I have an ‘08 Tacoma with 102K mi. It is going to my Grandson in a couple months as he begins driving. On the punch list for the truck are replacement headlights. I want full replacement fixtures. I have de-glazed the lenses a couple times and it is time to replace. A quick look at fixtures and there are all kinds of them with different lighting capabilities. What kind of bulbs do you suggest. I want good light without ******* off on coming drivers. Much obliged for suggestions.
Replacement Headlights
- Thread starter Jackfre
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kbeefy
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Find something as close to OEM as possible. I got some decent repops off rock auto a while back.
To avoid glare don't mix lighting technologies. HID or LED retrofit bulbs can be hit or miss on performance and glare. Safe bet is halogen bulbs in halogen housings. I have done almost all the different combinations over the years, some work great but finding that one can be difficult.
To avoid glare don't mix lighting technologies. HID or LED retrofit bulbs can be hit or miss on performance and glare. Safe bet is halogen bulbs in halogen housings. I have done almost all the different combinations over the years, some work great but finding that one can be difficult.
cvairwerks
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I've changed the buckets on my Super Duty a couple of times now and this time changed over to ones specifically for LED's. Just got to figure out why the LED's work backwards from the halogens...
kbeefy
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These were probably RockAuto as well.
kbeefy
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Some vehicles switch ground, others switch positive. Thats usually what I find with LED conversions... LED's by definition are a diode, current can only go one way. Incandescent/halogens will work the same with reversed polarity.
You can rewire/repin, or they actually sell pigtails to reverse the polarity for most bulb types. Your superduty is probably a 9007.