Need replacement 2005 HID headlight Assemblies

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Jim.Biggs, May 29, 2011.

  1. Jim.Biggs

    Jim.Biggs Zardoz

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    Hello Everyone,

    My '05 Prius has over 200,000 miles on it and the headlight assemblies have a lot of wear and pitting. I have already taken the car to a body shop and they "polished" out the pitting as well as they could but they are still pretty sad... So, I am considering replacing them. Used is preferred but new and even aftermarket is acceptable. The only thing is these are HID headlamps and all I find on the Internet are assemblies for NON HID headlamps.

    Your suggestions are greatfully appreciated!

    Thanks!
     
    #1 Jim.Biggs, May 29, 2011
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    When your say the body shop polished them did they also wetsand prior to polishing? Wetsanding is required to gets, the deep gouges out.

    I 'veseen hid spec housings on ebay but they are kind of rare. Rockauto.com may sell them also. The other option is to purchase a projector kit and install that into a nonhid housing and just transfer your oem ballast to the new setup. It's more work but it's much better than oem hids in the prius.
     
    #2 F8L, May 29, 2011
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    New housings are around $250 per side at Toyota online parts counters: partznet.com, championtoyotaparts.com, parts.com, etc. Many of the salvage ones on car-part.com have broken tabs but the asking price is still $100-$300 bucks, including bulb and ballast. One approach would be to buy new, and try to recoup a few bucks by selling the old ones on ebay. The housings are rare enough that somebody trying to fix some front end damage would probably buy them.
     
    #3 seilerts, May 29, 2011
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    Just bought a 2005 prius touring with HID Assemblies heavily worn. Will these work?

     
    #4 Luis Rodriguez, Nov 14, 2017
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    Will any Halogen Assembly kit with HID bulbs work?
     
    #5 Luis Rodriguez, Nov 14, 2017
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