Anybody running projector headlights?

No problem. I'll take some shots tonight.

And thanks for the compliment! It feels great to have it running again!

 

Not yet, but I did paint the grill black this past weekend. I wanted to make sure I got the full effect going on.

I've got the camera in the truck and will take some shots before I pull into the garage tonight.

 

Running lights:


Low beams:


High beams:


45mph + left lane = bad idea:


The headlights are very bright and effective. The low beams have a visor built into the housing that creates a hard horizontal line at just the right height so as not to blind the cars in front of you.

That last picture is a bit misleading. It was taken within minutes of the other shots with the same camera settings. The 6 bumper lights total 2.8 million candlepower and make everything else look dim by comparison. The shot shows the angles of the lights. Center two HIDs are dead straight, middle halogens angle slightly, and outside halogens angle even more for enhanced peripheral light.

And no, I don't flash non-racers with them.

 

Not at all. Installation for both headlights took about an hour, and that included figuring out how it all goes together.

Remove 2 screws and 2 plastic clips and the grill comes out. Each headlight is held in place by 2 plastic clips and 3 screws, if I remember correctly. You'll be laying on the ground to get to the screw on the bottom but it's not hard to access. It helps to use the new housings as a guide to find the screw locations.

 

Oh yeah, and welcome to the site.

 

Standard halogens bulbs, and they come pre-installed. More information in another thread:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...-see-pics-your-black-lights-3.html#post100839

 

You can put HIDs into just about anything. You can figure out part numbers by pulling the installed bulbs and giving the brand and part #s to the manufacturer of the HID kit.

The kit for these would differ from the standard Tacoma HID conversion kit in that this housing requires separate high and low beams, whereas the stock Tacoma has both high and low in 1.