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Retrofit headlights help

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Alpal25, Mar 22, 2020.

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  1. Mar 24, 2020 at 7:46 AM
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    Dude. Yeah they look amazing on the truck but that pic of the light on the backroads?! This will be on my necessary mod list. That light output with that cutoff looks amazing
     
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  2. Mar 24, 2020 at 7:46 AM
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    Try driving in fog or heavy snow with aftermarket LEDS.

    The LEDS will blind you with the scattered light reflection back on you.
     
    1997tacomav6, Mar 24, 2020
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  3. Mar 24, 2020 at 7:54 AM
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    like @beez said I aimed them (up and down) with the stock adjusters. The headlights have to be tilted up more than my halogens to get the cutoff high enough that I can see well (and lower than the legal limit) but I still have some adjustment both ways and this could be because of the different housings. Definitely take your time getting them rotated correctly so the cutoff is parallel to the ground. I put them on my truck before I sealed them to get it right because they have a little play. I recommend getting the nut tight enough that the projectors don't wobble, get them perfectly adjusted then crank that nut down, checking that the projectors don't move a few times as you go, just know that they say once the nut is tightened down you can't get it off easily because it deforms.
     
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  4. Mar 24, 2020 at 7:56 AM
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    X2
     
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  5. Mar 24, 2020 at 8:00 AM
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    I love them. I spent under 200$ for everything I put into mine and you could easily save 100 off that if you didn't have to buy soldering stuff for the halos and new housings, but I wanted to be able to work on it for a few days in the new housings while I got it right, and not having clouded lenses and getting blacked out parking lights is easily worth the $75 to me.
     
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  6. Mar 24, 2020 at 8:06 AM
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    Not sure why you're explaining this to me...I'm with the HID projector crew...:confused:
     
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  7. Mar 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM
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    :bananadead:
    Oppsss
     
    1997tacomav6, Mar 24, 2020
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