LIVE retrofit and bhlm 2015 dclb

Coors Light. FTW.

 

Use gloves to avoid getting finger prints aND oil on the reflectors

 

Got the paint on. Woot. FYI be very careful with alcohol on the shroud. The alcohol ripped the chrome right on

 

Once everything is dry. Start assembling. We have to get the lights back in the truck for aiming

 

Don't put it back together for a day or so! Your paint fumes won't be dry and they will fog your lenses!

 

adding a shield didn't work out. So i painted all the foreground.
Note I used spray paint on a Q tip to apply the paint. Because the d2s 3.0 are riveted together. When applying paint. Avoid the pivot point on the cut off. Avoid the solinoid components. And try not to get it on the top edge of the cut off. Otherwise it may affect the color flicker.

 

From my research I found that you only need the rubber gasket and lock nut

 

Looking good OP. Yes, you don't really need the h4 adaptor since they don't work for tacomas anyway

 

Onc3 you got it all installed. You have to put it bak in th truck without the front lens.to im the new beam to match the taped out mrk you had befor. It got late so I skipped the aiming. It's simple and trs has a few videos on aiming. After aiming. Take it out. I used steel stick to mix up some epoxy and put it around the nut so it doesn't loosen. Then glue on your shroud and your good to bake and close. Just take some winded and clean any fingerprints and dust befor you close it.

 

Skipped taking pictures or skipped it in general?

 

subed!

 

Skipped the pictures. Sorry for my confusion. I aimed them. I skipped the pictures. Because TRS also has videos on aiming. And sorry all. Between taking pictures and following a few tutorials my phone died. In all it took me 10 hours through the night. 9 to 7. And a case of beer.

 

I might skip the halo installation walkthrough. for me it was more guesswork. There is no set location on the shroud to glue. There are no holes to feed the wire through so you have to drill a few yourself. FYI the shroud does have a top and bottom. You have to look at the little clips. The bottom has one clip dead center. And the top has 2 off center. So i installed the halo with the wire on the bottom but the hole I drilled was off center. As to not interfere with that clip. Also the halo has a connector on the end of the wire. Which you can romove with a small pin. This makes it easier to fit the wire in the smallest hole possible.

 

The paint I used said it was dry in 4 hours. Between painting and finally baking closed it was at least 4 hours. all painted parts where drying in front of a heater. Not hot but decently warm air. Once you get projector placed and glued the rest is up to perfection. Clicking all the pieces on and making sure you like how they look. I did bake them closed but I didn't use my truck today so I had the bulbs out and let them Air out.

 

I bought extra butyl to seal these puppies up. When you are ready to close them get a clean microfiber towel and wipe them down. Everything get all dust fingerprints. Then use a compressor and blast air everywhere try to get all dust behind the projector. Everything. And even if you didn't touch the front lens. In the safest place it still gets dust. I learned the hard way. My lens has dust on it. It is noticable. BUT it almost looks like I just have dirty lights. It doesn't look to bad.

So whip it down. lint free rag. Spray some air.

Then I took the extra butyl stretched it out and squeezed a little extra in the I want no water problems. I did have a little difficulty baking them closed. Because the extra sealant. But at least I know they are sealed.

To close them I did 275 for 4 min. Because most of the sealant is exposed didn't need as much heat for it to melt.

 

Unfortunatly when I aimed them I didn't quite have the headlight sitting properly so the passage side it a little slanted but not to bad. The color flicker looks awesome. And the halos look mean. However the halos seem to be a little off with the colors. One doesn't seem to be putting out quite as much red. So when you have a mixed color like purple. One looks a little more blue. Because it's lacking the red.

Also other them the fact it is crooked. My original alignment was not even passage was higher than the driver side. So now the one cutoff is high then the other. Should they be even. And this is not to much worry as you can still use the factory light adjustment to adjust up/down left/right.

 

Picture time. Halos loom great. best decision ever. Other then the slight color difference

 

Sexy halo and passive eyes.

 

Reflector is tinted sexy