Replacement OEM headlight bulb recommendation

Guys and gals,
Got a couple questions for you. I am looking to replace my headlight bulbs in my 2014 for something a little brighter, any bulbs in particular you recommend. My DRL look fine, almost LED like, but my headlights have a yellowish tint. I thought I read somewhere that the worse things someone could do is put LED bulbs in the stock housings, so I am looking for a brighter halogen bulb.

While I am at it, I may replace my fog light bulbs also. They currently seem ok, but with the recent very thick fog here in Northern California I am looking for a possible improvement.

Thanks,
Randy

 

PIAA Extreme White Plus, H4 bulbs

 

Sylvania puts out ZXE Gold which I'm looking into..right now I have Ultras pretty bright for me I have in fogs as well

 

I used this a long time ago, they were bright and designed to work in reflector based headlights

H4 Philips 12953BWX2 LED Bulbs https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013DHXKK8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NmoxAb8KVH8W0


Buy here for $175 when applying coupon

WIN20

http://www.xenondepot.com/h4-philips-12953BWX2-LED-Bulb-p/12953bwx2.htm?CartID=1


They are really nice, output is amazing and will match your LED DRL strip

 

These are what I’m running. Can vouch for output and minimal/no glare (I’ve driven past my truck from head on to verify).

 

I just ordered these yesterday for my truck. I've been wanting too do a LED upgrade but I was hesitant to spend that much money right now. Hopefully these are an improvement over the stock halogen lights

 

You will be very happy with the result.

 

https://plashlights.com/index.php?route=common/home

I get my lights from a local joint here in Houston.

great product, zero questions asked lifetime warranty. 6500 Pure white LED.

I have both heads (duel beam) and fogs

 

Do they connect to the original harness?

 

There’s another piece (I’m not sure what it is - resistor or something that gets mounted) but every thing connects to original harness.

 

ZXE here

 

How much brighter are these extreme white bulbs, compared to stock bulbs? I know the led bulbs are alot brighter. Just wanting to know about the normal bulbs, in extreme white.

 

Not sure if I still had stock bulbs, the truck is a 2010 and I'm the 2nd owner. But I will say that the ZXE's our considerably brighter and the color temperature is much higher than whatever was in there. I don't have anything scientific and I didn't do before and after shots. I just know that my old bulbs were yellowish/white and I wasn't impressed with the output.

I'm not convinced the LED technology is there just yet for a straight replacement bulb swap, I think the housing and projector have a lot more to do with the success of an LED than the actual bulb.

I think I got the ZXE's on Amazon with a coupon code and paid $45 for the pair. I've had good luck with silverstar ultras on previous vehicles and figured these would be a good step up. I was getting 3+ years on the ultras, hopefully these will be the same or better. I have a set of ultras in my Toyota Matrix right now that are going on 5 years. When those finally kick the bucket ZXE's will be going in there place.

 

I have the GTR Lighting Led kit for the tundra, bought it from headlightrevolution.com, and the beams are focused, have a pretty clean line where they stop on low beams, and I haven't been flashed by anyone else yet. Also since we have the autoadjusters you can easily tilt them a little farther downward if you like. Well worth the cost and they are direct plug and play type bulbs with a load resistor between them and the factory harness.

 

Where did you mount the LED driver that came with the kit?

 

I didn’t take any pics of my install, but I followed this to a T.
http://www.tundratalk.net/forums/tu...dlight-bulb-review.html#/topics/603282?page=1

He has very detailed instructions and great photos. There’s a metal bracket behind the light assembly, where he mounted his. So I put mine there too. I used double sided 3m tape and zip ties.

 

Mine are on their way. Looking forward to it.

 

One mod always seems to lead to another. I didn't have any complaint about the stock bulbs, but after installing LED strips, they looked too yellow. I went with Philips Crystal Vision (halogen). They are not perfectly white, but white enough to not to bother me. I installed them back in 2016 thinking that once these blow, I will get a set of LED bulb. But they are still working fine.

Here is stock light (in comparison to the LED light. See how yellow they look.


Here is a picture with Crystal Vision.

 

Do the ZXE's just replace the halogen bulbs? Nothing else needed?

 

Direct replacement

 

Sylvania ZXE blue or gold?

 

@mtnbiker1978 @aramirez73

Nothing else needed for the ZXE's. Direct replacement.

ZXE Blue.