Headlight unit replacement

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Replaced my headlight units today. The previous ones went cloudy, and while I'd renovated them, there was significant fatigue / cracking in the plastic, and they went cloudy again pretty quickly, so I just bought OEM new units and stuck them on. Job was pretty easy, just take off the bumper and then three screws each unit.

Before:

After:

Bumper off during:

Comparison:

Pleased with the results, makes the car look very good. Next step will be paint touch up on the bonnet chips.

I've already replaced every light with LEDs, apart from the fog lights - does anyone know the bulb fitting type for those so I can find some LEDs to stick in?

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don't forget to go and get them adjusted properly, any MOT place will do it

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The new lights look brilliant ( no pun intended ).

Great to see the photos as well.

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Where are the adjustment done on them? I've done before on previous cars, fairly easy against a flat wall, just need to know where adjusters are.

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drop me a pm if you want the service manual

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How much did the headlights cost (just wondered if i need them in case) i need them in the future....mine went cloudy but, did give them a going over with wet and dry then a polish - which has made them much better!

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£221.99 each.

Genuine Toyota IQ Front O/S RH Headlight Halogen 2008-2016 8113074040 | eBay

On eBay you can also get second hand ones, both restored and unrestored, for around £100. I'm planning to restore my old ones and put them on there at some point.

Note that i have also done a restoration as ours got very cloudy. Oddly only 1 year after restoring them the Toyota dealer claimed they were border line MOT failure, despite never having aid anything when they were cloudy.

 

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Cheers - no too bad then!