Morimoto M-LED Retro Quik Headlights

[Angelo]

Just putting a call out there to see if anyone has any experience with the Morimoto M-LED RetroQuik kit, either installing it yourself or as part of an aftermarket retrofit.

I'm considering taking the plunge at some point soon. I'm not totally in love with the idea of cracking the headlight housings myself but it doesn't look terribly hard, and there's a 5 year warranty. I'm also not a fan (sorry LED humor haha) of the color temp at 5900k, but the demo photos don't look terribly blue. The fact that they'd replace both low and high beams leaves the current DRL / HB spot open for something creative like additional auxillary forward lighting. I would most likely go ahead and spring for all new (used) housings so that I can easily revert to OEM if necessary.

Here's the link at TRS - Retro-Quik: Toyota 4Runner (14-18) - Complete Retrofit Kits from The Retrofit Source

Anyone?

 

[AKBrown]

TRS10 gives you 10% off

I was actually looking at their others LED's

Just putting a call out there to see if anyone has any experience with the Morimoto M-LED RetroQuik kit, either installing it yourself or as part of an aftermarket retrofit.

I'm considering taking the plunge at some point soon. I'm not totally in love with the idea of cracking the headlight housings myself but it doesn't look terribly hard, and there's a 5 year warranty. I'm also not a fan (sorry LED humor haha) of the color temp at 5900k, but the demo photos don't look terribly blue. The fact that they'd replace both low and high beams leaves the current DRL / HB spot open for something creative like additional auxillary forward lighting. I would most likely go ahead and spring for all new (used) housings so that I can easily revert to OEM if necessary.

Here's the link at TRS - Retro-Quik: Toyota 4Runner (14-18) - Complete Retrofit Kits from The Retrofit Source

Anyone?

 

[97BlackAckCL]

I'm in the middle of this retrofit right now :thumb:

I've done several retrofits, getting these headlights open was the worst I've ever dealt with. Definite learning curve. The quick retro kit itself is pretty straight forward.

 

[meder24]

I'm in the middle of this retrofit right now :thumb:

I've done several retrofits, getting these headlights open was the worst I've ever dealt with. Definite learning curve. The quick retro kit itself is pretty straight forward.

Any chance of output shots after you get them installed? Curious to see how these project.

 

[srsrogerissrs]

I bought the quik-retro kit but I plan on ordering a set of DEPO lights to open instead of opening my oem lights as I've heard it's a pain.

 

[97BlackAckCL]

Any chance of output shots after you get them installed? Curious to see how these project.

I can post when I finish, I'm also doing the chip flip mod.

I bought the quik-retro kit but I plan on ordering a set of DEPO lights to open instead of opening my oem lights as I've heard it's a pain.

I bought a set of TYC OEM replacement headlights and they also had the permaseal, it sucked!

 

[Angelo]

I've done several retrofits, getting these headlights open was the worst I've ever dealt with. Definite learning curve.

Perfect! Obviously I want to hear all about it once you get things set up. Any elaboration you might be able to give on the headlight seals would be great too. Thanks man.

 

[Hans Moleman]

I bought a set of TYC OEM replacement headlights and they also had the permaseal, it sucked!

I bought some cheap Ebay lights. I tried to bake them apart. I ended destroying the plastic from trying to pry them open after baking in the oven because the plastic was so soft.

 

[srsrogerissrs]

I bought a set of TYC OEM replacement headlights and they also had the permaseal, it sucked!

Welp that's a bummer haha. I guess my retro-quik kit is going to stay in the box for a little while longer. I did a pair of Altima headlights once with permaseal and it made me never want to open a pair of headlights ever again....

 

[97BlackAckCL]

Welp that's a bummer haha. I guess my retro-quik kit is going to stay in the box for a little while longer. I did a pair of Altima headlights once with permaseal and it made me never want to open a pair of headlights ever again....

Yeah, it definitely sucks

 

[nmartin209]

I bought a set of TYC OEM replacement headlights and they also had the permaseal, it sucked!

Just bought these as well to do, any updates or output shots?

 

[ForRun]

Just bought these as well to do, any updates or output shots?

Here's the BiLed2 in the TYC lights.
See the 2nd to last pic.
Headlight comparison stock vs others
Kustom54 sells them this way, that's where I got mine

 

[97BlackAckCL]

Just bought these as well to do, any updates or output shots?

Unfortunately I don't have any output shots as I had to pack up my retrofit parts and headlights while I was moving and haven't been able to touch them in the last few months as we were buying and selling a house. The latest pic that I have was when I was mounting the high beam projectors into the high beam sockets, but you can see the MLED 2.0s after I had switched from the original MLED projectors that I was all set to use. Here's a pic of everything I have mounted together. I'm just waiting to get time to pull these out and get the permaseal off the housings and I'm ready to seal them up.

 

[ian_alcorn]

Unfortunately I don't have any output shots as I had to pack up my retrofit parts and headlights while I was moving and haven't been able to touch them in the last few months as we were buying and selling a house. The latest pic that I have was when I was mounting the high beam projectors into the high beam sockets, but you can see the MLED 2.0s after I had switched from the original MLED projectors that I was all set to use. Here's a pic of everything I have mounted together. I'm just waiting to get time to pull these out and get the permaseal off the housings and I'm ready to seal them up.

Sorry for the thread resurrection but do you have any updates on your retrofit? From the picture it looks like you did what I want to do. Mled 2 for low/ highs and the Morimoto mini hb for the highs. Oh and how bad were the TYC headlights to disassemble? The only retrofit I have done was on my 2016 Ford Fusion. The permaseal on those headlights sucked.

 

[97BlackAckCL]

Sorry for the thread resurrection but do you have any updates on your retrofit? From the picture it looks like you did what I want to do. Mled 2 for low/ highs and the Morimoto mini hb for the highs. Oh and how bad were the TYC headlights to disassemble? The only retrofit I have done was on my 2016 Ford Fusion. The permaseal on those headlights sucked.

The permaseal on the TYC headlights freaking SUCKED! I don't have any updates as we bought a house and my retro was packed up in a box when we moved. I hopefully should have some updated pics in a few weeks. And yes that is the MLED 2.0's and the Mini HB's. I did have to modify the high beam holes to get the HB's to fit as they would not fit originally

 

[NW.OH.T4R]

Sorry for the thread resurrection but do you have any updates on your retrofit? From the picture it looks like you did what I want to do. Mled 2 for low/ highs and the Morimoto mini hb for the highs. Oh and how bad were the TYC headlights to disassemble? The only retrofit I have done was on my 2016 Ford Fusion. The permaseal on those headlights sucked.

If you are using the retro kwik brackets, you may have better luck with donor Depo or Eagle Eyes headlights. I can’t recall which, but one of those is sealed with butyl. The projector brackets are plastic in them so they don’t work if you’re doing the Lexus projector swap, like I did on mine.
I think it’s this set, but I’m not positive.

2019 Toyota 4Runner Driver & Passenger Side 2 Piece Headlight Set


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[ian_alcorn]

If you are using the retro kwik brackets, you may have better luck with donor Depo or Eagle Eyes headlights. I can’t recall which, but one of those is sealed with butyl. The projector brackets are plastic in them so they don’t work if you’re doing the Lexus projector swap, like I did on mine.
I think it’s this set, but I’m not positive.

2019 Toyota 4Runner Driver & Passenger Side 2 Piece Headlight Set


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Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll definitely look into those and do more research.

 

[2barevo]

Unfortunately I don't have any output shots as I had to pack up my retrofit parts and headlights while I was moving and haven't been able to touch them in the last few months as we were buying and selling a house. The latest pic that I have was when I was mounting the high beam projectors into the high beam sockets, but you can see the MLED 2.0s after I had switched from the original MLED projectors that I was all set to use. Here's a pic of everything I have mounted together. I'm just waiting to get time to pull these out and get the permaseal off the housings and I'm ready to seal them up.

Did you get a chance to reseal your headlights. Ive got everything ordered and will be using the same projectors for the LB and HB. Im curious as to how yours look finished. What shroud did you use for the Mini HB? Any issues with alignment? Appreciate your feedback.

 

[honda250xtitan]

Did you get a chance to reseal your headlights. Ive got everything ordered and will be using the same projectors for the LB and HB. Im curious as to how yours look finished. What shroud did you use for the Mini HB? Any issues with alignment? Appreciate your feedback.

align it on the vehicle with the lense off. if youre on the fence about extra stuff like paint and other stuff, just do it, you'll never wanna take it apart to do it later. just speaking from retrofiting nissan titan and f250 headlights:wave:

 

[2barevo]

align it on the vehicle with the lense off. if youre on the fence about extra stuff like paint and other stuff, just do it, you'll never wanna take it apart to do it later. just speaking from retrofiting nissan titan and f250 headlights:wave:

Going to be taking my time with the build. The retro fit kit already comes with a bracket that places it in the same spot as the oem so im hoping there wouldnt be much of an alignment issue. The HB projector in the other hand will need custom work.