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Headlight replacement suggestions

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Shadavis08, Sep 5, 2020.

  1. Sep 5, 2020 at 6:35 AM
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    Shadavis08

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    I have a 2015 taco headlights are toast mostly because of the DRL lights and I want to replace them with an aftermarket set. Can anybody show me what they have and post a pic so I can see? Thanks for any feedback guys and gals!
     
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    If you go over to the Lighting sub-forum and use the Search function, I think you will find this subject pretty well covered - or beat to death. In short, if you want any kind of decent performance, go with OEM. (There is an updated headlight that solves the DRL melting issue.) If you're just looking for something that looks cool, the sky is the limit. However, virtually everything aftermarket will leak, fog and oxidize in short order. Be forewarned.
     
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    Stick to oem unless you do a retrofit. Most after market headlights suck for light output.
     
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    Where do I look for or find this updated version? Any help is appreciated.
     
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    Exactly
    I’m very happy with my light output using this upgrade
     
  8. Sep 6, 2020 at 6:07 AM
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    I replaced my halogen headlights with LEDs already and like them much better. Anyway just looking for oem headlight for the 2015 or some that work as well.
     
  9. Sep 6, 2020 at 6:15 AM
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    If you read the link I posted
    You’ll learn these are OEM lights with a better output, and no scatter blinding people with LEDs
    It’s a good read and educational
    JS
     
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  11. Sep 6, 2020 at 6:17 AM
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    I actually fixed my headlights properly lowered them and got the right LED bulbs that match halogen output array.
     
  12. Sep 6, 2020 at 6:19 AM
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    He covers the 2011-2015
    Keep reading
     
  13. Sep 6, 2020 at 1:49 PM
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    I'm probably wasting my time here, but I'll throw this out anyway:

    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/why-leds-should-not-be-run-in-halogen-reflectors.454371/

    In short, no LED bulb "matches your halogen output array" - period - no matter what marketing BS is applied to them. Read the post in the above link to see why. In fact all reputable LED manufacturers of drop in LED bulbs have been recently forced to pull them off the market by government regulators - for just the reasons crashnburn80 states in his post.
     
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