Questioni had my battery and alt checked out to be ok. however, my headhights are not as bright as they used to be. i have a 1996 forerunner. the interior overhead light is not as bright either. this is a 1996 toyota forerunner, 43000 miles on it. anything suggestions? thanks, larry.
AnswerAll light bulbs dim over time.
For the accessory lighs, whatever cheap lights you want.
The headlights are H4 bulbs. Trust me when I say. Short of doing a legitimate HID & HID dot approved housing / projector swap. The best halogen headlights you can buy are the cheap $7-10 Sylvania bulbs. I've seen light graph outputs of most current bulbs from the bottom of the line up through the "expencive high output" halogen bulbs. Everything passed the generic bulb is pretty much crap. All the "high wattage" bulbs are crap. They still draw the same current, they're just lieing on the box. All halogen bulbs are identical on the inside. They simply put blue tint on the glass to make them look more like current HID systems.
It's a poor interpritation. Not only can you flat out not get close to the light spectrum of an HID. But you get sorta gay colored headlights that are poor for night driving. And obviously... Any tint, or filter on the bulb means that much less light on the road!
Said bulbs are commonly marketid as HID like, or Xenon bulbs.
Just trust me... Walk into walmart & buy Sylvania's cheapest H4 bulb.
Now their XtraVision bulbs are tinted. They don't produce the 20% light increase they advertise. It's more like 15% at most, but that's your call.
(Dispite popular belief, both high end PIAA's and Silverstars are dimmer than generic bulbs because of their coating.)
Or... You can always do the ultimate & have someone do a real HID light swap on your runner for several hundred dollars. ;) Just keep it legal, as many are not & when not done properly, they are painfully blinding.
