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Old 01-28-2010, 10:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Are these projectors any good?

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Old 01-28-2010, 10:50 AM   #3 (permalink)
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top yes for hid retro, bottom yes if you want to swap your whole front end to the lexus, and then still change the projectors for hid.
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Old 01-28-2010, 04:05 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Finding matching projectors is a little difficult, its usually easier/cheaper to just buy them both at the same time, so the top one is if you really want those projectors, which I highly doubt you NEED them.

The bottom is what Camracer did on his car, you don't have to change the front end. Looks pretty good IMO except the high beam area is a little off because its so pushed towards the middle of the car.

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Old 01-28-2010, 04:14 PM   #5 (permalink)
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The es300 lights are one piece with both high and low beam projectors. If you want to separate them you will need to cut some metal. I wouldnt try to use these for a retrofit ulness you intend to use the whole thing as one piece.
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adam uses HID in his es300 lights and they look pretty good. not much of a cutoff but they are brighter and do the trick.
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Without depo you won't get a great cutoff.. I cleared my lens as many of you know and there is a cutoff but its not super clear, but the HID in the projectors is definitely a better spread of light.
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I got my depos last week, the light output is nice, but I'd like a more even spread. They are selling the other side ES330 lamp too, each for about 40, is 80 dollars for 2 ES330 projectors too much?
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Personally I would've went with better projectors than the MDX that I bought, but 80 sounds like a great deal for an even better set of projectors! Go for it!
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$80 is a good deal if the projectors are usable for your application. Id jump on em.
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is350 came without HIDs?

the 330 projectors is a good deal. i'd buy em if had the extra$$$
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Is there any hid projector made to fit a 9006 bulb? I don't want to buy another pair of hids.
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Not that I know of.. there are plug and play kits but those go for a lot more without good light spread and cutoffs. I got my H11 HID bulbs for $14 on ebay.. you gotta spend something on the projectors can't really get everything you want at the price you want to pay..
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The second one said it's directly imported from Japan.
Japan is a right hand drive country.
Is the light shape the same as in United states?
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Even if you get RHD projectors, if you know anything about them you can modify the shield to be LHD. For my projectors I opted to modify them into a straight flat line so there is no step in the cutoff.
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