LED Headlight Bulb Review

Ok, LED Headlight Review
I got tired of wondering which review from whoever was true. So I just did some "research" and bought the Hikari H11 Led bulbs off of Amazon for my low beams (the ones in the projector housing). Seemed to have a lot of good reviews and I've had good luck in the past with things that used the Cree led bulbs.

Install was as easy as changing any bulb.

Turning the lights on (standing outside the truck) you can clearly hear the built in cooling fan, but in my opinion "so what".

Looking at the headlights they appear to me pure white. And I think they look awesome. At night from the driver seat they seem a little bit on the blue/white side. But not enough to turn me off.

Overall I'm very happy and I'm keeping them. I feel like I get better brightness and better off center lighting, like the shoulder of the highway. In my opinion the "cut off line" from the projector housing is the same...meaning to me that the distance of light down the road is the same between the stock lights and the new LED. I think it's just more noticeable with the brighter lights that the cut off is there and everything beyond that seems darker.

Anyways that's my little headlight review.
Tacoma On fellow owners.

 

Do you know if the Tacoma lamps are CANbus controlled? I don't imagine they are but wondered. There's an HID kit that looks easy to install but I need to specify CANbus or not. Also, is there some reason you didn't go with a fanless LED bulb like the Supernova v.3s? https://headlightrevolution.com/201...ow-beam-headlight-bulb-upgrade-supernova-v-3/

 

No they are not

 

Excellent! Thanks. I was a BMW guy for so long I just expect everything to be complicated.

 

Scooby has a great write up HID. Like him I switched from LED to HID and never looked back.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/hyluxtek-hid-kit-with-cnlight-ball-bulbs.457461/

I have two of these kits. It's $75

 

I also have these bulbs in my 2017 low beam. I got the auxbeam F16 originally and returned them. Both have a great pattern and color, but the hikari were a noticeable amount brighter. I came from an S3 with stock LED low beams, and previously have had other cars with retrofits and stock HID, and I am happy with the Hikari on the taco for low beam.

 

Are you fogs in by chance? Just wondering how the spread is on it. Looks amazing in pics

 

No I didn't have a specific reason for not going with this super nova fanless. It hurt my soul spending the 70 bucks for those ones I have. On a tight budget and I took a shot with the Hikari. For me they are awesome and worth the 70 dollar bill.

 

I have other plans for my fog lights. So for now they are still stock.

 

With HID, you get brighter with the same beam cut off distance? Or am I missing something else?

 

You get the same cut off better range and a more saturated light.

 

I just have a bad taste in my mouth for HID cause "all the parts" involved which really isn't much and seeing these (probably cheap) guys driving around with 1 headlight. Or flickering or sometlike that. And I'm a sucker for anything led. I need to try HID I guess