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Premium LED vs Standard LED Headlight Output

Discussion in '3rd Gen Tundras (2022+)' started by trailhunters, Nov 24, 2022.

  1. Nov 24, 2022 at 8:38 PM
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    trailhunters

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    Does anyone have headlight output photos of showing the cutoff differences of the quad LED projectors found on the Premium vs the standard reflector-style headlight?
     
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  2. Nov 24, 2022 at 9:10 PM
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    Now here's something I wish I would've thought of before I bought my 21 Limited with LED headlamps. I really just figured they were going to be much better than any of the headlights on our other, much older, vehicles. On the highway they're fine, but when I had to drive down out of hunting camp starting at midnight to get an elk to our meat locker I found out just how narrow their beam is. I was literally slowing to a crawl (sometimes almost to a stop) on the descending switchbacks, on a road I've driven hundreds of times over the last ten years, because the beams had such a narrow field of illumination. The headlights on my old 2005 2500HD were way better in terms of being able to have illumination into a turn. What would've been better is the "look into turn" lighting we have on our eleven year old Cayenne. Toyota missed the mark with the LED headlights. Hope the third gen are better.
     
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  3. Nov 24, 2022 at 9:13 PM
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    Your high beams didn’t work?
     
  4. Nov 25, 2022 at 12:12 AM
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    Well that's a bummer to hear. I'm about to pickup my truck in a few weeks and I got the bowl/reflector type LED lights. Wanted the Premium Limited Package to get the quad projectors, but can't be too picky with the inventory shortage.

    I saw the aftermarket options from Alpharex and Anzo. Not a fan of either of them. Hopefully Morimoto comes out with a more OEM+ design.
     
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  5. Nov 25, 2022 at 7:20 AM
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    High beams, low beams, really no difference. I tried both, but either way the focus of the LED headlights and their field of illumination seems much narrower than any of my previous trucks or SUVs.
     
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