I'm looking to put some LED lights in my 2005 Tacoma fog lights - been thinking about it for a while and time to do it. Seems the way to go is the blade type LED lights that more closely mimic an old fashioned halogen filament bulb. The OEM fog lights use a 42W halogen bulb, and they run pretty hot - the lenses on the fog lights get pretty hot if they are ran all the time at night. LEDs should run a lot cooler and put out more light.
The factory fog lights have a distinct cut-off light beam pattern, and I want to retain that. So has anyone tried the blade type LEDs, and if so did they work close enough to an old fashioned halogen filament type bulb to retain the original light pattern?
Blade Type LED.
Non-Blade Type LED (with projector lens on the end which defeats the fog light reflector pattern).
Here's the light pattern on the Tacoma. First photo is just the low beams, and second photo is the low beams with fog lights. You can see the fog lights have a distinct cut-off at the top of their pattern.
Will using a flat blade LED bulb design retain most of this cut-off pattern? Anyone have any experience using the flat blade style LEDs in fog lights?
The factory fog lights have a distinct cut-off light beam pattern, and I want to retain that. So has anyone tried the blade type LEDs, and if so did they work close enough to an old fashioned halogen filament type bulb to retain the original light pattern?
Blade Type LED.
Non-Blade Type LED (with projector lens on the end which defeats the fog light reflector pattern).
Here's the light pattern on the Tacoma. First photo is just the low beams, and second photo is the low beams with fog lights. You can see the fog lights have a distinct cut-off at the top of their pattern.
Will using a flat blade LED bulb design retain most of this cut-off pattern? Anyone have any experience using the flat blade style LEDs in fog lights?