99 Is200 Hid?

ghoststar · September 29, 2012

Hi All,

It seems I've found myself at a bit of a stale mate. I purchased a 1999 is200(barely 70,000 miles on it) since January and have decided I would like to change my Fog(100W whitish 9006 Xenon(non-HID) ) bulbs to Yellow (3000K HID's?).

Now at the cost($300 USD) of what the guy wanted to charge me(for ballast & bulbs that I didnt even know the quality of...nor does he apparently... ), I've considered doing this myself.

With the above taken into consideration I am versed with taking my bumper off & changing the lights(lows, highs & fogs are all on this 100w "Xenon bulb" that ISNT HID :megaangry: ).

Can anyone provide a valid link to a plug & play quality ballast w/ relay/harness/etc at a relatively decent price? I'd rather pay for quality that lasts over the eBay junk I keep running into. Along with any help on installing it to my fog lights(wire by wire).

Mind you, even if the website[or supplier] doesn't ship directly to Antigua[West Indies/Caribbean], I have a shipping address in the US as well if all else fails. <-For some reason WE dont carry HID ballasts here... just the bulbs... and I feel like im shooting myself in the foot every time I ask "Soooo, how did you get HID's" to hear -> "I have an IS300, all I did was change my bulbs" :tsktsk:

:eerrrmm: God, if I realized it was all this trouble I'd have gotten me an IS300 with the HID's from stock.

ghoststar · September 29, 2012

Sorry to double post... but... IF by chance I considered going with my low beams (later on) using hid... would it also be worth getting an is300 headlights as they would likely have the auto-leveling feature vs my halogen headlightso n my 99 IS200?

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This is not even nearly as important to me as having my fogs fixed up though... it was raining for hours on end yesterday and I learnt the hard way that Yellow light is seen better in harsh conditions than white/blue light (dude ALMOST hit my car with a with a semi mack truck).

jomo · September 29, 2012

1, is300 lights wont fit the is200 with out a lot of body work, so not worth the effort IMO.

1a, the self leveling feature is fitted to the suspension not the headlights, and thats a huge job to under take.

2, i'v had hid's fitted in my is200 high n low beams for the past 4 years without any issues and i bought them from eBay.

3, fitting hid's to your fogs light is easy, remove the fogs, there's enough cable to connect the hid's to the loom without removing the bumper,add some lengths of double sided number plate tape to stick the ballasts to the car and refit the fogs.

HTH.