The best LED headlights for the 5th Gen 4Runner? Morimoto, GTR Lighting, & AlphaRex shootout! 

Great comparison video, Guys! This is what I look forward to seeing - what distinguishes one product from another, nothing held back!

Great Job Lightwerkz! Always with the informative videos and data to back it up!

I watch all these vids man, a true headlight fanatic. I send everybody to you all and you just sent out my gtr ultra 5202 replacements. 👌🏽

Wow, I was blown away by how much the Morimoto killed the other aftermarket competition. The other lights look nice until you light them up, but Morimoto takes the cake overall. Good solid choice still!

Thank you for finally comparing all the different housings in a real side by side test! Side note, as someone who owns a 4Runner with the Amber DRL XB lights, only the outer 2 projectors are Bi-LED. The inner 3rd projector only does low beam.

I just like the different look of the GTR lights.

Absolutely the best comparison video on the internet

Excellent test thanks for this

Great comparison!!!! I know what I’ll be upgrading to!

Love it! Now let’s do a fog light shootout for the truck 🙌🏻

Excellent and detailed! Morimoto for the win.

Really good informative video

Had to turn the volume up to 100 on this one! Lol. Great vid, guys. Very helpful in my decision to pick up some GTRs.

Great job. Thanks.

i've always wondered how the lux readings of the alpharex would do. they look cool but im not surprised their performance is just suboptimal. but im shocked that the lowbeam lux reading was as low as it was. i was expecting them to be slightly less lux than oem led but wow. glad i didnt pull the trigger on those. im not surprised the gtr lighting one had suboptimal light pattern. if i remember correctly, the gtr lighting one is a VLAND headlight design. from my past experience with seeing vland headlight performance, im not surprised at this either. morimoto is still undefeated. saw the gen 2 amber morimoto headlights installed on a pro around town last week for the first time. this video definitely solidifies my choice. thanks for doing this!

Nice comparison thank yiu

Great video

This is an excellent video. Can you do a tail light comparison too?

Very nice job

I bought the Morimto XB's the week I picked up my '20 Pro... Within 2 days of driving around town, the DRL band around one of the two lights was failing, several spot outages, etc. I noticed it as I looked at the reflection of my lights in the back of a car at a stop light and couldn't believe it. They were literally 2 days old and $1400. When I called Headlight Revolution, the service rep basically said "Yeah that's a known problem, we will send you a replacement no problem" to which I replied "Ok, how often are these failing" and he responded "We haven't had anyone have to replace more than 3"... I was FLOORED. Who in the world wants to yank the nose off of their brand new 4 runner several times to hopefully land on a product that isn't defective? I am not posting this to throw Morimoto or Headlight Revolution under the bus, just pointing out my experience and genuinely wanting to ask you if you know whether or not this is still an issue?? I ask that because I'm considering trying another set, but I really would rather not do that if the risk is still pretty high that the DRL's will fail again. Thanks!

Morimotos are def the best you can get. Looks so good on the 4Runner and transforms the truck. Just installed the headlights with amber drl, taillights, and the xb led fog lights. Fingers crossed there are no issues with the drl strip like others have experienced.

Excellent comparison! Morimoto ftw!

I brought my morimoto xb for my 2019 4runner trd off road back in 2019 ...no problems with them.good quality, still bright .definitely get your money's worth...

great video

This is the best comparison I've seen! Would love to see how the alpharex luxx compares since it's a single low beam projector

I have the GTR and have no complaints. Plus I picked mine up for half the price of the morimotos, which is a bonus. I've seen problems with the leds in the sequential turn signal on the morimotos going out, but that could happen to any of these manufacturer's I would think.

Pretty surprised by this as I put in the driver's side Alpharex Nova headlight and left the stock in the passenger side. The Alpharex Nova was noticeably brighter than the stock on my runner.

Caesar how is the lens quality. Would you swap the OEM lens and put them on the morimotos?

is that a matte lunar rock look? nice

Thanks for posting and sharing your knowledge/experience. What kind of wrap did you get for your 4Runner?

Imo the alpha Rex has a more aggressive pattern but I like the quality of morimoto

I wish the morimotos came without the big blinker. more minimalist, wish it was just stock blinker. would put those on my 21 in a heartbeat.

So in order to swap the assembly out you have to remove the entire bumper? And I read a comment about wiring and dealing with fuse panel components? I thought this would be pop the hood, undo a few screws, pull out the old, swap in the new, attach connector. That’s how I personally define a “plug n play” swap 😂

For me personally I like the intensity to be below the cut off as it creates a smother transition from light to dark. This is like the case of two fighters, one being bigger and stronger but when they actually enter the ring to fight the smaller opponent wins. There is a comparison of morimoto versus AlphaRex with the ram 1500 and it showed that the AlphaRex despite not having the intensity outperformed the morimoto. They had drone shots that really showed the difference. The only thing that morimoto had over the AlphaRex what's the low beam will slightly brighter further down the road, but if we need to see further down the road that's what high beams are for! Thanks for the awesome comparison!

Any plans to compare the Morimoto to the new Alpharex Nova G2? Curious to see if the G2 improved any. Love the idea of being able to change from white to amber DRL on the G2.

a counterpoint to the hotspot being lower than optimal: most of these headlights will be going on lifted trucks so maybe it's better they have most of their lighting output lower and away from the cutoff beam?

I feel like the other surprising thing is that the GTR lights appear to be brighter than the AlphaRex lights which are a fair bit more expensive. I have had the AlphaRex novas for a few years and I have actually been pretty happy with the output. Upgrading to the morimotos would probably be nice for use but for some reason I just have always not liked how they looked. The price point and look of the GTR along with the slight upgrade in performance does have me considering the move from Novas to GTR

What fuse location did you use for the Morimoto DRL harness? It doesn't come on with my 2022 4runner

I loved my Morimoto XBs but some of the DRL bulbs started to flicker and fail after 6 months. They did replace it under warranty but the DRL issue appeared again after the second set. Even with the V2s some people are still seeing the DRL issue. If they can get that sorted out, it would be one of the best looking options out there.

I liked the gtr look might not be optimal the lower concentration may help some from blinding

@Lightwerkz Any idea if Morimoto is in the process of working on a 3rd gen update of the XB headlights for the 4Runner? Would love to see if they make any changes and or updates...☄☄

Do aftermarket headlights still have the ability to adjust with a long screwdriver by opening the hood? I'm not familiar with the process but I'm looking to upgrade my stock headlights with morimoto. They look cool. I'd like the white DRL that turn amber when turning.

really good comparison, i like the drl on the alpharex more than the Morimoto's cause i find the Morimoto's a little on the ( hey look at me side ) but i do like the fact that the Morimoto's are brighter. tough dicision for my baby. i have Hid in there already, like them alot, not keen on the warm up. how would Hid compare to the Morimoto's?

Hello, awesome review. Will the GTR headlight fit on a 2022 4Runner Trd Pro. The website only said 14-20. Thanks

Would of been nice to compare the mled 2.0 with those as well.

​@Lightwerkz Global Have you gotten your hands on a set of the recently released Alpharex Luxx or Nova G2 update yet? Curious to see if they improved upon the beam pattern. Supposedly they improved on the drl performance as well as now having your choice of amber or white by plugging in one or the other option on the set itself.

Hi. Nice video. What LED bar light is that? Also any recommendation on replacement fog lights

Morimoto's are definitely the brightest but have the messiest cut off in my opinion. I liked how sharp the AlphaRex cut-offs were. The GTR's looked like the rotation was not exactly level either, but maybe that's just the way it looks on camera or something. Overall I prefer Morimoto myself.

Are any of these headlamps direction adjustable? Im getting a lift and Im worried about blinding oncoming vehicles.

The morimotor is brighter but its looks at 8:28 does the the oem have wider spread of light? I think the morimotor looks better though. can you get the ice blue or blue tinge bulbs in the morimotor?

Would you get the same readings if the Morimoto were on the passenger side? Maybe so, but I feel like this experiment is inconclusive unless you exercise that variable.

Quick question is that custom paint job ? Looks like lunar rock but not as green . What color is it ?

If the beam pattern is almost identical can I just mark the OEM cutoff, install the morimotos and align them using the OEM beam pattern?

I wish the morimotos weren’t so darn expensive!

When you toggle your high beam’s do your fog lights turn off?

Morimoto all the way. Best warranty and their wiring isn’t a mess like the alpharex I threw in the trash after they stoped working.

i never heard of alpharex until i started researching lights for my 4runner. and im not surprised seeing its lux numbers. they look cool but thats about it.

Is this in the cement grey or the lunar rock? love the color

Will these work on a 2024 Limited?

Now do a comparison with the morimoto against the Mled 2.0 retrofit!

Are those the stock LED 4runnner headlights or halogens ?

Ordered Morimoto 2 months and still no lights.

Wow, the GTR low beam is really disappointing... Morimoto really dialed in that beam pattern.

Of what quality is your light meter?

My brand new XB’s are stuck on high beam only. Can’t get low beam to work. Any thoughts ?

The problem I'm having is my factory headlights on 2022 4runner TDR pro are so bright that other people think I have my High Beams on. Anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions? I'm constantly getting flashed.

Factory plastics scratch easily and turn yellow over time. How do these do over time ?

Wow, I’m surprised the Alpharex and GTR are that low in intensity. The OEM Halogen headlights would be far brighter that those, heck I bet the fog lights are almost as bright at that distance. I can’t believe people buy them and somehow think they are better than OEM.

Great vid! BUT!!!! Invest in a M.I.C first.

Hold on....Low beam Oem led 544 lux. Alpharex low beam....91 lux. What the actual fuck?

What's the life expectancy of these headlights? Cause they are pretty expensive and the body is sealed, so no serviceable. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a reliable car like the 4runner?

Oh snap a face to voice 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Good information, but please fix the audio (or at least be aware of this during editing)! I nearly turned this off immediately, but subtitles got me through this.

I dont know which headlight to but GTR or MORIMOTOS Comment for morimoto headlights Or Like for GTR Thak you

you need to re-do this and have better sound

Thanks for doing this. I know a lot of guys are all about how cool their headlights look. Okay, good for them. Seriously. But honestly, I just want good, effective lighting. I don't mind the stock look. I don't sit and ogle my vehicle, I drive it. While I'm driving it I want to see well and I care very little about how cool others think my headlights look. 2cents

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What color is that 4runner?