My headlights journey so far...

So when I got my Tundra the headlights looked awful. I went to Autozone and got a $10 restore kit. Here are the results from that.

Definitely a big improvement, but still they were too dingy looking for me. So after some hunting I found a super clean set of Toyota headlights to replace my originals.
The four black clips that hold the bottom molding piece all broke because they had never been removed. Also one of the clips on the other side of the same molding broke on either side but I got new black clips and those pieces seem to be holding in there just fine.

Here is the results of the “new” headlights.

Huge difference. The pics don’t do justice. Now I would like some quality LEDs like those from Headlight Revolution.

 

Cleaned my headlight housings when I bought mines earlier this summer too. Threw in some Philips Crystal Vision bulbs for the time being. Can't make myself come to putting in LEDs into reflector housings and spray n' pray. Been debating about doing a retrofit or buy Alpharex's.

 

what do you mean by spray and pray? The V4 HR LED bulbs look pretty sweet on the video

 

Old saying from the HID and early LED days. Blind oncoming traffic, but wont admit to it/care about it. I know there's a bunch of LED bulbs advertising decent cut offs in reflector housings. Just not my cup of tea.

 

better aftermarket solutions now for gen2s

 

What are your suggestions?

 

Alpharex sets have leak and condensation issues. LEDs have come a long way. Many of us use the Vleds Micro Evolutions. The light is not scattered.

 

these are awesome. i do not have them in the truck but, i just put some (hi & lo) into my daughter's car. huge improvement and no issues with the cutoff.

 

the new Morimotos for example.

 

The ones sold by HR? I saw the video and honestly the light pattern looks blotchy and strange to me. Their video displaying the V4 bulbs looked better imo.

Those new lights look a bit too fancy. I like the stock look, but better bulbs would be a plus.

 

I’ll check those out. Thanks.

 

I preordered the Morimoto. Had nothing but good luck out of their products. And also retains auto leveling

 

sounds exciting! Definitely post some before and after pics.

Mine does not even have the auto leveling option.

 

I'm a headlight dummy but have been looking into and reading up on led in the Tundra

My 2019 has LED Daytime Running Lights but ugly yellow ringed headlights and foglights. I'm not looking to drop $800+ on OEM LED lights right now, but $170 for bulbs wouldn't be bad

Are these as plug and play as they sound? I know I'd have to take off the grill and remove the full headlight to get at the bulb. But once installed, there is no issues with the LED bulb in the original Halogen housing/reflector? Heck, I'd probably see how much my local mechanic would charge to put them in, to save me the trouble and give my wife peace of mind with a mechanic doing it.

 

I wouldn’t pay a mechanic to take remove and replace 4 bolts and some plastic keepers.
It only takes 20 minutes, watch the HR video. It really is that easy.
I went with Beamtech LED bulbs, ($40), no problems and good WHITE light.

 

True. I will preface by saying, a lot has to do with what my wife will or won't let me do on it.

I will also say, I've never been into cars/trucks as I've never owned one that I wanted to do things to....until now. It comes down to confidence now and just doing it and muddling my way through it. I'm getting there, just slowly.

I'll probably tackle the headlights in the spring or summer, I can live with them. It doesn't help her new Rav4 has LED exteriors....but she is a wee bit jealous of my LED interior upgrade.

Thanks for the help, I'm cheap, so don't like paying for stuff I can do myself.