What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I installed a new set of LED tag lights. About 2 years ago I installed a set of led bulbs and unfortunately they started flickering a few days ago. After replacing those led bulbs with the original halogen bulbs, they decided to stop working altogether for some reason. Instead of replacing the bulbs with led bulbs again, I ended up replacing the OEM housings with LED housings. There is a good improvement in light output and now I can't really see much from the rearview camera haha.

$14 VIPMOTOZ Full LED License Plate Light For 2016-2023 Toyota Tacoma & 2014-2021 Tundra Pickup Truck, 6000K Diamond White, 2-Pieces Tag Lamp Assembly Replacement

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Compared to my LED reverse lights lol



Here is one of my original halogen bulbs that quit working after swapping them over a few days ago. Anyone know what causes this?

 

that is the best mug I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks for the link!

 

Yup I have it in three vehicles. My work truck, personal truck and wife’s Camry. The family loves them since they stream everything.

 

Unless I have someone riding in the back (pretty rare) I always have the headrests out. Gives me a good bit more visibility out the back. And it's super easy to put em right back in if needed.

 

I remember seeing a mod on here that interlocked the reverse light with the license plate lights so that the license lights would cut out when reversing and not blind the camera.

 

That's exactly why I removed mine the day after I got the truck.

 

It's like $85 bucks though. It's cool, but for the time being I'm going with the $7 mod that partially covers the lights to reduce the glare.

 

What is a the $7 attachment?

 

These little guys:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-cheap-easy-license-plate-light-glare-fix.739648/

 

Same here. Unless there's a passenger back there, they do nothing but block the rear window.

 

With every penny. @daveeasa is a pro and the harness he builds is better than OEM. One of my favorite mods (next to the DRL harness he built me.)

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...le-while-in-reverse-dir.707546/#post-25122026

 

Oh I do not doubt their quality. I just can't justify that money right now. Eventually I will though.

 

Had mine for almost a year and no problems at all. Really like the extra height you get from these!

 

No problem man. I like it a lot

 

Where do you put them?

 

It’s hard to take a photo of it but did anyone replace their rear light and they aren’t very bright? The front are crazy bright but the back seem dim.

came from this kit
AUTOGINE Super Bright 6000K White...

$19 AUTOGINE Super Bright 6000K White LED Interior Light Kit Package for 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Toyota Tacoma + Install Tool

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0834MGNHM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

#220931, just put them behind the seat.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...3rd-gen-today.399305/page-11047#post-26622727

 

Ah ok. I have the jbl behind mine

 

I just did mine this afternoon. I was unimpressed with the plug-n-play connectors on back of the tail lights. They fit nice but there didn't seem to be any retention. The plugs on my $30 raptor lights seem to be of better quality. I am going to remove them tomorrow and see if I was just being stupid, or if I need to tape them up. i know if I don't I'm going to be stressing out over them coming unplugged at random while driving around.

How did they seem to you?

 

Ah, gotcha. Yeah that could be an issue. Umm... will they fit under the front seats? The only time that space would be needed is also when a passenger would want a headrest, I would think. Janky solution, sure, but might work.