The ultimate headlight upgrade H4 (not LED or HID)

If you have a couple different colored pens grab a piece of paper and do up a quick wiring diagram for yourself. It helps visualize the install and provides reference if you get mixed up whole wiring.

 

Thank you. These are LEDs, is there anything I need to know first? Just match the wire colors to each other and good?

 

I saw they are LEDs. LEDs can be affected by polarity, meaning just because you connect red to red, and black to black they may not work and may require you to reverse the connection (red to black and black to red) for the correct polarity. Test before you finalize your wiring.

 

Got it figured out , nothing to it really. Thanks for the help guys.

 

These showed up today, really old stock Osrams! Both the 70/65w Hypers and first production run unmarked 85/80w Hypers.

 

Looks like they missed with the Blue Coating with the lamp on the right. Got the base & missed the lamp.

 

LOL, I think that is just the reflection from the blue wall behind me.

 

Just an update. I have driven a few times in the dark now with the new GE's. They are alot better and more focused as stated. I really like them so far.

 

Which GEs did you go with?

 

GE Megalight 120s as you suggested earlier in this thread.

 

Finally got some decent weather on a weekend, and I got my new headlights installed. Most of the internet guides about headlight assembly replacement are wrong. The factory service manual is also wrong. No need to do half that stuff. You can remove that hidden bolt by reaching up under the bumper and using a socket, doesn't have to be a 1/4" drive either. You do have to remove the grill, and pull the 3 exposed clips on the bumper cover to access the bottom screw in each headlight housing. The most difficult part is getting the old housing out, and the new one in. They don't just come straight out, or go back straight in. You have to carefully observe where they are catching on stuff, and manipulate them accordingly. Just have patience, and don't try to force them out, or in. You don't have to remove the battery, or windshield washer fluid tank. I put all the bulbs into the new housings before I installed them, and snapping the electrical connectors on was easy, there was plenty of room.
It's not that bad a job, and if I ever do another, it will be easy, and only take a short time. NOTE: this is for a 2011 Tacoma, I don't know about the procedure on other generations/years. I'm also sure others will have different opinions on the procedure, and the degree of difficulty. I'm just providing info on my experience having done this job...

 

I removed the hidden bolts reaching from the grill area. Never bothered replacing them either.

 

@crashnburn80 -- So what's it going to take to get some bulb testing results out of this guy?

Thomas the Train?
Legos?

 

After this weekends multi-day wheeling and camping trip, he’s pretty set on a Warn.

The front bumper took some damage, he’s all about upgrading it and adding the winch.

 

So I just installed all new everything including housings. What is the baseline height at what distance to not be a douche to other drivers?

 

I typically recommend doing one at a time and adjusting the new one to match the old, then doing the other side and adjusting it to match the already adjusted light.

 

Yeah but obviously thats not an option. Trial and error I guess

 

Here is a getting started point:
https://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html

 

Where and how did you guys run your harness?

 

Ran mine exactly how its run in the OP