Would an LED aftermarket unit work?
Just kidding!
Down to business: I picked up a decent seasonal job a couple of weeks ago to work until I start my big-boy job in November, and I thought that I could do my sibling a favor by replacing the opaque headlights on her '05 Rav4 (which has lived its entire life in the hot sun). She'd never do it, plus she's in college, so there's no money anyway.
Checked online dealer-affiliated parts centers (so the actual OE headlights), such as Olathe Toyota and Toyota of Dallas, and I'm seeing ~285 hard earned seasonal dollars per headlight. For what I thought to be simple, halogen units. Darn. Anybody have another source for genuine units?
I checked Google although I didn't want to, and found the expected. I won't go into details, but I barely made it out of there.
Second actual question (sorry people): Wether I get the new units or not, what are some decent quality, longer lasting 9003/HB2/H4 (if your name is Virgil, ignore the H4) bulbs? I'm not after the highest-performance bulbs, because all I'll hear about is the short lifespan... Plus I may not be there to change the bulbs, even though it's not hard to learn how to change the darn things yourself, but I digress. Also, what do you like in H9 and H11 guise? Different car but same parameters - decent quality and decent service life.
My last question is a frivolous one. What's the actual, objective verdict on these headlights? I'm just curious to see how closely (or not) they match up to my subjective impressions.
Thanks in advance for your help and time, I appreciate it.
Just kidding!
Down to business: I picked up a decent seasonal job a couple of weeks ago to work until I start my big-boy job in November, and I thought that I could do my sibling a favor by replacing the opaque headlights on her '05 Rav4 (which has lived its entire life in the hot sun). She'd never do it, plus she's in college, so there's no money anyway.
Checked online dealer-affiliated parts centers (so the actual OE headlights), such as Olathe Toyota and Toyota of Dallas, and I'm seeing ~285 hard earned seasonal dollars per headlight. For what I thought to be simple, halogen units. Darn. Anybody have another source for genuine units?
I checked Google although I didn't want to, and found the expected. I won't go into details, but I barely made it out of there.
Second actual question (sorry people): Wether I get the new units or not, what are some decent quality, longer lasting 9003/HB2/H4 (if your name is Virgil, ignore the H4) bulbs? I'm not after the highest-performance bulbs, because all I'll hear about is the short lifespan... Plus I may not be there to change the bulbs, even though it's not hard to learn how to change the darn things yourself, but I digress. Also, what do you like in H9 and H11 guise? Different car but same parameters - decent quality and decent service life.
My last question is a frivolous one. What's the actual, objective verdict on these headlights? I'm just curious to see how closely (or not) they match up to my subjective impressions.
Thanks in advance for your help and time, I appreciate it.