Winjet Headlights - Any Experience

Does anyone have any experience with Winjet Headlights? I have their smoked taillights on my truck for the last year+ and have had no problems. I know headlights sometimes are more problematic and curious if anyone has purchased/installed them.

https://winjetinc.com/products/2016-2023-toyota-tacoma-sr5-sport-drl-head-lights-matte-black-clear

 

@crashnburn80

 

Hard pass. Cheap aftermarket Chinese headlights are a massive downgrade over stock. Performance will be terrible. If you want an actual upgrade OEM LED is the best tested headlight on the market beating every aftermarket option. Nearly every aftermarket headlight is lower performing than the stock OEM halogens. Don’t buy into that Chinese BS.

 

Yeah, I bought mine used so it already had cheap aftermarket headlights on it anyway. Halogen and crappy, no uplighting at all. Was hoping maybe an LED aftermarket would be an upgrade of sorts. Just don't have the cash flow to go with the TRD Pro headlights plus harness (SR5) I'd ultimately like to run. I'll shop the marketplace here and locally and see if I can get lucky.

 

@MTB Mamba i have a set of Form Lighting LEDs I would part with. DM for info. I can't post them on TW as apparently I don't have enough posts of substance.

 

See if someone who upgraded their SR5 is willing to part with their stockers or check car-part.com for junk yards nearby with a set.

 

H9s are like $20-30

 

NAPA equivalents end up $35 a pair, some get them a little less expensive. People spend more of coffee in one day than I spend on H9s in a year.

 

I was floored by the h9 improvement over h11 and both cheap and spendy led bulbs.
No contest and super affordable.
I can source the Phillips h9s for $9 a piece locally, but I switched housings a while back, so now my issue is ice

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/search/18767033/?q=Winjet&t=post&o=date&c[node]=186

 

get oem led ........ the other leds are just flushing money down the pooper

 

Yeah I know how the search works. There are no applicable results. That’s why I made this post.

 

Crib notes then: Winjet Sucks.

 

I like these headlights! I also got LEDs for my 2019, just over three years ago, off of Ebay. I wanted to get rid of the chrome in the OEM headlights, and I wanted blackout, but clear lenses, like you show in your post. I found a set on Ebay and with shipping, they were just over $400, I think, $405. Click on my profile pic and you will see how they look. But for me, they have been great with no problems. Oh wait, they did come also with side lights, and one of the bulbs burnt out a few months ago, which of course, was a simple cheap replacement. Not a biggie. I am really happy though, with mine, and it just goes to show that throwing money out there for OEM and others that list for over $1000 is not necessarily the only option!

 

Kinda like courting a skid row prostitute.
You'll save some money, and might be ok...

 

Best bet if you don't have the funds for OE LED's!