Few Questions About Xenon Problems ?!

[avensis_toyota]

Hello,

From the day I bought a car the lights were very poor, at night I didn`t saw nothing. I change the bulb, but still no improvement. Few days ago I noticed, that when I start the car the lights are "fast flashing" for couple of seconds then they are normal. Now, a day ago, left bulb died. Does this mean that balast are weak, should I change it ?

Second question is, can I buy a new projectors? I would be a great solution, because the bulb holder is probably also a weak spot and a good question is, would it fit from facelift (06-08) model ? Those are made from metal, not plastic, am I right?

Thank you for your help!

[andycam06]

did you buy HIDs yourself or are these factory xenons ?

if you bought hids, what 'k' are they? 6k, 8k ????

mightnt have gotten the best kelvin for best light output

[avensis_toyota]

Hi,

Thank you for your respond. I have an original xenon lights, which are (as we know) very bad. But the first owner didnt change them during the garantie ( I dont know why) so I have to fix that.

Problem is, I dont have money for 2 new headlamps (1700 euro) so I would like to change balast + bulb + projectors, if that is possible?

I dont know who to ask, where to find information about that.

thanks

[Paul Gailey]

I suspect you could do what i did (reline the inside of the bulb holder with metal tape) and get the desired result: http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t137150.html