Aftermarket Headlights

[nick]

These were on my cruiser when I got it. Don't like that they extend out a half inch.
Any recommendations for headlights that don't "bug" out?

 

[bikersmurf]

Those are OEM Toyota lights. Very reasonably priced. I’d run them if you drive at night at all.

 

[pb4ugo]

For the money those are about the best upgrade Toyota has ever offered. The lenses do protrude a bit. I think there's a couple of vendors on here that sell other options for a lot more than $25.

 

[JohnnyC]

@nick

That’s the one thing I don’t like about the oem upgrades as well

I had bought lights from JcWhitney’s 27? Years ago that were flat h4 … they were a knockoff Hella flat h4 headlight

I believe hella still offers those lights

I have a set of the oem on the shelf waiting to go in … and I need it as well as my lights have rotted out the bottom

I may go for the whole wiring setup from the oem and replace the headlights with hella

For the time being I may also space out the bezel a little more and see how it looks

If you find the hella flat lights post up what you find as in part numbers

If I can get outside … I’ll take a pic of the hella copy lights

 

[JohnnyC]

I ran outside when ham went in oven… had two minutes of alone time lol

These were the hella copy lights

 

[charliemeyer007]

I have some sort of sealed beam halogen I really like. I doubt I could get a replacement, and ones like that are $50 each on ebay.

 

[zerotreedelta]

I run the Hella lenses, they basically sit flush. They don't have the classic curved lens like the original sealed beams, but a nice upgrade nonetheless.

 

[pb4ugo]

Some of this re-hashes what you already have, but it does talk about other lights too.

FJ40 Head Light Upgrade - LED Bulbs

I recently decided it was time to upgrade the lights on the 46 and really didn't want to bolt a light bar on the front. On the other side while I love the LED Technology I love the classics head light look of the 40 and adding some angle eye'd weird looking thing was not for me. In the past...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[bikersmurf]

The Hella rectangular ones I bought were Euro pattern ones that were DOT approved and don’t stick out. They are very similar to the used Hella ones I bought from a wrecking yard in about 1992.

My truck is so far from stock that I’m not concerned in any way that they are a different shape than the original ones that didn’t work 1/2 as well.

 

[charliemeyer007]

General Electric 2D1 Halogen

 

[Living in the Past]

What is nice about the 60 & 70 series headlight upgrade is the upgraded wiring harness that isolates the headlights from the factory harness. Only load on the factory harness is coils in the relays.

 

[RevISK]

What is nice about the 60 & 70 series headlight upgrade is the upgraded wiring harness that isolates the headlights from the factory harness. Only load on the factory harness is coils in the relays.

Great point

 

[RevISK]

These were on my cruiser when I got it. Don't like that they extend out a half inch.
Any recommendations for headlights that don't "bug" out?

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I’m in the, “those are great, run ‘em” camp. They are very bright and the protrusion actually makes you more visible from the side.