HID fitment for 05 Highlander ??

[nsx1164]

Am looking to install HID headlamps on my 2005 Highlander Limited.

Any folks with any experience and suggestions on available kits ??

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This offer on another Toyota forum (solaraguy.com) looks pretty interesting...
http://www.zer0.info/solaraguy/viewtopic.php?t=8893

[nsx1164]

Another HID deal on TN "vendor" section:

McCulloch 8000K HID Kits $345 shipped!

[nsx1164]

Here's a link to an install instruction page -- looks pretty straightforward.

http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/brigh...tallation.html

[nsx1164]

FYI -- this vendor sells Philips (not McCulloch) kits with good warranty. A bit more $$, but some say you get what you pay for.

http://www.lavalighting.com/products.html

Anyone with any experience with these folks and their kits ??

[nsx1164]

Just installed the Philips 9006 HID kit from Jerry at Lava Lighting on my 05 Highlander... got it on a group buy that was setup on hidplanet.com forums

WOW... difference is literally like night and day. The OE halogen bulbs are NOT BAD, but HID really makes a big change.

Thanks Jerry for the great product.

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See http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=815 for info/details on the GB.
Its now closed, but there may be opportunities for discounts on multi-kit follow-on purchases.

Lava Lighting products can be found at http://www.lavalighting.com/products.html

[phml]

Is there a nice cutoff line with the HID kit in your non-HID reflector housing? I think the kits use D2S HID bulbs...which will create alot of glare.

Got any pics of the beam pattern? I was thinking of doing the same.

Pete

[amber00dak]

dont buy McCulloch, its over-priced garbage. lifespan is usually about a year before parts malfunction or die.

if you want to get the best outa HID, dont buy a kit. build your own from OE components. you can get a complete OE set-up for half of what that McCulloch is going for. believe me, i just bought another set off ebay last week, a whole kit from an Infinity....bulbs, ballasts, everything, 160 shipped. you can get some projectors for under 200 if you look around, then you will have the same set-up that audis and s2000s, have.

if you do go with a kit, remember that its a really good idea to use a harness and not connect directly to the factory headlight harness'. if you dont, its a good chance you will fry something in the future. HIDs do use less power when running, but at start-up they take a ton of juice

[SUla89]

I currently run on a kit I bought off of ebay for 288 dollars. Comes with rebased 4300k bulbs and Koito/Denso ballast. The kit is great, and the ballast actually says toyota on it.

Installation look about 15 minutes.