Headlight replacement

What an incredible post. Very detailed. I’m not at this skill level to do it yet. Is there an easier way? Or could someone break this down barney style specifically for a 06 Tacoma?

 

Installing the harness is actually quite easy. Maybe you could find somebody with more experience to help you? Trust me, the Ultimate Headlight Upgrade is well worth the time, expense and effort!

If you don't want to go the full harness upgrade route, if you read the post carefully, @crashnburn80 does mention several bulbs that you can use that offer improved performance without the need to upgrade the harness because they do not draw nearly the amperage. They're not as good as the full upgrade, but they do offer improved performance.

 

Yep. If you can screw the cap on the toothpaste without crossthreading it, you can do it.

 

It isn't nearly as complicated as it seems. If you can change your headlight bulbs and change a car battery, you can easily do it.

Steps to install harness:
1) Unplug headlight bulbs
2) Plug harness into OEM headlight bulb plug on driver side
3) Plug headlight bulbs into harness
4) Connect positive and negative harness connectors to battery.
Done.

 

I wish I still live in Kent, WA. Would've drove up to Kirkland, take you out to dinner so I can have you watching me do that. I guess the part where you swapping out the headlight assembly got me thinking that's part of the upgrade. So, looking at your steps above, it's just swapping out the bulbs, and plugging in the harness.

 

I would have taken you up on it! I've actually had several come by for help on mods, typically just bringing some cold ones. Yeah the headlight assembly swap is not required for the performance gain, making the entire thing pretty simple. I just wanted a more aggressive looking headlight assembly for cosmetics, without sacrificing performance or quality like you do with aftermarket units.

 

In case you don't know how, here is how you get the headlight bulbs out of the housing.

When you push on the bail at the red arrow with your finger, the bail pivots at the purple arrow. The bail contacts the bulb at the yellow arrows. The tail at the blue arrow hooks under the molded hook at the green arrow. When you push at the red arrow, you need to then move up or down to release or attach to the molded hook.

 

Warning! Purple arrow is unpredictable and could be an asshole if it so desires by releasing the clip and having it fall out of the headlight assembly. Purple arrow will then become your worst enemy.

 

LOL

 

BTW, there is a HUGE number of TW members in Texas.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/texas.46/

 

For anyone checking out Spyder or Tacomabeast projector headlights (they are re-branded Spyder), they are trash. Light output is worse than stock (high and low-beam) and both headlights began getting moisture build-up within a couple months.

Do the ultimate headlight upgrade and don't waste money on aftermarket assemblies.