LED Lighting Conversion

Just messin'.

 

They are DeAutoLED, from this thread:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-921-led-reverse-light-bulb-study.490137/

Available here (the website is terrible):
http://deautokey.com/product/bright-15-chip-reverse-leds-194-921-wedge-error-free-fits-toyota-tacoma

I've talked with the DeAutoLED guys extensively and they know their stuff. While these are not the cheapest, they are by far the best performing I have seen and have a lifetime warranty.

 

Congrats on having brighter fogs and reverse lights than anyone in the thread.

 

Hahaha

 

Got my Morimoto XB LED fog lights from the group buy over a month ago. Finally installed them today. They look great, plug & play and closely match the Hikari Philips hi/lo beams. Huge improvement over the stock fogs that look anemic by comparison. The Morimoto's make it obvious that the stock fog lights are just there to fill the hole. Install was simple and other than wrestling with the fender liner was easy. Very pleased.

 

I have used Philips Vision LED as back-up light. Works pretty well for me.

 

Philips are decent, about 10% brighter than stock and project well at distance though the 100% rear facing reflector based optical design doesn’t do the greatest job illuminating immediately behind the truck, but if it were not for the backup camera you’d never know. If you’re buying a major name brand in lighting like Philips, you know it is going to be a decent product.

Stock left vs Philips right

 

Sounds great man, congratulations!

 

Thought you guys would appreciate this video of our Xtreme Pro H11 LED headlight kit installed in a Tacoma (along with some bajadesigns lighting): Enjoy

Steve

 

@RobP62 - any initial teaser pics of the bulbs themselves?

 

I am so sorry, no, not yet. Work is freaking insane and to make matters worst we have been hit with some pretty bad rain/hail storms the past couple of nights and our power has been in/out at home. I will take some pics tonight (weather permitting) of the official unboxing. Promise.

Again, sorry. I should be able to do some comparisons this Saturday night if the rain lets up. I'm not a fan of dealing with lighting modifications in a wet environment LOL.

 

No apologies needed my friend, just excited to see what you come up with

Steve

 

I'm definitely excited based on what I see so far.

 

Just ordered cougarmotor LB and fogs, because the price was right, and I am uber cheap, if these suck I will try something else.

 

Obviously I'm biased towards our Xtreme PRO H11 LED kit, but you really don't want to install anything in your headlight housing that uses COB style emitter. They may be bright (depending on the quality of the diode), but they in no way remotely suitable for headlight application.

Steve

 

Speak to me like I know nothing about lighting. Because I don’t...

But there are a ton of good reviews on those cougars.

And I didn’t really want to spend $100+ on LEDs and be let down. $63 for headlights and fogs is easier to swallow

 

I'm going to skip the cougar jokes

The type and positioning of the diodes on your LEDs will determine how well they can reproduce the same pattern of light as the halogen bulbs you're replacing. Xtreme PRO LED headlight bulbs are designed with Lumiled Z ES diodes, which have a smaller footprint and allow for the LED to more accurately mimic the positioning of the halogen filament on the original halogen bulbs. This way you get the closest match to the beam pattern of the stock bulbs, even though the light will be coming from the two sides of the LED, as opposed to the central filament source of light on the original bulbs. In essence, not only are we using brighter LEDs, we're also using your headlights' optics to get the best possible beam pattern and light output. LED headlight kits using COB style chips can be bright, but there is absolutely no way to control the light output - so you're basically getting a lot of light in all the wrong places.

Hope this makes sense,

Steve

 

Well we shall see. If they suck, I’ll send them back or toss them to someone. They were inexpensive. I hear over and over how people haven’t been satisfied with LED, and I’d hate to blow money on expensive bulbs and be unhappy. Has to be better than the bulbs in the OP, which even say not for headlight use.

 

I am working on a review of the new Exnon Depot H11 bulbs. I have some preliminary pics I am going to post up before I leave work. Nothing installed just shots of the equipment.

 

Nice!!