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Question regarding New Headlights

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by killerken, Mar 18, 2017.

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  1. Mar 19, 2017 at 6:27 PM
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    Dimestore55

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    I did and it's a rip off. They send you 2 crappy lights that look like they came from the dollar store, don't do it. The Angel Eye Halo's come on with the parking lights so you can use those as DRL's.
     
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  2. Mar 19, 2017 at 9:19 PM
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  3. Mar 19, 2017 at 9:22 PM
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    I found them on eBay.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/371295817146
     
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  4. Mar 20, 2017 at 11:45 AM
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  5. Mar 20, 2017 at 11:48 AM
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    Covered in stickers and chrome stick-ons for extra horse torques and foot powers. Icon sticker gets me tons of travel, dozens of milimeters.
    It's widely accepted these are pretty crappy in the long run. Water intrusion into the housings, yellowing, other issues. They may "look fine" now but it's how it looks in a few years that really counts. There's a reason projector housings you have made will cost you in the reign of $1000. A lot of that is labor (that you could do yourself) but the quality parts at not cheap.
     
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  6. Mar 20, 2017 at 11:54 AM
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  7. Mar 20, 2017 at 12:00 PM
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    @j_strength has them. I believe they function as stock, but are slightly dimmer due to the blacked out reflector.
     
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  8. Mar 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM
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    Turn signals function as stock like @08TRDOFFROAD said. I love my aftermarket headlights, they have been through weeks of rain and a few power washes. They have not leaked or fogged whatsoever. The reason I replaced my OEM was because they yellowed so bad (see in the link below) these lights are an affordable option and from my opinion and experience so far ( about a month) they have been great. Amazon has a 1 month return policy so worst case scenario you send them back. To each their own, but I'm happy with my decision.
    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...first-truck-build.415270/page-4#post-14437285
     
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  9. Mar 20, 2017 at 12:34 PM
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    Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback! I actually bought a set of blacked out oem style headlights with the plan to do a projector retrofit... maybe its not worth my time or money now that ive found this set!
     
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  10. Mar 20, 2017 at 12:58 PM
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    I ordered these new headlight housings last week and they should be in soon I hope. Most of the chrome parts are blacked out except for the reflectors which looks pretty nice in my opinion. Pretty oem looking. They are also CAPA certified. I also plan on putting in an LED conversion kit instead of the normal bulbs.

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  11. Mar 20, 2017 at 1:15 PM
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    Those look like TRD sports!
     
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  12. Mar 20, 2017 at 1:30 PM
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    I put Spyders on my truck and they work fine but the one, annoying drawback is the H1 bulb. It lasts only 6 months tops and they are not cheap. If I have to replace them again I will not get a lamp which uses an H1 bulb !
     
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  13. Mar 20, 2017 at 2:06 PM
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    Covered in stickers and chrome stick-ons for extra horse torques and foot powers. Icon sticker gets me tons of travel, dozens of milimeters.
    Why not get an LED drop in replacement for an H1? Something like (NOT PROMOTING OR ENDORSING. JUST PROVIDING AS EXAMPLE) https://www.amazon.com/OPT7-Headlight-Bulbs-Clear-Arc-Beam/dp/B00VNBEFZ6
     
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  14. Mar 20, 2017 at 2:28 PM
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    Covered in stickers and chrome stick-ons for extra horse torques and foot powers. Icon sticker gets me tons of travel, dozens of milimeters.
    :rofl:
     
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  15. Mar 20, 2017 at 3:33 PM
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    Thank you. I will definitely look into these. I actually started a thread in 'Lighting' about a finding a longer lasting H1 and had zero responses.
     
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