zacattack20's Matte Blue ‘98 to '02 Sport Edition - Not the normal build thread
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Aelfwine
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zacattack20
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Not completely sure. Some 5k white ones from VLEDs is all I know. I've bought so many LEDs that I get confused.
santanvalleydirt
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Your 4Runner is freakin gorgeous. I would love to eventually start working on mine like you did. That thing is righteous monster. :thumb:
zacattack20
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Thank you very much.
Aelfwine
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Are they also blinkers? I've installed a set of switchbacks into mine but they are kinda bluish and ruin the whole look.
zacattack20
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No just regular LEDs
It's hard to find 5k switchbacks the way I want them. You can see in the above picture my blinkers on the bumper are a sight blue, as those are switchbacks. I don't like it either but I can't find a normal 7443 5k switchback. The only ones I can find don't blink the way I want them to. I want the white to turn off and just blink orange but the only ones I can find are the ones that alternate white and orange.
Vleds offers an option for a 5k switchback 7443 but only in their $150+ V3 triton and although I spend stupid money on somethings sometimes I can't bring myself to spend that much on bulbs.
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TRS has some 5k switchbacks, but to be honest most of the reviews on HIDPlanet are that the Morimoto LED bulbs are not that great.
7443 XB LED CREE XB-D Headlight marker turn signal bulbs blinkers
zacattack20
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Interesting. Thanks for posting those. Do you happen to know though how they blink? Whether they are white off and then blinks orange or alternating white and orange?
I could not find anything about the sequence.
Sorry.
I honestly would not get them, supposedly they updated the optics but they are not an improvement over the halogen, maybe even a downgrade.
D Farms
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pretty much all after market leds are going to suck unless they are purpose built like the led tail light units. the problem is that the reflectors are made to focus on a filament, when they put leds in place of the filaments, the optics cannot correctly focus the light, and then they suck. the led replacements that have a big lens and heatsink are usually the besg because they dont rely on the oe optics to focus and distribute the light.
Aelfwine
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My blinkers are pretty white and they blink the way you've described. I got them on ebay from china. They are huge and I had to trim the back of the blinker for them to fit inside, aside from that I'm happy with them as long as they do the job.
aeroneer1
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I got mine apart at 275, but did have put them in pry a bit, then put them in again. Definitely took some arm strength! Bent the back piece quite a bit to get them apart, and I've since seen a couple threads with melted corners at the same temp.
So now I'm nervous about putting them back together, so I think I'll take it real easy, and turn off before I put them in.
If they do come out shitty or melt, I can do the pour-in-cleaner method with some clear corners I have.
zacattack20
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Those look good. More work than I want to do for that though. Haha.
I don't really use them for importing lighting. Just a DRL so they might not be too bad for that application but I don't know.
Happen to have a link for those? And pictures?
zacattack20
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Finally found a set of these mirror covers. I've been looking for awhile off and on and found a site that sells them. It's a Japanese site and I received all emails in Japanese. I had to use google translate which wasn't perfect so I still didn't really know if I was going to receive them or not. I ordered them on March 30 and received them yesterday. The price includes shipping.
revier | Rakuten Global Market: Early 185-Hilux LED light vermeckilim with LED Wayne CardA mirror foot ramp with OE interchangeable genuine color painted LED winker mirror led mirror LED doamirauinka /
You can order them in black, chrome, or desert dune I think. They are only for the older style side view mirrors though, '96-'98 I believe. I ordered black but I'm not a fan of having them glossy with my paint so I will have to do something about that so it will be a little while before I install them.
revier | Rakuten Global Market: Early 185-Hilux LED light vermeckilim with LED Wayne CardA mirror foot ramp with OE interchangeable genuine color painted LED winker mirror led mirror LED doamirauinka /
You can order them in black, chrome, or desert dune I think. They are only for the older style side view mirrors though, '96-'98 I believe. I ordered black but I'm not a fan of having them glossy with my paint so I will have to do something about that so it will be a little while before I install them.
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Aelfwine
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ZACATTACK20'S 1998 Semi Gloss Black Build/Mod/Photo Thread
I bought them quite a while ago, wouldn't remember what they were. Heres a few pics anyway.
By the way those mirror covers look cool. I'd like to see them installed. They cost quite a few bucks though...
I bought them quite a while ago, wouldn't remember what they were. Heres a few pics anyway.
By the way those mirror covers look cool. I'd like to see them installed. They cost quite a few bucks though...
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zacattack20
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Yeah me too. Still a few weeks out at least. Have some other things I've been doing that I will post soon hopefully.
Just be aware that the ones I posted are for the earlier 3rd gen side view mirrors. 96-98 only. They wouldn't fit your 2000 unless you bought the complete older style mirrors and then swapped them.
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