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Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Unchained 5150, Oct 27, 2014.

  1. Oct 29, 2014 at 9:17 AM
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    That picture is hard to juat tell the headlight output due to his pods being on at the pillars. Any actual pictures of just high and low beam to stock same vehicle. Same location
     
  2. Oct 29, 2014 at 9:28 AM
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    I will say that I saw them on that vehicle in person and the light output is incredible. With the high beams on, his pods made little to no difference.
    I'll reach out to a couple Tacoma owners who have installed them and see if I can get them to chime in on this thread.
     
  3. Oct 29, 2014 at 10:30 AM
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    I have a 2013 Tacoma SR5, and I recently installed Brite Ass LEDs in my truck. I had very high end CanBus 6k HIDs in my truck before, however after seeing these headlights in person it truly put my HIDs to shame. The clarity and coverage in my headlights is a ton better than what my HIDs provided. As well as the ability for instant on and off. No more waiting on my HIDs to warm up, and no ,more flickering, or having to re strike the lights to get them to turn on. Not to forget to mention how much brighter these headlights are than my HIDs, as well as the color temperature. Overtime it seemed like my HIDs got more dim and more of a cool color temp. The LEDs are a true stark white, and they are incredibly bright. Super happy with these headlights and recommend them to anyone. Will post pics soon.
     
  4. Oct 29, 2014 at 10:32 AM
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    I have LED pillar lights as well. Ill upload a pic with them on and without. The headlights truly just put my high end pods to shame as well.
     
  5. Oct 29, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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    That's actually the customer I posted the review and photo from. Another Tacoma customer is an active member on this board and will post tonight. These are the guys to ask if you have questions.
     
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  6. Oct 29, 2014 at 11:21 AM
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    Just installed my brightassled's Monday night and couldn't be more happy with them. Very easy to install and they are extremely bright much whiter and brighter than any hid's I've seen. They come on immediately no flickering or anything and come with a 2 year warranty. So glad I went with these over the hid's very impressed with them.
     
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  7. Oct 29, 2014 at 2:06 PM
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    lumens is the total output not brightness or intencity.


    The lumen (symbol: lm) is the SI derived unit of luminous flux, a measure of the total "amount" of visible light emitted by a source. Luminous flux differs from power (radiant flux) in that luminous flux measurements reflect the varying sensitivity of the human eye to different wavelengths of light, while radiant flux measurements indicate the total power of all electromagnetic waves emitted, independent of the eye's ability to perceive it. Lumens are related to lux in that one lux is one lumen per square meter.
     
  8. Oct 29, 2014 at 2:20 PM
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    That's correct, but lumens are measured from the source at one solid angle. this means that just because you have two 3,200 lumen bulbs on either side of a headlight, the output is not 6,400lm. For the H4 bulbs, the high beams were actually measured at 3,600 lumens but this is because some of the high beam light is reflected inside the housing and added to the low beam and visa versa. I hope this makes sense the way I explained it.
    Lux is light output over an area, which in this case would be nearly doubled between high and low beams.
     
  9. Oct 29, 2014 at 10:40 PM
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    20% tint, painted handles,painted grill, wet okole seatcovers,sockmonkey decals
    Did you get them for the fogs too?
     
  10. Oct 30, 2014 at 4:08 AM
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    I have not gotten them yet next paycheck I'm ordering them though!
     
  11. Oct 30, 2014 at 7:37 AM
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    Just bought a set for my 2011. Can't wait to get them. I'll let you guys know how they are.
     
  12. Oct 31, 2014 at 1:06 AM
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    You won't regret them bro! Great purchase!
     
  13. Oct 31, 2014 at 1:14 AM
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    Went out and got some pics tonight of my Tacoma with only the Brite Ass LEDs on. Pics were taken on my Canon 70D, no further editing has been done.
     
  14. Nov 3, 2014 at 11:12 AM
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    Sorry for the small file size. This is the largest size JPGs tacoma world will let me upload. If anyone wants I can email anyone that wants them more pics.

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  15. Nov 3, 2014 at 2:45 PM
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    20% tint, painted handles,painted grill, wet okole seatcovers,sockmonkey decals
    How easy were they to install and do you think of them so far?
     
  16. Nov 3, 2014 at 3:58 PM
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    Not even exaggerating, They took me maybe 20 minutes to install. Only thing that took a little bit of time is I had to unbolt my windshield wiper fluid tank and just to get my hand behind the headlights. You can take your headlight out too as another option, but I just felt like moving that tank for a second was going to be the faster way. Other than that its all just plug in and play.
    Ive been super happy with them man. Like I said earlier I had pretty pricy HIDs in my truck before, and ran them about a year. After a year I could tell they lost intensity, and the ballasts were starting to go. The huge draw I had to these is the warranty on the light, plus no ballasts. Theres a little control module that comes that controls just the fan and I guess high low on the bulb, but even then its just like a 1x1x.5" box and they send 3m double sided tape to adhere it. Super super easy install man. Another thing is these bulbs turn on instantly, no warm up time. I am like a kid in a candy shop with these bulbs. Love em
     
  17. Nov 3, 2014 at 4:50 PM
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    20% tint, painted handles,painted grill, wet okole seatcovers,sockmonkey decals
    Awesome! I'll be ordering my heads & fogs tmro I'd say then
     
  18. Nov 3, 2014 at 8:05 PM
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    You won't regret it my friend! Post back what ya think on here. I am curious about other peoples experiences with them.
     
  19. Nov 4, 2014 at 6:21 PM
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    This may be a dumb question but are you guys installing these in your stock housings?
     
  20. Nov 4, 2014 at 6:27 PM
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    Just a few LEDs...
    Yes. Of course. :D
     

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