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Anyone know if I can use LED conversion with sounder headlights

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Kalani.21, Jun 26, 2020.

  1. Jun 26, 2020 at 11:09 PM
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    Kalani.21

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  2. Jun 26, 2020 at 11:10 PM
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    Spyder***
     
  3. Jun 27, 2020 at 1:13 AM
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    Physically can, yes. However, Spyder headlights are well known to have awful performance with horrible optics and are some of the worst performing headlights on the market. Your OEM lights are vastly superior in every way. Placing an LED into a halogen projector assembly will cause worse performance on a good headlight assembly. Putting a poor performing LED into a very poorly made Spyder housing is going to be drastically worse than stock.
     
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    He unfortunately doesn’t have OEM headlights though
     
  5. Jun 27, 2020 at 2:07 AM
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    theolee

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    Yes you can. I have hids waiting to be put in from my previous headlights that had projectors. Loved them. Yes the light isn't the best but it's not "the worst" either. Try it out, if you don't like it, then move on. It's your truck :thumbsup:

    Putting led or hids in the Spyder headlights will void the warranty (Something to keep in mind).

    Also check out these threads:

    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/does-anyone-have-these-headlights.531297/

    And

    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-ultimate-headlight-upgrade-h4-not-led-or-hid.398066/
     
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  6. Jun 27, 2020 at 10:12 AM
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    Worst as defined by I get far more PMs asking how to “fix” the output on Spyder lights compared to any other light downgrade. Most have to go to HID to get decent output, which is not a great solution, or remove them and going back to stock with the upgrade you link above.
     
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