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Halogen Headlight Upgrade Options

Discussion in '2.5 Gen Tundras (2014-2021)' started by B-Lo, Nov 29, 2023.

  1. Nov 29, 2023 at 4:05 AM
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    B-Lo

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    I’m looking to swap out my 2018 SR5 stock halogen headlights to an all LED option. What are the best out there?
     
  2. Nov 29, 2023 at 4:20 AM
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    Here ya go. Everything you need to know is probably in here. The search bar is your best bet

    This is the go to thread about this same thing!
    https://www.tundras.com/posts/3397803/

    This will get you to pages of info
     
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  3. Nov 29, 2023 at 7:17 AM
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    Get the stock LED lights and you need the ihacker harness. One of the best upgrades for the money.
     
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  4. Nov 29, 2023 at 7:27 AM
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    +1 on this ... night and day difference compared to the stock halogens
     
  5. Nov 29, 2023 at 2:30 PM
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    Unless you want to spend big money on Morimoto XB’s..

    Go with OEM LED TRD pro housings with the ihacker harness. I hummed and ha’d about it for a while but oh my what a great upgrade. They look amazing and the light output is fantastic for an OEM light. Ihacker harness is plug and play, and on par with OEM quality, if not higher.
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  6. Nov 30, 2023 at 5:15 AM
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    Will the harness also take care of the fast blinking turn signals?
     
  7. Nov 30, 2023 at 5:36 AM
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    The OEM LED light have halogen turn signals, so you'd have to swap them out with LEDs if you want those. I have an iHacker harness, but just left the halogen bulbs.
     
  8. Nov 30, 2023 at 5:38 AM
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    The OEM ‘LED’ headlights don’t have led turn signals or parking lights. Only thing led is drl, high and low beam
     
  9. Nov 30, 2023 at 8:40 AM
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    Rapid blinking light usually means you have a bad bulb/ connection
     
  10. Nov 30, 2023 at 4:06 PM
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    I see that most have gone with the LED OEM headlights. How do they compare to the stock halogen headlight with LED bulbs? I installed a set of Auxito LED bulbs and impressed with the light output and sharp cut off line with no scattered light.
     
  11. Nov 30, 2023 at 4:59 PM
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    I think you will get variety responses since the led bulbs vary greatly. Going from stock halogen to the pro led headlights was staggering. I did not want to believe it was that much of an improvement, but the first night driving the the led assemblies I probably had double the visibility up front and so much more visibility on the sides. Just crazy improvement.
     
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  12. Nov 30, 2023 at 5:24 PM
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    Your absolutely right about the led bulb quality and output. The first set I bought were terrible and I returned them. The second set, the Auxito's are great and a big difference over the stock halogen bulbs. You right in that the question will get such a variety of responses that the info will be meaningless.
     
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