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****REMOVE**** 12-15 Retrofitted OEM Headlights

Discussion in '2nd Gen Tacoma Parts Marketplace (2005-2015)' started by david.e, May 17, 2020.

  1. May 17, 2020 at 7:09 PM
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    OEM Housings (no broken tabs) Frames painted Black Semi-Gloss
     
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  2. May 18, 2020 at 10:29 PM
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    How do acmes compare to Morimoto?
     
  3. May 19, 2020 at 5:16 AM
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    from my experience working with the 2 the acme is a good kit for the price, but the morimoto is better. out the box you can see and feel the difference. most of the lights i have retrofitted had the acme kit due to the price.
     
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  4. May 21, 2020 at 9:40 AM
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  5. May 21, 2020 at 7:54 PM
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    love that chrome shroud wish i went that route. still love mine!
     
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  7. May 24, 2020 at 3:26 PM
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  8. May 26, 2020 at 2:54 PM
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    guess no one wants these. i'll take it down at the end of the week and put those parts to use and rebuild my M-LED set. here to help out TW members, if not win win for me.
     
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  9. May 26, 2020 at 2:59 PM
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    If you go M LED you will love it. I personally recommend that you epoxy or use some sort of permanent adhesive to run some metal headlight adjustment tabs inside there. The M LEDs are heavy so if you stick with the OE plastic adjusters you will be moving out of adjustment very often.
     
  10. May 26, 2020 at 3:03 PM
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    thanks, ive been building for a while. the M-LEDs were just coming out before i went overseas, over the time i heard so much hype about them and figured i try them out. i had them on the truck for a little bit but prefer the HIDs. M-LEDs had less wiring and were bright immediately when turned on, but i feel the HIDs still had a more wider spread and projection. i dont plan to sell my M-LED kit so i figured id redo them and do a true retrofit and keep them on hand when i get bored or if i need to upgrade my current set :thumbsup:
     
  11. May 28, 2020 at 7:21 PM
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    bump. these will be removed tomorrow
     

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