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1996 Tacoma led headlights

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by 1987Duck, Sep 19, 2023.

  1. Sep 19, 2023 at 8:08 PM
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    1987Duck

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    I replaced my OEM headlights in my 1996 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 with truckmall LED lights and a Renmall H-4 relay harness, all from Amazon. Everything worked fine for a year and the low beams went out. I’m ready to replace that system and hope someone can advise what the best LED system would be. I’m looking for long lasting quality.
     
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    Welcome to the forum!

    It is very important that you do not put replacement pnp LEDs in the halogen housings for your headlights. Those are designed for halogen bulbs and will not operate correctly with LEDs which will blind oncoming traffic with glare, not to mention are highly illegal.

    Your early 1st gen can use replacement LED headlight assemblies, so you'd want to change out the entire headlight assembly for an LED unit. Lots of options from high quality brands like Rigid, KC, JW Speaker, Trucklite, and others. You don't need a harness for LEDs, that is a bad sign. Common for cheap lights to fail early.

    Rigid unit as an example. Rigid has a lifetime warranty.
    https://www.amazon.com/Rigid-Industries-55003-X7-HL/dp/B0102OHFHO
     
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