95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners 4th gen pickups and 3rd gen 4Runners

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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 09:44 AM
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02 headlight upgrade

so as many of you know the 4runner have drl and mine just has the stock headlight bulb so it looks yellowish and i have piaa 80 series on my bumper and the 520 series in the bumper so the light color is way off. i was leaning towards piaa over ipfs if any one has any reasons ipfs are better please let me know! i was looking up info and i came across the headlight wiring upgrade is this a big help on headlight brightness or just some bs?
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 09:04 AM
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no one has any info on this???!
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 05:44 AM
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'02 headlights look good, but they won't be any different in color unless you get some different bulbs for them as well (which can just as easily be done with your stock lights). Upgrading the headlight harness may make them slightly brighter but will still look yellow against "blue" PIAA's.

Your cheapest option is probably to buy PIAA bulbs for your stock lights (~$50), followed by '02 headlights with PIAA bulbs (~$250 assuming OEM), or you could do a projector retrofit with 4500K HID's (~$400).
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 07:47 AM
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Now when u say followed by 02 factory headlight with piaa's in them whAt is the difference then just replacing the bulb and since I have drl s dose that chang anything
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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Just as I said, the cheapest option is just changing the bulbs in your stock lights. Next would be upgrading to '02 lights with new bulbs, which would provide similar color but more light output.
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