Got my wheels, 275/70R17 KO2s, and Bilstein 5100s (1.75") finally installed. Much better.
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Working on a little project. Should be done in a couple weeks. Stripped all chrome with bleach, cleaned, dried, painted black. Ordered clear lenses to replace the amber lenses for the side markers.
Got rid of the minivan tires. And added a little something so people would know it's 4-wheel drive.![]()
Any finished pics?
Looks great. I wish the 275 KO2's weren't E load.
Those badges are corny and I love them (along with the classic Toyota colored stripes) for some reason.
Got my wheels, 275/70R17 KO2s, and Bilstein 5100s (1.75") finally installed. Much better.
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The bulb died sometime between removing it from my 2017 and installing it in the 2013. Xenon Depot was more than happy to replace it for me and actually sent me two brand new ones! Pretty happy with them as a company. Hopefully these ones last forever, as I would expect crazy expensive LEDs to!
wheels/ tires look great, is your valence PD?
Can definitely see where you're coming from. These particular LEDs are significantly brighter than any others I've seen on the market, as you would expect given the higher price tag. I just liked the Plug and Play easiness to them. They worked remarkably well in my 2017 with projector headlights - comparable to hid. I feel like with the reflectors of the 2013 they're just throwing light in all directions. I may look into hid at some point, but I really don't do much night driving nowadays.The LED bulbs are pretty cheap to build. They gave you two because they'd have to pay someone to open the packages and pull one out, then maintain inventory of all the different kinds of loose bulbs they have on hand, etc.
I went through the drop-in LED phase. Happily running upgraded halogen bulbs (H9 and 9011), which are much better at focus and distance projection than drop-in LEDs. Good luck!
Where in Bastrop is this?
JT