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LED Lighting Conversion

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by chan2565, Jun 14, 2016.

  1. Oct 1, 2018 at 12:14 PM
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    RobP62

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    Oh, my manners. Welcome to the forum guys!! :hattip:
     
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    The single 9012 bulb for the low and high beam has been around for a few years but it's a new tech Toyota started using recently on some models. Our 9012 Xtreme Pro LED kit is exactly like our H11 LED kits and will work for your C-HR @matt636 with the same functionality you currently have.

    Danny
     
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  4. Oct 1, 2018 at 12:29 PM
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    BAM! Thank you Danny!!!!!
     
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    Don't sweat it, dude! I appreciate this entire thread, even if it is 170+ pages long. Just trying to get a nice solid answer for an LED conversion for the turns and tails. Already have an HID kit going in shortly.
     
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  6. Oct 1, 2018 at 12:42 PM
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    Four months into my purchase of Hikari LEDs and I'm very satisfied. The light these produce is more than adequate, and I've yet to encounter an issue. I'm also very satisfied with my cheap Hella Optilux fog bulbs. The yellow light seems to balance out the pure white from the Hikari's and warms up the spectrum a little. Below you can see the low beam cutoff and where the fog beams take over. If I do anything else lighting related it will be more power to my fogs and upgrade the halogen bulbs. I see no reason to add a lightbar to this truck with the LED upgrades producing significant light already.

    [​IMG]

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  7. Oct 1, 2018 at 1:07 PM
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    Thank you very much guys!
     
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    :hattip:
     
  9. Oct 1, 2018 at 3:01 PM
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    deAutoLED.com

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    Great thread! Being from 2016 there are some outdated LED technology in the thread.

    We are a new vendor here at TacomaWorld so we want to start by saying we are here to prove ourselves and offer discounts on our LEDs so people can see what we offer.

    While we already have many forum members running our LEDs through the TacomaWorld FB page ( ) we asked them NOT to post on the forum to avoid it look like we were spamming until we spoke about being vendors and part of this great forum.

    We also want to make clear that we are not here to just drop our product and run. We work with our customers and can help develop brand new LEDs for your car if you don't already see it on our site and work with you on discounts.

    We have many of the LEDs people want here tested and ready to go. A few we are still testing like the 9012 and @matt636 if you’d like please email Support@deAutoLED.com – HID are best for projectors right now but we have some new LED technology never before seen on the market for projectors and can get you setup with a custom 9012 model if you'd like (it will have a 2 week lead time but we feel it will be worth the wait.)


    PLEASE For a discount and further help simply email Support@deAutoLED.com and they can get you setup with what you need. We know once you install these you will see a difference vs competitors and what we offer.

    --OK Now to get to the LEDs being discussed in this thread--

    Many of the LEDs can be quickly found here and new ones added almost daily:
    http://deautokey.com/category/shop-by-car-model-toyota-tacoma-all-years-trims

    H11 Fog LEDs:
    http://deautokey.com/product/led-headlight-fog-cree-led-bulb-with-ballast-1800-lumen

    We know the Philips are popular and had them tested against our H11 fogs. Many people that tested did agree ours were brighter. This is a photo of the H11 fogs vs Philips (almost same price but a lot more light) - this has yellow film over the lens:
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    And on road low beam with fogs on/off - you can see how much added light they provide:
    [​IMG]

    Customer Video of Tacoma HID Projector and H11 Fogs:


    HID Low Beams H11 Listing:
    http://deautokey.com/product/35w-slim-digital-ac-canbus-ballast-h7-h8-h11-h15-9006

    H9 High BEAM LEDs on drop down it is H9:
    http://deautokey.com/product/h15-da...00-plug-play-fits-many-volkswagen-audi-models

    If your car has 7440 front turns that can be found here - very bright error free (this is not the 7443 model and will be out at the end of the month):
    http://deautokey.com/product/universal-front-turn-signal-leds-fits-all-car-models

    Complete interior LED kit - very very bright no errors:
    http://deautokey.com/product/complete-interior-led-kit-for-toyota-tacoma-3rd-gen-2016

    DIY Video:


    Bright reverse LEDs:
    http://deautokey.com/product/bright-15-chip-reverse-leds-194-921-wedge-error-free-fits-toyota-tacoma

    Bright error free 7443 red model for brake/tails:
    http://deautokey.com/product/universal-brake-tail-leds-fits-all-car-models

    License plate LEDs - 194:
    http://deautokey.com/product/univer...right-error-free-fits-many-vw-and-audi-models

    Side markers are 194 - amber and white:
    http://deautokey.com/product/universal-error-free-side-marker-leds-amber-or-white

    And 3rd brake light - that is a custom 194 they have a bright model but no listing but you can email them Support@deAutoLED.com for the 3rd brake light.

    We feel once you try them out you can see the difference in brightness/clean white color temp and no errors.

    Please email Support@deAutoLED.com - mention you saw us in this thread and they'll get you setup with a discount. We are again not here to drop our product and go - we work with our customers and members in making new LEDs and discounts.

    Thank you for your time and reading!
     
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  10. Oct 1, 2018 at 3:12 PM
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    You guys are authorized Vendors on TW?
     
  11. Oct 1, 2018 at 3:15 PM
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    Yes - brand new. We worked with JEEPS.NET first to prove we are not just dropping and going China LEDs and here more to help bring new products to the forum members:
    https://www.jeeps.net/forums/deautoled.79/

    But prior to posting here the team discussed it with the mod. We will have a thread with more discounts to get our foot into the TW and prove our product/customer service to the TW members.

    We also worked with TW forum members (many have our LEDs featured here installed and working great but we asked them not to post on the forums to avoid it looking like spam but some made videos that we can share)

    Here is recent feedback from our Reverse LEDs (this was a member who purchased through the forums we did not contact them in this case):
    Thanks
     
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  12. Oct 1, 2018 at 5:04 PM
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    I think the key for you trying to get an in here is to give away some of your product for us to test out. I’ve tested a few different things here and would be glad to try a set of H11 compared to my Hikari and HIDs.
     
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    I already have. :spy:
     
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  14. Oct 1, 2018 at 5:28 PM
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    We like the idea. We do normally give away LEDs when they are in testing and not launched yet. We can do that for the 7443. We have a switchback (stays white and then ignites amber) and 7443 amber solid color in testing. They so far have no errors and are bright so they will be launched later this month perfect for darker winter weather and alerting others. They are very bright.

    For the HID/LED - do you mean low beam in projectors? We suggest our HID kit as that is the brightest vs any LED and many of the HID on the market.

    Email Support@deAutoLED.com - the team can help you better as they are interested.

    Thank you
     
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  15. Oct 1, 2018 at 5:49 PM
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    I tried a pair of 35w Hylux HIDs both in LB and HB slots, then reversed them with the Phillips. The LEDs appeared better in every way to the Hylux HIDs. Perhaps I should have tried 55w HIDs.

    I thought you had something else to offer in the way of LEDs, but I guess not.
     
  16. Oct 1, 2018 at 5:53 PM
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    You have philip LEDs in your projector? What model and I can see what they have tested vs this model or if they have. So far they tested it vs the Philips posted a few threads back with the yellow and it wasn't bright vs their LED in the fog reflectors.

    I didn't know about this so I contacted the team but seems you have a different LED model that are not their final design for the H11 Projector but they mention this to you according to them so maybe you are testing the projector LED model later?

    Right now they are focused on the HID H11 in projectors as it has been tested better in many cases vs LEDs.
     
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    I tried the Phillips and HIDs in both. Currently running the LED in LB because I like them that much better. The HIDs are in my HB because a) I rarely use them, and b) I haven’t swapped them out with anything better yet.

    I’d like to find something I like in the projectors as good as the LEDs so I can put them back into the high beam slot where they really shine. Pun intended.

    HIKARI Ultra LED Headlight Bulbs Conversion Kit -H11 (H8,H9),Philips Lumileds 12000lm 6K Cool White,2 Yr Warranty
     
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    I have the bi-directional LED design, not the projector one, which was only available for H7 (at the time) I believe.

    HID is superior to LED for output.
     
  20. Oct 1, 2018 at 6:28 PM
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    You say that, but not all HIDs are created equal and mine definitely do not.
     
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