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Possible Headlight/electronics issues...and Round eyes headlamp question

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by TacoMX, Mar 26, 2012.

  1. Mar 27, 2012 at 10:50 PM
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    Think it would be better to get the round eyes (or something similar) and buy an HID kit from ddmtuning.com or just buy the lights that come with an HID kit from ebay?
    Edit: not trying to jack the OP
     
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  2. Mar 27, 2012 at 11:23 PM
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    Honestly..From all the info I have gathered I dont think it would exactly matter..

    Well thats not true.

    Ok say you just get HID ballast and bulbs, definately use the round eyes.

    But say your getting a Projector and all from TRS, then the reflector essentially doesnt matter. So you could use anything.

    I personally think you should use a projector with HIDS, so any would do. I'll use my roundeyes for the conversion, unless I find as good a headlight for cheaper and sell these.



    Edit:Sorry that was kind of hard to follow and read kinda tired.. Long story short get the roundeyes or other(hella) IMO. I dont trust anything from ebay, especially for our year headlights and these things are great.
     
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  3. Mar 28, 2012 at 8:22 AM
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    Thanks man.

    If you have any pics that would be great.

    I am just planning on running them with the bulb they come with for a while, they will be much brighter than stock.

    May do an HID conversion later on.
     
  4. Mar 28, 2012 at 8:47 AM
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  5. Mar 28, 2012 at 9:29 AM
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    Ya can do. I'll try for tonight or tomorow, just depends on what I got for school work.

    The stock bulbs are plenty bright. If your considering throwing in some better bulps(i.e.PIAAs) do it before you put them in lol I forgot to do this so I am still running stock bulbs.

    I still havent decided on the HID, I'd really like to. The biggest thing is you spend alot of the headlights just to cut them up so I will probably have someone help me do mine.
     
  6. Mar 28, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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    ok lol cool thanks
     
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  7. Mar 28, 2012 at 5:02 PM
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    It's part of the alternator, but it is probably replaceable. The other consideration is that maybe one of the diodes in the alternator is bad, I don't know enough about that to comment any further, but would hate to see you buy a regulator and not fix your issue.
     
  8. Mar 28, 2012 at 10:02 PM
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    Yeah, a new regulator is 159...and an alt is 130 from autozone.....so I am just replacing it.
     

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