thennen
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^^^This, please. Aim them properly. Don't be that guy that installs two blue-tinted SUNS on the front of his vehicle, then drives happily down the highway on a clear night with his fogs on, thinking only about how well HE can see.
Headlights suck
- Thread starter Ripper238
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The headlights were by far the worst item I found wrong with the 4Runner. I have only had it for 6 months or so and absolutely love almost everything about it. Recently moved more north to New Hampshire and found the headlights are horrible especially in rain/snow conditions. Had the H11 HID kit from XenonDepot and the H16 LED kit put into the fog lights and what a difference. I'd highly recommend this as a huge lighting upgrade.
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baldrik78
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If you're putting LED bulbs into the stock halogen projectors, you should read this thread.
3rd Gen HID vs LED vs Halogen H11 projector headlights | Tacoma World
3rd Gen HID vs LED vs Halogen H11 projector headlights | Tacoma World
I thought the headlights were fine, the best of any car I have had, but maybe my bar is pretty low.
I had a headlight out and went with the H9 swap, and wow, much better, brighter and more coverage area. I travel frequently enough on busy two lane and no one has ever flashed me, so they seem bright, but fine. Low cost to, lower than even replacing the H11. Just have to modify the H9 to get it to fit.
I had a headlight out and went with the H9 swap, and wow, much better, brighter and more coverage area. I travel frequently enough on busy two lane and no one has ever flashed me, so they seem bright, but fine. Low cost to, lower than even replacing the H11. Just have to modify the H9 to get it to fit.
What are you running for bulbs (brand and color)? Those look great!
Chris In Milwaukee
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I put in the Morimoto 35W 5500K HIDs last night, realigned the lamps, and it’s a whole new ballgame. Literally a night-and-day difference. :music:
The easiest is a brighter H11 bulb like philips xtremevision or osram night breaker. The next step up would be to modify a standard H9 bulb to fit. These would not require any modification of your headlights. The H9 bulb only needs to modify the bulb itself.
lyodbraun
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Lastfit LED LAPLUS H11 low beams 2014-2019 Toyota 4Runner LED Headlight Exterior Interior Bulbs-LASFIT - Lasfit Auto Lighting
Fogs are https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S7G41BG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
High beams are the lasfit brand as well...
Morimoto M LEDs.
Be careful not to run afoul of the
"PSA: Your Amazon Hi-beam LED headlights are garbage."
crowd
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Right?
thennen
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I haven't had any problems myself. So there are two of us.
jmickle11
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I've been reading the threads and trying to find a better option. I even ordered the H9 before I found out you had to modify them and they didn't last but about a year or so. So, I'm just going to stick with the stock OEM for now. I'll decide on a better option when they burn out. I run the fog lights most of the time and it's growing on me that these are fine.
RockyM
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I think they are ok as well, but I drive in the city mostly. I think those that mod the lights fall into the group that really needs stronger lights, and those that just want to screw around with something else on their rig.
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John in NC
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Stock headlights are OK. Do I wish they were better, yes.
Am I going to go out and put in aftermarket bulbs and blind other drivers, no.
You guys running night splitters, super bright LED's, plasma retina searing 5K ultras, Morimotos that require boosters and fans or whatever they're called... please tell me what you do when others flash their brights at you, do flip them off, do you blast that other driver with your brights or your light bar? Do you laugh at them?
If you get brighted even once a week it's too much. Remember that for every one driver that has the balls to flash you, there are dozens that are blinded and don't know why or what to do, they're just trying to stay on the road get past you so their eyes can recover.
Sure some of you re-aim your lights a bit lower, do you still get flashed on occasion?
Is your safety, when you light up the road WAY more than stock, more important than that soccer mom who has to shield her eyes from your blinding lights?
If you've re-aimed your night splitters to the point that you no longer get flashed, that's good.
A jeep yesterday had insanely bright fogs and searing aftermarket headlights, I couldn't bright that chump because I was trying to block the light with my hand and I literally couldn't see a damn thing.
F-150 guy in the AM drop off line at school has his blinding behind the grill light bar on all the time, gotta show off that sweet mod!!
So yes I'm highly annoyed.
Again those of you that don't get flashed, and re-aim- thanks for the effort.
Am I going to go out and put in aftermarket bulbs and blind other drivers, no.
You guys running night splitters, super bright LED's, plasma retina searing 5K ultras, Morimotos that require boosters and fans or whatever they're called... please tell me what you do when others flash their brights at you, do flip them off, do you blast that other driver with your brights or your light bar? Do you laugh at them?
If you get brighted even once a week it's too much. Remember that for every one driver that has the balls to flash you, there are dozens that are blinded and don't know why or what to do, they're just trying to stay on the road get past you so their eyes can recover.
Sure some of you re-aim your lights a bit lower, do you still get flashed on occasion?
Is your safety, when you light up the road WAY more than stock, more important than that soccer mom who has to shield her eyes from your blinding lights?
If you've re-aimed your night splitters to the point that you no longer get flashed, that's good.
A jeep yesterday had insanely bright fogs and searing aftermarket headlights, I couldn't bright that chump because I was trying to block the light with my hand and I literally couldn't see a damn thing.
F-150 guy in the AM drop off line at school has his blinding behind the grill light bar on all the time, gotta show off that sweet mod!!
So yes I'm highly annoyed.
Again those of you that don't get flashed, and re-aim- thanks for the effort.
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