorrow)
They take about 30 seconds to fully crank, while im out there I will take pictures of the relay package so you can see the specs (since it's dark I'll take a picture of the new harness tomorrow)
As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy.
Did you get get 55w for the lows only.... or did you do highs, lows and fogs? I've had 35w HID's for a little more then 7 years. I've went from 4500k-5k-8k.... i tried the 55w ballasts on my lows but ran into the same problem as you. Then figured it out and did the same thing Pman did, for you, with an external relay but I noticed the 55w would emit a tiny flicker (about 5-6 tiny flickers a minute), it was enough to bother me to switch back to my 35w ballasts. Didn't really see the huge difference in lighting either way, the 55w were a tad brighter.
Did you get get 55w for the lows only.... or did you do highs, lows and fogs? I've had 35w HID's for a little more then 7 years. I've went from 4500k-5k-8k.... i tried the 55w ballasts on my lows but ran into the same problem as you. Then figured it out and did the same thing Pman did, for you, with an external relay but I noticed the 55w would emit a tiny flicker (about 5-6 tiny flickers a minute), it was enough to bother me to switch back to my 35w ballasts. Didn't really see the huge difference in lighting either way, the 55w were a tad brighter.
FullyLitLED
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instead of hi jacking Shane's thread, I'm creating a hid install thread. please direct new comments to it...
Thanks!
oh, i have pics
start the thread now pls! I'm considering HID's! I'll need them cos my headlights now have a smoke finish
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Black Pearl is discontinued, so unless you're painting them . . .
So wish I would have bought a black pearl kit when they were on close out for $60. But then again, I didn't have a 100 then.
So wish I would have bought a black pearl kit when they were on close out for $60. But then again, I didn't have a 100 then.
Anthony.L
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Dang that sucks to hear black pearl is no longer available. $10 says Shane will now go on a national manhunt for a Toyota dealer with old stock emblems!
My vote, paint them black. That's what I will be doing.
My vote, paint them black. That's what I will be doing.
