Morimoto Gen 2 Head Lights - Worth the $$?

50% might be a pretty big ask... Even for a BF discount!

I unfortunately always have to encourage folks to take the Headlight Revolution videos with a grain of salt anymore as they are owned by the DLG group which owns The Retrofit Source, Morimoto, Headlight Revolution, GTR Lighting, and others. However, I do appreciate them putting together these sorts of videos as it definitely gives people an idea of what to expect!

As for my personal experience with these lights I have been happy with them. I won't talk on features as this wasn't what you asked for this time.

Low Beam Performance: In general, I prefer the output of a reflector based housing as it provides some uplight which helps in down-range obstacle identification. That said, the Morimoto Gen 2s have some really great intensity underneath the cutoff. As a result what I have found myself doing is aiming them a click higher than what would be considered road-legal spec when I drive on the interstate. At Montana's 80mph speed limit I have found that I can outrun the low beams pretty easily when there is that sharp upward cutoff and almost zero upward light bleed. Fortunately, this is easily done with the dial on a Tundra! Then when I get into town I bring them back down so that I am not filling the cab of every single car/small SUV that I come upon in traffic with light.

High Beam Performance: Simply put... OEM LEDs PUNCH when it comes to high-beam performance. I am honestly not sure if I have seen an OEM headlight that has better performance than them in a high beam scenario. That said, I find the Morimoto Gen 2s to have a perfectly adequate high beam for driving at speed. It has plenty of intensity and height for anything you would need. Of course, when offroad I have plenty of other goodies to turn on so they get more or less drowned out anyway. I wouldn't put the Morimoto Gen 2s anywhere near "inadequate" in terms of high beam performance. It's just that the OEM LEDs are REALLY GOOD.

Personally, I wouldn't advise anyone to shy away from them. I have been happy with them from a light output perspective.

 

We personally use Chemical Guys JetSeal on all of our headlight housings. Been happy with it for years.

 

You can put them in without the DRL harness. You might even find that it works perfectly fine without.

And thanks! Great minds think alike

 

They don't flash on either side? You're confident that the truck is getting input from the fob, yeah?

 

Hmm… that actually is an odd one. That sounds like a logic problem and not a light problem to me. I can’t remember all of the settings in the stereo. Is there anything that mentions that? Haven’t been in those for a min.