LED Aftermarket Headlights

Found a good deal for a pair of these used; would anyone recommend against them?

https://tacomabeast.com/collections...16-19-trd-pro-style-headlights-w-led-drl-only

Any other suggestions for eliminating the garish chrome from my stock SR5 headlights?

Thanks!

 

For that price? a huge HELL NO.

A lot of people on TW do not like TB for good reason. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/tacoma-utah-vandalism-tacomabeast/

 

Yeah, I saw the vandalism scandal, not stoked about that.

I found a used pair locally for $600, like new condition.

Sounds like the general consensus on TW is to get OEM led headlights.

 

Vandalism and shitty company aside, you are buying a garbage relabeled Chinese product for a way overpriced $600 that will be a massive downgrade from stock in terms of product performance and quality. Vs highest performing OEM LED from the highest quality manufacture (OEM) where there will be zero regrets. A good deal on a bad product is not a good deal, you'll end up pulling them out and trying to flip them to fix your mistake when you realize they are way worse than stock, which ends up costing a lot more than doing it right the first time.

 

Ya, OEM is the best option if you don't want to do any work (plug and play with an adapter harness). You can pay someone to do the work to black them out or DIY it. Morimoto is the best aftermarket option if thats a route you want to go, but still falls behind OEM level of output. IF you decide to either take the apart yourself to paint them or have someone do it for you, you can also upgrade the projector at that time to a Bi-LED or Bi-Xenon HID projector. Heck, you can even add a 2nd projector in the high beam location that can be either be a dedicated high beam projector or an addition low beam projector. ALL HID and LED projectors (relevant ones anyways) are Bi-LED or Bi-Xenon HID, that means the are low beam primarily and when you activate the high beams, the cut-off shield drops for the high beam.

Checkout MESO's headlights for ideas and below is a link if you want to attempt to DIY it. Word of caution though...the lens is held on by permaseal on the OEM headlights which is a pain to work with!! Many retrofitting companies choose to use aftermarket headlights when doing a projector retrofit on cars that use permaseal since they use butyl to seal the lens which is much easier to work with and less risk of damaging the headlights.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-bhlm-and-light-mods.450984/

Word of caution going LED or even HID. They are not effective at melting snow or ice, you WILL get snow and ice build up. HID's can melt the snow if it is not heavy and wet, but still won't keep the lens clear like a halogen will. The early 3rd gen TRD Pro headlights (2016-2020 IIRC) were still halogen. Upgrade the bulb to either a Philips H9 (best) or Tungsram Nighthawk Platinum H11 (best H11) and you'll be set. Throw some Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro or Max Selective Yellow fog lights on and you'll be killing it through the snow!!!