James Bentley
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I ordered the Tungsram +120 H1 and will give those a try
LX470 H1 LED Bulb
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I bought the Hikari LEDs and dust boots, and installed them last night. I got a really wacky beam pattern though, each light puts out 2 squares of very intense light right at winshield level of oncoming cars. The bulbs seem to only fit in one way with the groove in the housing, did I miss something or could this be because I have the earlier glass housings?
Also, the barn door is a different color than the building, the headlights do actually match in color despite how that photo looks
Also, the barn door is a different color than the building, the headlights do actually match in color despite how that photo looks
Amazing. Thank you. I didn't even notice them with the factory bulbs.
I see in this retrofit thread, they were blocked with aluminum ducting tape, I'll have to see if that is accessible from the rear tonight. Even if they're supposed to be there, I parked the LX and drove my Corolla by it and that low, it was blinding with the LEDs. I wanted to give my own empty LX a middle finger. Bulb length must be directing more light through them.
I see in this retrofit thread, they were blocked with aluminum ducting tape, I'll have to see if that is accessible from the rear tonight. Even if they're supposed to be there, I parked the LX and drove my Corolla by it and that low, it was blinding with the LEDs. I wanted to give my own empty LX a middle finger. Bulb length must be directing more light through them.
The squirrel finders are not accessable without removing the projectors unfortunately.
They do aim higher than most vehicles though.
They do aim higher than most vehicles though.
I messed around with these bulbs some more, I didn’t realize the retainer base that clips in was removable at first. I clamped that in first then put the bulbs in 180 degrees from where they were and the squirrel finders are much less apparent now. Definitely tolerable.
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I’m sorry, what is a squirrel finder
Was wondering if anyone replaced their high beams with Hikari bulbs, and how that worked? Also would I need the aftermarket dust caps for them? (I assume I would)
High beams don't need dust caps.
Don't know about Hikari but I've got 9005 Moritomo 2strokes in the high beams and they're great.
Could you explain how to unclip and rotate the retainer base in order to adjust the bulbs 180°?
I put the Hikari bulbs in and so far I'm unsure that I'm getting good results
I can confirm the same, the led H3 bulbs don't output nearly as much light as a good set of incandescent bulbs in the fog lights
Hey, Did you have to install some sort of driver? Were these plug and play with the dust caps? If you had a driver, which one was it?
Are you still liking them? I purchased some Fahren h1 and 9005 bulbs because they were the best seller on Amazon to try but I don't think they are that much better than stock. I was going to try Hikari next.
For your brights use a Toshiba HIR1 9011 rated for 2530 lumens. You will need to trim the tab on the bulb but they are outstanding and meant to work in the reflector housing.
These Koito projectors and reflectors get crapped on here a lot. Run an actual good incandescent bulb like a Tungsram or the above Toshiba. Sure it’s not LS430 projector output but its far better than is commonly talked about.
These Koito projectors and reflectors get crapped on here a lot. Run an actual good incandescent bulb like a Tungsram or the above Toshiba. Sure it’s not LS430 projector output but its far better than is commonly talked about.
That doesn't look very good at all.
I changed up to the "HIKARI 2023 Future 30000LM" and they are awesome. Much better than the DDM I was running before. Highly recommended
No that is what I was thinking. I'm going to send them back. Do you have any pictures with the new Hikari bulbs? Also are you still liking the morimotos for the high beams?
Morimoto still solid for 9005.
DDM was still a good bulb, but the Hikari clearly puts out more light under the cutoff. DDM has a shadow right in the middle of the beam.
DDM on left, Hikari on the right
Took some more pictures just from my dashcam with the Hikari Future. Still happy with these
PabloCruise
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Thanks!
