jamesewells
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Supply and demand...
06-09 LED headlight bulbs. MUST TRY list
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Supply and demand...
Formidable
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Please post your impressions. You’re going from HID’s to these bulbs so folks will want to know your thoughts. Also, hopefully you got the H11’s? Apparently the Amazon seller ran out of stock. They now have them again.
jamesewells
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I got the H11's. The 9005's will be delivered tomorrow. Have not installed, but will post impressions.
On a side note, the box says the H11's are 6500k. I believe my Xenon Depot HID's were 5500. Hope the light output is comparable.
Formidable
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Haha please do! Figured you would have installed already given one of your headlights are out.
For output these LED’s are 55w HID comparable in my opinion. Better than 35w. But it’s more than just output when comparing these to plug and play HID kits.. You get more light from cut off down, wider beam with no wash out at the ends, no hot spots. No squirrel finders, etc.
Install is super easy. Pull the HID plugs and ballasts, (might as well chuck in trash can because you won’t be going back). Plug in LED bulbs into OEM harness. Leave bulbs out and make sure they fire up before installing into headlight.
For output these LED’s are 55w HID comparable in my opinion. Better than 35w. But it’s more than just output when comparing these to plug and play HID kits.. You get more light from cut off down, wider beam with no wash out at the ends, no hot spots. No squirrel finders, etc.
Install is super easy. Pull the HID plugs and ballasts, (might as well chuck in trash can because you won’t be going back). Plug in LED bulbs into OEM harness. Leave bulbs out and make sure they fire up before installing into headlight.
jamesewells
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I have 2 4Runners, a 2003 and a 2007. I try to split up the driving, since I'm the only driver...
Formidable
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Roger that!
BTW, the high beam LED output is asinine ridiculous... Blows the 55W HID high beams out of the water. Can send astronauts and UFO’s messages if going up an incline.
BTW, the high beam LED output is asinine ridiculous... Blows the 55W HID high beams out of the water. Can send astronauts and UFO’s messages if going up an incline.
Terminator03
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Haha, that’s hilarious! Now I’m feeling like I need to finally upgrade my highs! I’m so happy with the lows, that I never actually use the highs anymore, and was only going to convert because of aesthetic reasons (bulbs look extremely yellow in comparison to the LEDs).
Formidable
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No joke! Asinine ridiculous. There is no possible way you could forget to leave them on accidentally while driving down the highway. It’s like staring at the sun for oncoming traffic.
Inv4drZm
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I'm confused. I bought the H11 and the 9005 but it turns out I currently have 9005 and 9006 bulbs in my headlights. 2005 btw. Should I have got the 9006 instead of the H11?
Nevermind, the stupid adapter I bought is reverse. Its H11 harness to 9006 bulb not what I needed.
Nevermind, the stupid adapter I bought is reverse. Its H11 harness to 9006 bulb not what I needed.
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H11 are for 06+ headlights with projectors. You don't need a H11 harness, just exchange the H11 bulbs for 9006
Inv4drZm
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Sorry, forgot to say I'm swapping to the 06' headlights too, just my harness is from an 05'.
montijo505
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I got these to replace decent “55W” HIDs and they are significantly brighter and much easier to install. Thanks!
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jamesewells
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Okay, I replaced my Xenon Depot HID's with these bulbs. I've had them in for a couple of weeks but only drove at night last night. What a difference. They are great. Brighter, love the color. A great improvement, for sure. No one will be disappointed. Don't know about the bulb life, but at the price, you can't go wrong. YMMV...
So I've been holding off on these for a while. I originally started with a DDM slim ballast kit with 6.5K bulbs. I couldn't see shit. I thought it was too blue so switched to 5k bulbs, it was better but still didn't illuminate distance as much as I wanted.
I then went with another brand of LED bulbs. I figure they are all manufactured in China and just rebranded anyway so might as well get a cheaper pair ($20). Those had awesome cutoff and width, but wasn't as bright as I wanted. I returned those and finally got the FS2..
My opinion of them so far is way better than the DDM and other LED brand. Still not as bright as I want but better (I'm used to S2k output)... Overall I'm content. We'll see how long they last!
I then went with another brand of LED bulbs. I figure they are all manufactured in China and just rebranded anyway so might as well get a cheaper pair ($20). Those had awesome cutoff and width, but wasn't as bright as I wanted. I returned those and finally got the FS2..
My opinion of them so far is way better than the DDM and other LED brand. Still not as bright as I want but better (I'm used to S2k output)... Overall I'm content. We'll see how long they last!
AGrav09URunner
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Has anyone here done led replacement for turn signals and DRLs? Would like to know your setup.
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Noticed today one of my low beams is out (2008). I read through this thread (thank you [MENTION=112299]Formidable[/MENTION]) and also a few other headlight threads using the search function. This other thread, from 2009, references modding a H9 into the low beam socket. I was surprised not to see any reference to that option here given the extensive discussion. Other than the modding aspect, any pros/cons in terms of using the H11 v. H9 for the low beams?
