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Do I have HID lights?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by plasakow, Aug 30, 2010.

  1. plasakow

    plasakow Junior Member

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    Just bought a used 2005 prius with, I beleve, the advance tech package (nav, bluetooth, leather, CD changer).

    I notice the headlights are whiter than most other cars on the road.

    Do HID lights come standard, or do I just have a hi color temp quartz?

    Thanks!!!!
     
    #1 plasakow, Aug 30, 2010
  2. 2007-Prius-hybrid

    2007-Prius-hybrid New Member

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    HID's are in that model
     
    #2 2007-Prius-hybrid, Aug 30, 2010
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    firepa63 Former Prius Owner

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    If you have fog lights, you have HIDs.
     
    #3 firepa63, Aug 30, 2010
  4. plasakow

    plasakow Junior Member

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    Thanks for the replies. A couple of followups:

    1) Is there a replacement bulb or combo bulb/ballast kit that would give me brighter beams? I commute 30 miles at night through country, deer-in-the-road, minor roads. Every lumen I can coax out of my car, the more secure both the deer and I feel.

    2) Yes, I have fog lights. I can't figure out how to turn the suckers on, though.
     
    #4 plasakow, Aug 30, 2010
  5. JimboPalmer

    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    the outer ring is headlights, the inner ring is foglights

    (Normally this stalk is attached to your steering column)
     
    #5 JimboPalmer, Aug 30, 2010
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    cwerdna Senior Member

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    The USA section of http://priuschat.com/forums/knowled...andard-optional-equipment-some-countries.html is helpful to a lot of folks.

    Another thing one will notice w/the HIDs (if you have them), is if you turn the high beams on/off, a portion of the mechanism behind the lens moves forward or back. There isn't a 2nd set of lights (high beams) that turns on/off. My Z and my former 02 Maxima had a set of halogen high beams that'd turn on/off with the HIDs staying on, the whole time.
     
    #6 cwerdna, Aug 31, 2010
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