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Do I have HID or halogen headlights???

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    I just bought a 2010 sight unseen. I know the Passanger headlight is broken so I will need a new one but I don't know if it's HID or halogen. How can I look this up? The car will be here in a week and I'd like to order the part now so I'll have it ready to install when the car arrives.
     
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    2010? Most likely halogen. HIDs were not available on the 2010. LED headlights were available and only on the 2010 V model (the one with the 17" alloys. If you have headlight washers, you have LED headlights.
     
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    This is what came up
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    They turned out to be halogen
     
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    Makes sense. The odds were in its favour.
     
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    Looks like LED low beams and halogen high beams to me. The "12V 65W" bulb listed is the high beam bulb - single filiment. The first LED headlamps were done this way. The GIV ones use one LED and a "shutter" to get the low/high.

    I'd say they are "LED".

    Just hope they don't burn out. For halogen the bulb is around $10, for LED the replacement is well over $250 from what I hear.
     
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    lol. I didn't even read the attachment.

    Yes, David's right. You have the the LED headlights (For 2010, the low beams are LEDs but the high beams are halogens)
     
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    It had H11 halogen and bi pin marker lights. They didn't have leds
     
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    LED Headlights

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    Halogen Headlight

    some headlights may varies, but this is a general idea of what an Gen 3 (2010-2015) Prius headlight looks like. I hope this helps, dont get me wrong but you can install LED or HID into a halogen headlight.

    Toyota's website for vehicle specification:
    Vehicle Specification | Toyota Owners
     
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