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New headlights have arrived

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by ratcityrain, Jan 25, 2018.

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  1. Jul 23, 2018 at 1:12 PM
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    I just checked mine and yes my low beams light up with the high beams. They are HID, so they won’t light up quick, but the high beams are halogen.
     
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  2. Jul 23, 2018 at 1:40 PM
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    How often do you drive in the dark? Have the lenses started to melt? I bought from protuning lab before on the pervious gen taco and the outer lenses started to melt from the HIDs after 6 months. and Protuning lab was no help
     
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  3. Jul 23, 2018 at 5:29 PM
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    Wow!
    I work night shift in the hospital, so I drive a lot at night. No melting yet, but I’ll definitely keep an eye on that. Thanks for the heads up. I kept my OEM headlights just in case.
     
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  4. Jul 23, 2018 at 10:46 PM
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    Those look great!
     
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  5. Jul 24, 2018 at 11:09 AM
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    No issues here. I have had hid's in mine since I got them and I have ran them for hours straight.
     
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  6. Jul 24, 2018 at 1:59 PM
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    Thanks for checking. I have HIDs also i worried about it because you arent supposed to turn HIDs on and off quickly. I contacted the manufacturer of the headlights yesterday and they do not have any reports of this issue. I will be sending them a video to show them, hopefully they will figure out a fix.
     
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  7. Jul 24, 2018 at 2:12 PM
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    Do you know if the OEM’s do this too? I don’t remember, plus I had LEDs so it really didn’t matter then. I really don’t flash my brights that often to really worry about it too much. But if you find out about an easy fix, please let us know.
     
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  8. Jul 24, 2018 at 6:27 PM
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    definitely didn't happen with OEM. i'll report back if spyder auto gives any guidance
     
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  9. Jul 24, 2018 at 11:30 PM
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    Hi @ratcityrain I was wondering if you have pictures and/or guide on how you added your HIDs to your Tacomabeast headlights. I recently bought mine and the halogen bulbs it came with bug me lol and it seems like you’re not having issues with yours. :bowdown: Thank you!
     
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  10. Jul 25, 2018 at 11:36 AM
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    This is not the best picture and this isn't what I ended up with, but it gives you a good starting point. What I did is enlarged the hole in the cap and then used the rubber grommet that came with my hid's and inserted that grommet into the hole and used that grommet for the wires to pass through. Then screw on cap and connect all the wires and down.

    2018-01-26 20.46.22.jpg
     
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  11. Jul 25, 2018 at 12:04 PM
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  12. Jul 26, 2018 at 4:27 PM
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    Thank you! did you put any silicone sealant to prevent any moisture?
     
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  13. Jul 27, 2018 at 7:10 PM
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    Nope and still haven't had any issues after a wet winter
     
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  14. Sep 24, 2018 at 11:08 PM
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    can you take a picture of the hole you drilled?
     
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  15. Sep 25, 2018 at 7:01 PM
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    This is the only picture I have at the moment. I did change out the grommet so it seals better 2018-01-26 20.46.22.jpg
     
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    where did you get that grommet?
     
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  17. Sep 25, 2018 at 7:03 PM
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    Grommet was already attached to the HID harness so I just used that one
     
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  18. Sep 25, 2018 at 7:38 PM
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    how's the output? got pics of it?
     
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  19. Sep 26, 2018 at 3:25 AM
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    This is one that I have during the time I was aiming them. One thing it does not show is there is 2 shadow lines that I have not figured out where they are coming from, but it does not bother me enough to get rid of the lights

    2018-01-29 06.54.14.jpg
     
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