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Melting Daylight

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Aeon, Mar 31, 2013.

  1. Mar 31, 2013 at 10:42 PM
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    Aeon

    Aeon [OP] FOX HOUND

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    I have tacoma 4x2 2009 Prerunner

    Anyone know how this problem occurs? see pic :confused:
     
  2. Mar 31, 2013 at 10:47 PM
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    jw1983

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  3. Mar 31, 2013 at 10:58 PM
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    Redfox1

    Redfox1 'Stralia! Riding Roo's and wrangling koalas

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    Your thread title is so mysterious...
     
  4. Apr 1, 2013 at 9:04 AM
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    PSJ

    PSJ Prerunners Work

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    I bet its going to be hard to get a Local Toyota dealer to cover this for you- should have been covered under warranty. :mad:
     
  5. Apr 1, 2013 at 4:17 PM
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    Reeves

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    Mine looked the same way. I just disassembled the housing and took the yellow lenses out.
     
  6. Apr 1, 2013 at 4:18 PM
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    Pannell_Trd

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    Yellow foglights 20% tint
    looks just like mine. very common on 2009-2011. Take it to the dealer if it is still under warranty. There is a tsb on this problem
     
  7. Apr 1, 2013 at 4:48 PM
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    payrow

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    That sucks...Had the same problem with my 2009, luckily I was still within warranty. Took it in and they replaced both headlamps free.
     
  8. Apr 1, 2013 at 4:50 PM
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    Aw9d

    Aw9d That one guy

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    Switch up to LED's after you fix it.
     
  9. Apr 1, 2013 at 4:51 PM
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    moondeath

    moondeath Well-Known Member

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    Lol. First thing I thought was LSD.


    But lens melting seems to happen to some tacomas.
     
  10. Apr 1, 2013 at 6:12 PM
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    joes06tacoma

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    The left side one on my work truck (09 with 75k) finally cracked. I disabled the DRL so it doesn't get any worse. Luckily I found out about the problem from reading on here, and decided not to add DRL to my 06. Too bad, it's a good feature to have if properly engineered.
     
  11. Apr 1, 2013 at 6:18 PM
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    fletch aka

    fletch aka www.BeLikeBrit.org

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    Yep, do the DTRL stealth mod, mine look just like that :(
     

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