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Tacoma SR5 2016 Headlight Conversion Help Needed

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by humibugs, Jun 23, 2024.

  1. Jun 24, 2024 at 10:40 AM
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    humibugs

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    Like turned on with the light switch knob that's connected on the wheel
     
  2. Jun 24, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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    okay, I didn’t think you’d have auto low beams on a 2016. If you wanted to just adapt the plugs like suggested, you’d probably be okay as long as you don’t turn the stalk switch (the one on the steering wheel) to DRL or parking lights (parking lights being the symbol of two lights facing away from each other one click past DRL). The truck combines the turn and DRL signal, so a constant feed to the turn might cause issues. It may not. I can’t really say with those particular headlights. It may make them light up amber instead of white for DRL, but I doubt it since they are sequential, and I have not seen a sequential light do that. If you want them to act like would if you had a TRD trim (the trucks they are designed for), then my harness is the closest thing out there that is plug and play. There are other ways to do it, such as driving DRL from a relay which will have the DRL on when the truck is, or you can tap the stalk switch as well to do it, but that gets tricky with the parking lights. And then you will also need an isolated turn turn signal which you can grab from the rear, but that can get complicated if those headlights have resistors built in (which again, I don’t know, but my educated guess is that they do). So short of some kind of a pain wiring job, I’d say you have three choices realistically:
    A) eat the 20% and shipping, and return them. If you do this, check out shipnerd for a good price shipping.
    B) buy my harness and they will work almost like stalk (it has a small delay built into it, and the hazards will kill the DRL function, but that won’t matter with your switchbacks anyway).
    C) make a plug adapter and see what happens. It probably wouldn’t hurt the lights, but again, I am not experienced with that brand or anything, so proceed there at your own risk. I can make an adapter for you too if you feel adventurous :D
     
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  3. Jun 24, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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    caribe makaira

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    OP, verify if you get the Head Unit setting to turn OFF the DRL's before you go ahead.
     

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