Orderd a set of bi-Xenon 8000K HIDs from XenPro via Amazon yesterday. Should be in about 1 week. Wish me luck. I'll post pics later.

How much did you pay for em?

The list price was $520.00 which was reduced to $175. Not exactly sure why. After S&H, it was $185.

Holy crap 520!! thats crazy

thats what i thought. i didn't know if they were awesome lights or what. glad they came down in price, though

Oh cool someone took the plunge for these! I was looking for a place to get them then I got distracted with other things haha. Let us know how they work! Pics too :)

does anyone know how theese compare to the hid mobile ? cause the hid mobiles are 170 shipped to your door.

i upgraded from the lights that came with the car to Philips Crystal Vision Ultra which was a "decent" upgrade. i have high hopes for these HID lights.

I use mobileHID.COM on both of my xDs and love them!

What bulb is the xd? 9006?

9003

so here is my dilema - i installed the lights (was relatively easy) and everything worked great! The problem came when I tried to aim them. I thought there was too much glare and not enough "road light". It seemed like the light was going everywhere BUT the road. I could see a good 30 feet ahead of me on my right side - road signs lit up really well, but I couldn't see where I was going besides that - esp. in rain. Any suggestions?

time to retrofit HID projectors into your headlights...

I think you are fine. You just need proper aiming, take a look at this link, adjust your light. Report back when you have problem.

http://faqlight.carpassion.info/hl-aiming.htm

i gave it another shot and this time took off the tip end of the glare shield and things are better - there isn't as much light going up. the problem now, is i'm wondering if i should leave them the way they are (spotty black marks on the ground) or do a retrofit. I have NO IDEA how to go about doing a retrofit, though.

Orderd a set of bi-Xenon 8000K HIDs from XenPro via Amazon yesterday. Should be in about 1 week. Wish me luck. I'll post pics later.

There's your problem.

should i have gone with a 4300K instead?

6000K is the highest you should go without having to worry about losing too much light. 4300K/5000K would have been the best choice.

in light of that, is it worth going ahead and trying to retrofit projectors on there or just stick with halogens?

There's nothing better than retrofitting, except of course OEM HID, which isn't an option on Scions.

sorry guys, im giving up. don't have the time to mess around with retrofitting...gonna stick with halogens for now. got a "like new" set of HIDs if anyone's interested :rofl:

What would you have to do to get them to fit? What kind and who'd you buy them from? I might be interested :)

From what I can tell you'd have to get some projectors like out of an Inifiniti FX SUV and remove the headlight assembly. From there, you would take the assembly apart, cut a hole in the reflector and place the projectors in. Clamp everything down, re-seal the healdlight assembly and screw back into the car. Obviously, it is more complicated than that. There are some details here: www.theretrofitsource.com.

They are H4/9003 8000K bi-xenon lights. they come with glare shields, balasts, relay, all wiring and an in-line fuse. They have only been in the car for a couple days. I bought them from XenPro via Amazon. I paid $178-ish, but u can have them for $90 + s&h.

Hrm.. I thought you could stick the HIDs in the normal headlight and it would work, but not as well as using projectors. Lemme find out more info before I make a deal.

[edit] Darn, 8000k is too blue for my tastes :( Had it been 4300k or 5000k I would've snatched yours up. Good luck!

That's what I thought. It does work and it does look better than halogens. Driving to work in the mornings I can tell a difference between my lights and everyone else's - it's a good feeling.

Putting them in the filament housing won't get you the nice crisp cut off lines you see in pics. There is a little bit more light going up. I do see road signs better, though.

I could leave them the way they are and be satisfied, but I would want to finish the project and just don't have time.

i just put 5000k from mobile HID on my girlfriends xd... had to aim them down all the way because it was spraying light everywhere. it is alot better then hallogen though and she loves them :)

i gotta find time to retrofit