So after close to five years of service, my driver side Xentec HID headlight kit has begun to intermittently fail. The bulbs still work perfectly, no clouding or purple tinge, to my surprise. The ballast sporadically emits a high pitch buzzing sound and doesn’t fire up the HID bulb. This appears to occur randomly while the passenger […]
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Here’s a new DIY guide on how to remove and swap out the tail lights on your 3rd generation 2010-2015 Toyota Prius. For this guide, I decided to swap out the OEM “double hockey” 2012 Prius tail lights for a pair of aftermarket JDM Valenti Jewel LED tail lamps in clear lens/ red chrome finish. […]
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Our 3rd generation Prius is approaching its 5th year anniversary and to commemorate, I decided to give it a minor exterior upgrade. Over this weekend, I’ll swap out the OEM double-hockey stick tail lights with a pair of brand new chrome red Valenti LED tail lights. I wanted to get the smoked chrome version, but […]
Read MoreI meant to write this review a few weeks ago but did not have the Nokya projector fog lamps installed on the Prius due to lack of time and because my fog light comparison project was still ongoing. I ordered these lamps from TunersDepot.com and received them within a day once they shipped. I had to […]
Read MoreI owned a set of interior LED light upgrades for my previous Acura RSX. My review on those lights can be read here. Being absolutely satisfied with the output of these LED lights, I decided that the interior lights were the first thing to upgrade in my new Prius. The LED performed as expected. For […]
Read MoreI received a complimentary set of custom-fitted LED replacement interior lights from Anthony at exLEDusa for the Acura RSX a few days before I embarked on my end of 2011 road trip to the northern California coast. Prior to being introduced to exLEDusa’s customized interior LED replacements, I’ve used Putco PURE LED lights by Xenon Depot […]
Read MoreToday I received a complimentary set of Putco LED dome lights from Steve of www.xenondepot.com / KBcarstuff to review. I’ve been intending to replace all of my car’s replaceable bulbs with lower power LED equivalents, and Steve approached me at the right place and at the right time. The total cost to replace all my bulbs with […]
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