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Retrofit and BHLM Headlights

Discussion in '3rd Gen Tacoma Parts Marketplace (2016-2023)' started by no vtec 4me, Aug 27, 2018.

  1. Oct 12, 2020 at 2:34 PM
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    calenatar

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    Got mine in, and back together today. Love them. was the last piece of chrome I had on the exterior of the truck. completes the look.

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  2. Oct 12, 2020 at 4:49 PM
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    Great looking truck!
     
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  3. Oct 12, 2020 at 4:53 PM
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    Still for sale?
     
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  4. Oct 12, 2020 at 4:58 PM
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    no vtec 4me

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    Yes sir!
     
  5. Oct 12, 2020 at 6:40 PM
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    What's your opinion of the LED Projectors vs Bixenon?
     
  6. Oct 13, 2020 at 3:02 AM
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    no vtec 4me

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    For the main projector, or are you referring to the quad set up I have listed for sale?
     
  7. Oct 13, 2020 at 10:10 AM
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    ^^these look badass! I’m surprised no one is jumping on it yet
     
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  8. Oct 13, 2020 at 11:12 AM
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    You and me both, it’s a killer price for a bad ass set of lights!
     
  9. Oct 13, 2020 at 1:25 PM
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    I was just curious about the performance of Morimoto LEDs vs their Bixenon D2S projectors in general.
     
  10. Oct 13, 2020 at 1:38 PM
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    Honestly the performance is very close between the two. You really start to split hairs when looking at their brightness, comparing width, Etc. There is some pretty good YouTube reviews out there if you want to form your own opinion.

    My opinion; I rather have the MLED 2.0’s. Instant on/no warm up time like with hid’s, less wiring than an hid kit, great color, no need to worry about changing bulbs, it’s the newest tech, blah blah blah. The only con to many people is that they are concealed units, meaning if anything goes bad inside the projector (like the led inside of it), you’d need to take the headlight apart to replace it. With that said I haven’t seen one person on any of the headlight groups I’m in with a mled 2.0 that has gone bad. So the failure rate has to be super low, and they’ll theoretically outlast your vehicle so there’s that.
     
  11. Oct 14, 2020 at 7:14 AM
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  12. Oct 14, 2020 at 11:14 AM
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    What if my stock lights are recently BHLM that you did? :D
     
  13. Oct 14, 2020 at 1:38 PM
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    Interested!

    I only have the SR5 lights though:(
     
  14. Oct 21, 2020 at 1:51 PM
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    Anyone looking for a set with no wait time? I can have a standard BHLM ready to ship by Saturday!
     
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  15. Oct 21, 2020 at 2:43 PM
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    Definetly interested. However, I have SR lights w/ no fancy DRL LEDs. How fast the usual turn around on lights?
     
  16. Oct 21, 2020 at 6:29 PM
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    Price?
     
  17. Oct 21, 2020 at 6:32 PM
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    All of my pricing is in the first post of this thread :thumbsup:
     
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  18. Oct 21, 2020 at 8:26 PM
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    Any SR5 available or option to pay extra to get the TRD and trade my non led? You could use the SR5 trade ins for an upcoming customer:p

    If so, any recommendations for a harness to adapt the TRD headlights to SR5?
     
  19. Oct 26, 2020 at 6:36 AM
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    The only way I do Sr/sr5 lights is if you send a set in.

    there is an available harness to adapt trd lights to an sr5 though if you can source a set of trd lights.
     
  20. Oct 26, 2020 at 6:38 AM
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    These lights were sent in to get a bhlm, turn signal covers and meso stg1’s. The lenses had some peeling clear coat and a few scratches so before shipping them out they will be getting refinished with a fresh layer of clear coat!

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