09-19-2020, 11:00 PM
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Found what I was looking for. a retrofit LED projector. Love it!
Heres what they look like
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09-21-2020, 01:33 PM
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Found what I was looking for. a retrofit LED projector. Love it!
Heres what they look like
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beam pattern looks nice.Can you please tell us some more info? Did you do the retrofit yourself? Was it hard? Does it use the same connector?
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09-21-2020, 09:44 PM
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beam pattern looks nice.Can you please tell us some more info? Did you do the retrofit yourself? Was it hard? Does it use the same connector?
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If you can bake a headlight open / reseal will run about 450 for the projectors.
Im chicken so bought mine, plus I wanted a blackout look so bought Kustom54's lights. They have multiple configurations
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09-23-2020, 09:20 PM
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Tried taking some night shots, but most came out looking really bad (blurry). Here is one, but it’s high beams:
These are Lexus IS bi-xenon projectors. The two reflectors you see around about 1/2 mile at the end of this road, not an oncoming car. I’ll try to get better low and low plus fog shots.
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09-23-2020, 10:59 PM
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Headlight before/after comparisons
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09-23-2020, 11:07 PM
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Need night shots with the headlights shining into the camera, not away from the camera.
Oncoming traffic perspective.
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09-25-2020, 03:53 PM
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I was reading crashnburn80 tacoma post and it seem his argument for lack of distance on LEDs is the lack of a central hotspot as the led are sidefiring in most other projectors. however, in the 4runners, an LED bulb would be front and back firing in our halogen projectors. seems like you would still get a central hotspot as seen in most of the 4runner LED reviews. Does anyone know if anyone has done the same analysis on the 4runner projectors to the extent of crashnburn80? in particular, the bulb orientation of 45 deg as recommended by some others on this forum vs directly front and rear firing to maximize the central hot spot? Is he actually on this forum to address this question?
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09-27-2020, 08:53 PM
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Updated output shots.
Low beam only:
Low beam plus fog:
High beam:
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09-28-2020, 08:16 AM
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Need night shots with the headlights shining into the camera, not away from the camera.
Oncoming traffic perspective.
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Photos differ greatly from what you actually see when looking into the headlights. I tried to capture this last night and the photos made it appear blinding.
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11-07-2020, 05:26 PM
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Updated the OP with the Alpharex nova and explained my finding of each light
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11-07-2020, 11:21 PM
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Good comparative post here. Those Alpharex headlights look terrible. All foreground lighting with no distance. Good for instagram only I guess.
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11-08-2020, 01:51 AM
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I was reading crashnburn80 tacoma post and it seem his argument for lack of distance on LEDs is the lack of a central hotspot as the led are sidefiring in most other projectors. however, in the 4runners, an LED bulb would be front and back firing in our halogen projectors. seems like you would still get a central hotspot as seen in most of the 4runner LED reviews. Does anyone know if anyone has done the same analysis on the 4runner projectors to the extent of crashnburn80? in particular, the bulb orientation of 45 deg as recommended by some others on this forum vs directly front and rear firing to maximize the central hot spot? Is he actually on this forum to address this question?
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I don't think he's on here. However, you do bring up a good point- yes the emitters would be forward and rearward facing in the side-mounted projector housings on a 4Runner.
However, the central problem is still the same. LED chips sitting on a blade of copper (for power and heat transfer) still cannot be shrunk down to the thickness of a wound halogen filament. Because the thickness is increased, the light source is pushed out of the focal point of the optic. You may retain a hotspot, but it will not be placed in the correct location of the beam pattern (at the top, just under the cutoff). This will increase near-field brightness at the expense of distance projection- a very unsafe combination for headlights.
Drop-in LED bulbs are not worth it. I advise you to save your money and get performance or H9 halogen bulbs.
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11-08-2020, 10:19 AM
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Added some Alpharex Luxx headlights. The install was a pain in the ass. I didn’t install the DRL function since i never use it anyway. Also I didn’t care for the dancing lights at startup. Seemed kinda cheesy to me. Another thing I didn’t care for is the extended shut off time which I don’t have any of that since I didn’t install the DRL harness. I really miss the ease of modding like with Jeeps. I like the black housing. BTW, to adjust the lights don’t use a screwdriver. Just use an 8MM ratcheting wrench. So much easier. I’m not sure what i think about these headlights yet since I haven’t driven far and it was all in the city which will drown out most lights. I’m not sure I like the beam pattern. Just not used to the cutoff pattern. Also the drivers hi beam is much higher than the passenger side.
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Led headlights (the 3 that I've had) all have wierd cutoff lines, not sure why. Morimoto tries to cast an "M"
The drivers high beam does look up high
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11-08-2020, 11:13 AM
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Lol those look terrible.
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11-09-2020, 04:17 PM
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Not perfect, but at least they are better than the halogens.
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I doubt it. They may be brighter but distance projection appears to be lost in the photo that ForRun posted. I'd rather have dim headlights that reach far into the distance than bright headlights that reach 30 feet in front of my truck. And the high beam alignment shows that they have terrible build QC.
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