GA Tacoma Owners BS Thread

my coworker has a set of TRD headlights and I was trying to decide on if it makes sense to buy them from him since he upgraded his 19 sport to the 2021 headlights. The insight is awesome and much appreciated.

 

are they plug and play?

 

I know this is the GA thread, but got one of these myself when my oem went dead just shy of 3 years. 4 months with it so far and it starts like a champ!

 

I will need to get a wiring harness for them since they have the DRL

 

@philliam1 you'll need this harness if you want the DRL to work. DRL is just cosmetic.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/sr-sr5-to-trd-headlight-conversion-harness.728707/#post-25956043

The 2020+ headlights are the best upgrade you can get, but expensive. It’s also plug and play with a harness. Here’s my SR5 for example. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...3rd-gen-today.399305/page-10776#post-26375460

 

I braved the 43 degrees outside and took some pics for you just now. I hope I can keep my cars straight.
All cars were lined up on the same line, at the top of the hill. Only Low beams were used.

Chrysler Town & Country. HIR Osram bulbs or GE Nighthawks, I cannot remember which.

Edit. Chrysler actually has Phillips H11 VisionPlus. Found my order. 1 year and 9 months old.


Tacoma factory LED.


Chrysler and Taco side by side.


RAV4 with factory halogen projectors.


RAV4 and Taco



On the unrelated note, looks like minivan's bulbs are dimmer than they used to be. Time to shop for new ones.

Hope this helps.

 

those look so good! I’m now going to try to find some 2020+ instead. Are those from the TRD models or pro?

 

you are a gentleman and a scholar for doing that! I appreciate the visual representation!

 

I just ordered H11 LED bulbs for the van, after seeing how bad its lights were vs other vehicles. We'll see how they look. Reflector housing. Lense is crystal clear (replaced headlights 2 years ago).

RAV4 has projector headlights. If wife agrees, and van looks OK, I will switch hers to LED also. Will take before and after pics.

I now have 4 cars in the stable (did not take pics yesterday with Veracruz, not a common car), so it is easy to do side by side comparisons.
I do not expect LED bulbs to be as good as LED headlights, but should be close.

 

Double check the part numbers. Here are TRD LEDs
https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~headlamp-assy-rh~81110-04290.html

https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~headlamp-assy-lh~81150-04290.html

 

If you already got DRL. then you dont need anything?

 

Nothing related to Tacos but I just wanted to let some folks know I always use this time of year to do several things around the house.
1.) Replace Batteries in Smoke Defectors and or replace detectors if over 10 years old.
2.) Check the spare tire pressure on all family vehicles.

Last year at this time I went out and checked the air in the wife's spare tire and it was on like 9 lbs.

 

Also a good time to replace the batteries in any key pad safe in the house.

 

This is why I like old school combination locks.

 

Same. Some safes have both so you have a key pad for ease the dial incase it fails or if you just want to use the dial. That would be nice but not in my budget.

 

I'm not sure how much those are, as I've never seen one. It was hard as heck to find a combination only safe about 10 years ago when I bought one. Got lucky and got the floor model at Academy as it was the only one I could find.

Now, I need another safe....you know, for documents.

 

Fort Knox is who makes a dual dial/pad set up.
I was lucky and found my liberty 18 gun (budget model) for $200 and it has and S&G dial.
My document safe came from work free when we closed an office and had no use for the 2x2x2 ft safe. No one else could claim it b/c I was the only one the knew the combo haha. (perks of working in the banking world i guess)

 

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/for/d/diebold-safe/7425626361.html

 

800#

 

Yep, no one without a pallet jack will be taking that. I have a similar one but twice as tall. I think it weights in at just under 1500lbs