tired of my morimoto HID kit
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I would love OEM ones if they had a simple P&P for the older models to use. There is a guy on the Taco forums that sells a wiring adaptor for them, nice setup for those upgrading their Taco's to the newer LED's (like $1400 for new one units). Toyota had told me that my '17 can't use the newer headlights.
2021nightshade4x4
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What do you mean unreliable? Not consistent beam pattern? Or literally some days they don’t come on at all lol
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My Apexcone HIDs from DDM Tuning on 2004 gave up the ghost after 8 years of flawless service. I ended up getting decent quality affordable LED bulbs online (I don't remember where) and pretty happy with output. Don't revert to halogens after using HID because it'd feel like using candle to light up the road.
dawudih
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Doesn't turn on. Sometimes one or the other or both. Very unreliable since new & getting worse. I usually have to turn it off and on many times & sometimes I just give up if one of them turns on. Junk
dawudih
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Well, somebody here said they just unplugged everything & replugged it back and it started working. I did that and it's been perfect for a couple of week. Not sure why that worked but looks like I'm keeping them. They really are 100% better than halogen bulbs.
dawudih
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Morimoto is garbage. The vendor verified this by replacing them with a different brand. He said they've had way too many problems with them. Anyway, I replaced them with Hylux brand from Lightwerkz.com.
Glenn Goodlett
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My Lasfits haven't missed a beat in two years and counting.
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2021nightshade4x4
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LED performance is so good now that I would replace any aftermarket HID with LED just for the amount of options available.
Now OEM HID… while 4Runners went straight from Halogen to LED *** if they didn’t *** I would hang onto ol’ reliable if it had a tried and true D1S or D3S setup with the on-bulb igniters.
There was a time I wished there was a retrofit kit with those bulbs but now I wouldn’t ever want a setup involving an aftermarket ballast.
Morimoto and DDM were supposed to be top tier companies for HID but the reality I’ve come to accept is that aftermarket / retail is only so good, regardless of price.
A retail box Denso AC compressor is not built the same as an OE Denso installed at the factory. This is true for many electronics and accessories, but there are other areas where retail / non-dealer offerings excel, such as tires.
I actually wanted to try a set of Morimotos to try to get rid of the damn L shaped clip shadow out of my beam pattern (this is not the cutoff line) but all aftermarket options at this point - Morimoto, Alpharex - seem dicey.
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Now OEM HID… while 4Runners went straight from Halogen to LED *** if they didn’t *** I would hang onto ol’ reliable if it had a tried and true D1S or D3S setup with the on-bulb igniters.
There was a time I wished there was a retrofit kit with those bulbs but now I wouldn’t ever want a setup involving an aftermarket ballast.
Morimoto and DDM were supposed to be top tier companies for HID but the reality I’ve come to accept is that aftermarket / retail is only so good, regardless of price.
A retail box Denso AC compressor is not built the same as an OE Denso installed at the factory. This is true for many electronics and accessories, but there are other areas where retail / non-dealer offerings excel, such as tires.
I actually wanted to try a set of Morimotos to try to get rid of the damn L shaped clip shadow out of my beam pattern (this is not the cutoff line) but all aftermarket options at this point - Morimoto, Alpharex - seem dicey.
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patkelly4370
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I run the stock headlights (no LED).
They both come on instantly when I turn them on.
They don't need to warm up.
They don't blind oncoming traffic, now that they're aimed correctly.
I can see the highway and roads just fine, now that they're aimed correctly.
The "town" I live in has no streetlights on the corners (or anywhere).
Toyota ballpark aims the headlights. The dealer doesn't touch them unless requested by the customer.
I parked my 4runner about 3 car lengths behind one of our other cars. The low beams were shining over the car (Dodge Magnum). I adjusted them down, where the "cutoff" was just below the Magnum mirrors and back window. Amazingly, they now illuminate the road in front of the 4runner!
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2021nightshade4x4
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Perhaps THIS was the reason “stock halogens suck” [emoji23]
Now I hear nothing but praise about the high beams in halogen models. Double duty as DRL but in the BiLED housings the DRL is the only function of the inner reflector housing.
Glad to hear you invested the time - I had seen several complaints about halogens in other headlight threads.
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patkelly4370
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Best time to aim your headlights is at night in the fog.
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Too Stroked
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Toyota does not "ballpark aim" headlights at the factory for any model they produce. They are aimed on precision equipment to exacting standards based on federal lighting standards. That's kind of like saying they "ballpark the torque on head bolts." In fact, every step of the manufacturing and assembly process is very tightly controlled. Even then, every once in a while ...
As for dealers re-aiming headlights, I'm not aware of any dealers having the kind of equipment required to really do precision aiming. Besides, I'd be really worried about having the kid that just messed up my free oil change play with my headlight aiming.
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2021nightshade4x4
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If the dealer also does state inspections, they better have a way to check aim lol
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2021nightshade4x4
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Not too sure about precision aiming each vehicle. Perhaps pre-indexing each headlight adjuster when the housing is made, leaving the true beam angle subject to any inconsistencies in final assembly.
Else, we factory BiLED headlight users wouldn’t keep getting flashed even when using our low beams, even on stock tires, suspension, not even a leveling kit.
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