I have installed HID & LED in my 2010 4runner about 3 years ago & love them , my lights are brighter then my friends 2017 4runner with the same setup. Thanks for the post
I'm using Morimoto XB35 , they also have a 55W system that I bought at the same time but the 35's have lasted till now well since 2012 is when I installed the so when the 35 's go out I'll install the 55W system. The reflectors on the 2010's are much larger & can produce much more light.
Your high beam LED’s are not installed correctly. The LED’s on the bulb should be facing left and right, they should not be up and down or at an angle like yours are. The bulbs should have an adjustment on the collar to fix this. You should see better performance from them when corrected.
I was thinking to go XenonDepot but also considering Morimoto HID. I was just wondering how you chose XD? Great video... Love the split screen and glad you know how to fix your exposure!
lumens are off the top of my head so they might be slightly off but....the factory low beam bulbs( 670 lux)are too dim for sure, especially for wet driving conditions at night...I put GE Megalight Ultra H11 +130% (1069 lux) in the low beams which were slightly brighter and whiter than stock but still not good enough so got some philips 65w h9s (1230 lux) and modified them , they are slightly brighter than the GE megalight bulbs and the driving experience is improved over the stock bulbs but Im thinking HIDs are next... Philips 9011B1 9011 in the high beams so I am happy with those, not sure I want to mess with LEDs , I do have LEDs in the fog lights - yellow color diode dynamics H11 SLF (730 lux?) they are nice in pouring rain and snow, much better than white and the LEDs light up a wide path but considering the fog lights take a H16 bulb the H 11 bulb will fit but it's a pain to get in there
Blaine Coury Yeah I found it after I posted. I ended up ordering the HID kit with the 4300k Philips bulbs and the XTR Xtreme LED high beams with the DRL driver... I also have the OEM lLED fogs so I’m looking forward to seeing now at night!
High beams have an odd pattern... did you clock them? No DRL driver? And your fogs are throwing a LOT of glare. Other than that, it looks pretty solid!
At least in my 2017 Camry, the DRL uses the High Beams but dimmed down (the computer sends a lower voltage to the high beams when DRL is on). So, the CANBus is basically a transformer that will increase the voltage. The High Beam LED will be running a full power with the CANBus. if there is no CANBus, then the LED will flicker because of the voltage drop.
Why do 95% of owners replacing bulbs on RU-vid NOT wear gloves? lol That's the simplest way to ensure your greasy fingers don't damage the bulbs. These lights look awesome!
Hi, Installed the 9012 XTR HID (5000k) kit on my 2018 Rav4 and it's more than a month now but still struggling to achieve the "Pure White" of the 5000k.... I see the "Pure White" every time I turned-on my headlights but after a few seconds of warming-up it turns to "Yellowish"... In general, does all Xenondepot HID's really requires to wait for a longer burning hours for the color shift to achieve the desired white output?
I just ordered this setup for mine. It comes with a "relay harness" but I've not seen anyone touch on this point of the instal. Is the relay harness necessary?
I bought and installed the HIDs and just took a trip with lots of night driving. Without adjusting the aim form stock, I was flashed probably 40% of the time. It was kind of funny but I do think I will try to aim them down as soon as I get the LED high-beams installed.
@@itsjared I get it sometimes on the factory lights on my Mercedes. I think people aren't used to the whiter color of HID lights. They may be staring right at the lights. The same thing happened when halogen lights first came out. People were use to seeing the regular lights and halogens looked too bright for many people. But people got use to it over the years as halogens became more common. Even I used to stare at the halogen lights when they first came out.
That annoying sound is not normal, that ballast is bad. Once you turn the lights on that sound should go in 1 or 2 seconds shouldn't be make this noise consistently. I do this everyday so I know.
Hids need time to warm up, in the typical high beam allocation people just used them to flash people. In that sense they are worthless as they wouldn't be warmed up and probably wouldn't do much. LED is instantly on.
based on research HID has better lighting. LED creates bad cutoff lines or sometimes none at all, which blinds other drivers. HID has been around for a long time and is developed tech vs LED still in development phases. Also HID for high beams are not great for the sheer fact that they sometimes are quick turn on and quick turn off which HID takes time to light up vs LED instant light up. quick summary hopefully this helps
I just ordered the HID kit, and as far as I am concerned, the PWM is only needed if you plan on running the HID bulbs in a system that has DRL's. So, if your DRL's in your headlights are the normal low beams, just dimmed, then you would need the PWM. I think the DRL's in the 4Runner are separate bulbs, so you should be fine. I only got the low beam replacement for now, and the PWM is not needed.
Compared to the stock, the new ones are 1000 times better. The white light just illuminates the road so much better than the yellow halogen bulbs. Especially in the snow. I would compare it to the stock high beams, if not better.
