Headlight swap

[Rennspt]

The headlight display and shadow problem is real. Low beam shines very low forward, and there is a distinct line from the light to the dark ahead. Also there is definitely a shadow shape of some sort of low beam odd shape display that is primarily oriented toward the drivers side. A night driving safety issue in my opinion.

 

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

I have the rounds (on a First Edition) and they are great--best lights I have ever had. Better by far than the '22 BMW X7 I just sold, which had great lights. And almost identical (definitely not worse) to the coverage provided by the Morimoto XB Evo LED headlights I just put on my wife's 4Runner. Not sure how the rounds do not provide sufficient light but would suggest checking the adjustment before dumping money on switching from rounds to rectangles.

 

[Doggman1525]

Headlights are user adjustable with regards for the throw distance. The knockouts/shadows that appear towards the drivers side are there to mitigate blinding oncoming traffic.

 

[chrisw2069]

Has anyone figured out how to swap from round to rectangular ?
Is it possible ?

Why?

 

[PACruiser]

This Toyota Dealer in Indiana has some great videos.

Headlight Swap

 

[rap3pitt]

That shadow I see on the low beams looks like a triangle and is manufactured that way according to the dealership. Definitely think it’s a safety concern so I’m having them run it up the chain.
More to come I hope

 

[Alexandru]

I recently just performed a rectangle-for-circle swap for a customer this week.
Not super technical but not at all "plug and play" either.

You need a total of ten parts to make this possible. Although others have likey swapped these headlights before me, I belive this is the first successful full-blown install. I say that because many of the parts involved did not have part numbers from Toyota yet. We had to request the part numbers to be made which is not uncommon when a brand-new model comes out. I have a kit put together with all 10-parts if anyone wants to do this on their own. I will post a video on this in the next few days once edited.

LC250-CHK - Circle Headlight Kit | Ed Martin Toyota Parts

1. Qty 1 - 81056-60N90 – LH computer sub assembly
2. Qty 1 - 81016-60N90 – RH computer sub assembly
3. Qty 1 – 81185-60N90 - LH Lamp Assembly
4. Qty 1 – 81145-60N90 - RH Lamp Assembly
5. Qty 4 – 81536-46120 – LED yellow (top and bottom)
6. Qty 2 – 8112C-60N90 – LED white (middle)

If anyone has any questions, let me know. I will post the video and installation instructions that will show how to install remove the front bumper. NOTE: after install, the MID will show a headlamp malfunction fault, this can easily be remedied in GTS+ (formerly Tech Stream) with a head lamp initialization sequence.

Hi Eric!
I performed this exact swap. Bought this package from EdMartin Toyota. I installed it myself, not a biggie. After the install I got the "Headlight initialization required" message or something like this.

Since I dont have the GTS+, I went to a Toyota Dealership for this procedure (by the way, I live in Romania, not in the US). They did something... and when I got the car back I had no warning messages on dash.

I took the car and with the entire family went on holiday. On the road I noticed that, although the lights were working and no warning message, the auto-levelling function, the auto-high beam and strangely enough the headlights washers were not working anymore....

I was out of the country and found a big Toyota Dealership (Toyota Budapesta) and drove the car there.
They worked on the car for 7 hours, took it all apart and put it back (check the headlights install) and said they find nothing wrong. They assume is the fact that the headlights "are not European".
The bonus was, since then, I have all the time a warning message on the dash "headlights malfunction" (the lights are working but no "smart" functions.

When I got back home, I took the car to the first dealership (where they performed the initialization, I had no warning but also no smart functions) The say there is nothing they can do, they dont know whats wrong and that I should go back to the original rectangular headlights. They said, I have the error message on the dash because the rear axle height sensor receives no voltage. They assume it's because of the headlights ECU. All fuses and cables are in order (I never took the car offroad).

I took the car to the 3rd dealership. They said the same thing. That I should go back to the rectangular headlights.

I really dont want to do that (especially after spending close to 3000 usd...)

If you have any ideas .... please help

Thank you