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2020 OEM LED Headlights Amber DRL?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by AM_Taco, Jul 7, 2022.

  1. Jul 7, 2022 at 4:03 PM
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    AM_Taco

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    Anyone ever figure out or currently looking into how to get the DRLs for the 2020 LED headlights to run as amber instead of white? Trying to figure out if theres a simplish way to do it but this electrical shit is just voodoo black magic to me still.
     
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    Thanks. I read through it, doesnt seem like anyone has accomplished it yet.
     
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    You would think it'd be an adjustable setting in the Tech Stream software where you can set other things like seatbelt chime, turn signal duration, etc.
     
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    It wasn’t discussed from what I’ve seen. However it has been done and shown.

    could be as simple as ripping apart the headlight and replacing the stock LED’s with amber ones or at minimum a different color led and painting the lenses amber for the effect?
     
  8. Jul 7, 2022 at 6:48 PM
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    Yea, ripping apart the headlight and soldering amber LEDs is more than im willing to do. Would prefer not to have to open the headlights for now.
     
  9. Jul 7, 2022 at 6:53 PM
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    It’s all on what you want and are willing to do. There is no techstream / setting / easy fix I’ve seen to this to date though.
     
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  10. Jul 12, 2022 at 9:44 AM
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    Yea fair enough. I just put my OEM headlights on so im in no rush to take them off and pull them apart any time soon lol.
     
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    Has this been figured out? Would like to put my OEM headlights to Amber
     
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    see post #9
     
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    I’ve done it with my old Tacoma, but that’s a little bit more than I wanna do to a new truck.
     
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