LED Lighting Conversion

Thanks

 

Maybe he was in your parallel universe.

 

Or maybe I'm just old and can't multi task like I use to be able to. I'm definitely burnt out.

 

H11 s the correct bulb. It takes you to the right page but H11 is sold out so it doesn’t show. Wait until they are back in stock and try again.

Also when you want to tag someone. Add an @ in front of their username. Typing the username by itself does nothing. For example @taco_medic

 

Thanx! New to Tacoma world trying to learn about Tacoma upgrades and the lingo. I’m ordering ur setup when it comes available.

 

Awesome!!! I don’t think you’ll be disappointed at all. I’m very please with what I have.

I’d like mention and make you aware that if you’re planning on adding the hood/ditch lights and want to use the same pods I mentioned. The price is excellent and the quality is good. However the light output is less than ideal. They light is very flooded and only adds a small amount of light to a large area. They look awesome, but don’t provide an good beam of light IMO.

 

Did it! Will update next week! Gotta earn my stripes. If they suck I'll send em back

 

Awesome!!! Can't wait for the update. Welcome to the test team haha

 

+1

 

Yea, I hear ya, just me being the worry wart that I am. Really hoping they work out for me and everyone for a very long time, trouble free.
Thanks Brett.

 

First of all - huge THANK YOU to @NerdTaco and @Orlandoech !!!
The original post reeeeeeally needs to be updated!

Hyperflash FIXED!!!

These are the bulbs I am using on my 2018 DCSB TRD Sport:

(2)of OP's front yellow turn signal LED's (JDMAStar 7440 extreme bright amber) installed.
(4) of the JDMAStar Brilliant red 7443 rear parking/brake/turn signal lights.
(2) of the LUYED Extremely bright 1600lm 921 reverse lights.

After installing these bulbs I ONLY got hyperflashing at night, when I had my headlamps turned on. I was going to live with it so not to mess with my OEM wiring. After a few days I got annoyed and decided to dive into this thread and look for an answer. After reading through 70+ pages I came across @NerdTaco and @Orlandoech 's posts. That helped me decide to get the 2 pack of philips 21W Vision LED Canceller @NerdTaco used.

I spliced them in (which by the way is easier with the phillips cause the wires are long and both ends come with a splice thing already to go) according to @Orlandoech 's picture and BOOYA!!! NO MORE HYPERFLASH no matter what condition my lights are in - on/off/parking/etc. I ended up mounting the ballast to the back of the lens cavity on the truck sheet metal with two self tapping screws - figured it would be a good heat sink.

ALSO!

For the people saying that the ballasts get hot - you are probably wiring them into the parking lights which would cause them to heat up due to the lights being on constantly.

The ballast should not get hot if you wire them into the TURN SIGNAL wire and ground - causing it to be ON only when the turn signal is flashing - other than having your hazard lights on - then yes they might heat up normally.

To make this stick post any good I think the mod's or OP should update page 1 - but others have asked and still no change

Again HUGE thank you guys!!!

 

Or just buy VLEDS and plug and play, no hyperflash. Yay!

 

That's an option but for those like me that are just looking for a way to upgrade bulbs to LED with the most bang for the buck and with as little modification to OEM wiring as possible - this was the way to go.

VLEDS would have cost $240 just for the turn signal (2) and brake bulbs (4) alone - still would have to buy the resistors!

The (2) JDMAStar bulbs for front and (4) for back INCLUDING the philips resistors from Amazon cost $80 bucks!

I'm not saying the JDMAStar bulbs are better than the VLEDS but for my money I can replace them 3 times over for the same money....so that is the route I took

 

Not true. As little modification as possible means none. Tapping lines for resistors is a half ass fix to save money in the moment for a nearly certain repair cost down the road.

I used 4 of the VLEDS HO in the back and V6 Triton in the front. No resistors in the system at all. No hyperflash. If necessary they have a resistor that runs in line via thier plug for the V6 Triton. If I was doing it again I’d go HO front too, I might buy a set just to test em’ when I order my micros for the HB/LB. I went V6 Triton to run resistors in line if necessary but I didn't need to and no one else had done it before so I had no reference point.

Get $240 worth of bulbs, have zero problems, no hyperflash, way better light output and retain 100% of the integrity of your factory wiring.

Taping a factory harness permanently damages it.

If you read though this thread you will see tons of issues with resistors and cheap bulbs. I’d never buy a truck with a bunch of resistors tapped into the harness. I hope you at least put rubber tape over everything so it’s not corroded in a few years.

Also time is money. $80 and your time to run resistors, replace them later, replace bulbs that shit out. Possibly deal with damage that occurs during the install. And if/when you get corosion running up the wire from the tap site down the road that will be huge money to fix. And look at the guys who fried thier body ECU messing with cheap bulbs.

All massive fails.

Basically buying cheap bulbs to save $1XX at the cost of unnecessarily damaging your wiring harness on a truck that cost how many tens of thousand of dollars....

 

At the end of the day - everyone makes their own decisions, like I did. I'm not telling anyone what to buy and what not to buy. I just wanted to let other members know what I used and what worked for me. Hopefully someone finds the info I posted useful, that is why I posted it.

 

Thanks for sharing the pics and link. I'm going HID for my Lows, but this combo looks like it'll fit the bill perfectly for my highs and fogs, especially for only $60. I'm kind of torn between these and the Auxbeam S2's, they seem darn near identical, but I'm trying my luck at a best offer on the Lasfits first.

As others have said, the OP or a Mod REALLY NEED TO UPDATE THE FIRST POST. Even if they just added links to the most useful posts in this thread, because I almost bought the wrong lights since I didn't want to read 70+ pages.

@chan2565 @sean266

 

Try taging a mod or the OP with your suggestion. Although, since the thread got jacked sort of a long time ago it might be futile.

 

Maybe start a new thread with all info consolidated? Name it led light conversion 2.0!

 

Yea, just the good info and none of my long, dumb ass posts! Where I am all

 

Hikari H11 with Phillip's lumileds are back in stock tonight!

https://www.amazon.com/HIKARI-Headl...qid=1517727977&sr=8-3&keywords=hikari+led+h11