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Bulb replacement for Projector Headlights

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by spags022310, Dec 1, 2015.

  1. Dec 1, 2015 at 8:10 PM
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    So....I just bought a set of new Projector Head lights with LED's(picture enclosed)
    The lights around the projector are LED's but when I went onto the actual web sight of the brand(ANZO) I noticed, when I read the specifications, that the bulb inside the projector housing is a standard Halogen bulb and its an H9.
    Now does this mean that my projector headlight bulbs are not HID but a standard halogen bulb? If this is true, does this mean that if I want to get a more clean, whiter and brighter look coming from my projector lights, I can just buy a 7000k halogen H9 bulb and just replace them??
    Someone please help me out with this, before I start buying things....

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  2. Dec 1, 2015 at 8:15 PM
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    Yes those headlights come with halogen bulbs. You can buy HIDs and swap them out but the only problem would be some HIDs can overpower aftermarket headlights and actually end up melting your headlight. One reason why I stick with the stock headlights because I dont want to have to deal with that. Hope this helps
     
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    Ok sweet, yeah My big brother who works for Toyota told me about how the HID on a standard fix or housing would melt the housing. I differently do not want that, so instead a bought an H9 7000k 100w pair of halogen bulbs. Will those do the trick to give me a more cleaner an brighter look in my projector headlights.
    Now I cant get in there to do it myself, I would have to have a dealership handle that part for me.
    Thanks for the advise....
     
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    No, you can't just put an HID bulb into the halogen projectors. There will be glare and hot spots, just like if you put HID bulbs into your factory headlights. Halogen headlights and projectors are designed to spread light coming from a filament. HID projectors are designed to spread light emitting from an arc. Either retrofit actual xenon projectors, or stick with halogen bulbs.
     
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    Good to know...but I'm not putting in HID bulbs, I'm putting in regular halogen bulbs, they just have a higher kilowatt so the color of the bulb is brighter and whiter then the standard dingy yellow looking one I have in there now
     
  6. Dec 2, 2015 at 4:48 PM
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    kilowatt doesn't have anything to do with the color temperature. Kelvin is the color temp. Hence, the K after 7000. 7000k will actually be a really blueish light and will e a little dimmer than stock halogen light, unless it's a higher wattage bulb. I have 6000k HID off road lights and the light is still a little blue. for the cleanest white light, you need 5000K.

    100W bulbs will be illegal for street use and still might too bright for the projects, causing the light to be thrown every where, like installing HIDs in them and still might melt the housing.
     
  7. Dec 2, 2015 at 5:33 PM
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    Ok...first, I do know what the K is after the 7000...I do know it stands for Kelvins. The higher the Kelvin the brighter and more bluish the bulb will be.
    2nd...for the state of alabama 100w is legal. I had 8000k 100w halogen bulbs in my regular housing before I switched over to the projector bulbs. My brother who works for Toyota of Atlanta says that the 7000 should be fine, but don't go higher.
    Thanks for the I'm puts Taco Family
     
  8. Dec 2, 2015 at 6:06 PM
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    Definitely go with 5000k if you want the "white" color. 6000k starts going blue then to purple above that. At 6000k and up you may think that you have more light because you can now see the blue and purple color, but in fact you are actually getting less light, or lumens. In the end, it's all up top what you want though.
     
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    Anything above about 5000k will put out significantly less light than a standard 4000-5000K bulb, even if it's a higher wattage. That "brighter" light you think you see with higher K bulbs is glare, which is not usable light.
     
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    Before you have to worry about melting the housing with any type of bulb you will melt the factory harness! You will do more damage with 100 halogen than with HID kits, good quality hid kits come with wiring harness kits to upgrade your power source to come strait from the battery or you can get the same harness to supply power to the 100 halogen. It will still turn on and off from your head light switch but will use a main power source from your battery and have heavy Guage wiring and relay to handle the ampacity of the new bulbs
     

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