Speaking of HID's - does anyone know of a Plug n Play kit for the 40? My headlights are pathetic and badly need upgraded.
What size bulb is necessary to fit our headlights?
Thanks,
Jonny
Light bulbs for Land Cruisers
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Speaking of HID's - does anyone know of a Plug n Play kit for the 40? My headlights are pathetic and badly need upgraded.
What size bulb is necessary to fit our headlights?
Thanks,
Jonny
Clutchee
I'm fun sized!
Roundeye's are what I'm running & nice upgrade- Plug & play!
Bad Coco
GOLD Star
Not to step on toes, but just ordered some more and have a few more numbers. All of this is going on a 65 body...
These numbers are from Super Bright LEDs – LED Lights, Bulbs, and Accessories
The blinker dash indicator stock 57... Thier number BA9S-4 (brighter one,) or a dimmer version is the BS9S-x. Both you will have to select 12 volt and color (green is available.) $2.98 each.
The front amber bib light stock 1034.... Their number 1157-A18T. Amber is available. $17.95 each
The front blinker that mounts on the fener stock number 1073.... Their number is 1156-A2W-ARA. This one comes in a 90* bulb and is available in amber. It is also capable of rotation in case the base housing does not have it directing straight forward. $14.95 each
Not a stock item, but I found some awesome side emitting LED's that I'm going to use in my overhead switch panel for back lighting, and is waterproof. SWFLS-R60. The R stands for red in my case, but many different colors were available. With that you can get the double sided tape and additions connectios to cut to lenght and make several from the one. $26.95 each
Hope this can help anyone else going to all LED.
And I as well went with the Roundeyes head lights.
I have a question about LED. For the idiot light wired in line between the ignition and the alt exceiter, I've heard that it has to be an incandescant bulb, that the LED's wont work. Does anyone know it this is true or not?
These numbers are from Super Bright LEDs – LED Lights, Bulbs, and Accessories
The blinker dash indicator stock 57... Thier number BA9S-4 (brighter one,) or a dimmer version is the BS9S-x. Both you will have to select 12 volt and color (green is available.) $2.98 each.
The front amber bib light stock 1034.... Their number 1157-A18T. Amber is available. $17.95 each
The front blinker that mounts on the fener stock number 1073.... Their number is 1156-A2W-ARA. This one comes in a 90* bulb and is available in amber. It is also capable of rotation in case the base housing does not have it directing straight forward. $14.95 each
Not a stock item, but I found some awesome side emitting LED's that I'm going to use in my overhead switch panel for back lighting, and is waterproof. SWFLS-R60. The R stands for red in my case, but many different colors were available. With that you can get the double sided tape and additions connectios to cut to lenght and make several from the one. $26.95 each
Hope this can help anyone else going to all LED.
And I as well went with the Roundeyes head lights.
I have a question about LED. For the idiot light wired in line between the ignition and the alt exceiter, I've heard that it has to be an incandescant bulb, that the LED's wont work. Does anyone know it this is true or not?
yooper
SILVER Star
Why would a bib light need dual filaments?
Is it also a turn signal? If not, I wonder if someone put in that 1034 in the past by mistake...From my experience you'll get more light through the amber lens with a white LED than an amber LED. Amber LEDs are really dim.
Don't worry about stepping on toes, this thread is going to need continuous updating as new stuff comes on the market.
Bad Coco
GOLD Star
Why would a bib light need dual filaments?
From my experience you'll get more light through the amber lens with a white LED than an amber LED. Amber LEDs are really dim.
Don't worry about stepping on toes, this thread is going to need continuous updating as new stuff comes on the market.
The 1156 bulb has the + right in the center where the 1157 has 2 spots. I took the bib light and opened it up, and it actually has the two +. There is another post here on Mud where you can add a second wire and have the bib lights also be blinkers, which I'm contemplating doing myself.
The cool thing with superbright, if you call them and tell them the stock bulb, which I'm sure I gave them the correct number of 1034, they will let you know what to get. I know its the stock bulb, because I just picked the whole assembly up from Toyota.
As far as the amber vs. white. I went with his recommendation. He said the white in an amber housing washes out the amber lense and makes it look faded. That the amber, when used in an amber lense, is much more natural and sharper looking. I just ordered them today, so I guess I'll know in about a week or so.
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Bad Coco
GOLD Star
More details please??
Jonny
Just look up roundeyes.com and you will see the bulbs listed. Great product!
Trollhole said:
I pulled headlight knob out of the switch. It's just screw-in style knob in '74. The knob does not have any wiring into and switch has simple threaded rod for the knob. So on '74 FJ40 headlight switch is not illuminated.
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Nicey nice
alkarich said:
I have 1/74 and it's not illuminated, just regular
Regarding the headlight replacement, is there any reason not to go with H6024XV XtraVision, given that it's 3x brighter, 2x the life, the cheapest of the bunch on Amazon (at $13.58 each), as well as having the highest customer review?
I bought mine at Walmart for about 9 bucks each( the extra vision).
Hindsight: might consider the silverstar in that size.
Hindsight: might consider the silverstar in that size.
And the reason being...?
I just bought a pair of the 7" IPF housings and a set of HID kits off Ebay. Same setup I had in the old Samurai, nice cutoff to the light pattern so people aren't flashing their dumb brights and the light the road like nothing else. Best part is on low beam the HID system draws nearly nothing compared to a good halogen.
Sarge
Sarge
MScruiser
obsessive-compulsive oppositional-defiant wise-ass
I have a 1968 and I want to upgrade the bulbs on the instrument cluster. After looking at the bulbs, they are not the wedge type found on later models. Can someone point me in the right directions for getting some LED's?
Thanks!
Thanks!
yooper
SILVER Star
I would pull your bulbs and then go to the vendors' websites mentioned in this thread above and look through their offerings and try to figure out which bulbs you need based on the photos. There may or may not be LEDs that fit.
MScruiser
obsessive-compulsive oppositional-defiant wise-ass
Good idea. I was just a little worried because they are small threaded bulbs.
MScruiser said:
Autolumination had those in LEDs.
