Headlights Hella or OEM Toyota

I drive an Innova with stock lights and medium tint in expressways, skyway, main roads, side roads, thru rainy days and nights. No problem with my stock lights, I can see clearly.

I just came across new headlights made by Hella which are look alike VW MK5 versions and installed one to test the beam pattern on my GTI337. It appears that VW MK5 versions are newer one and due to that fact are engineered to put more light on the road. There is no visible cut out in a beam pattern like on OEM versions, but the MK5 look alike seem to be winning on my check list.

There are no alternatives. It\u2019s OEM Hella or Chinese crap. There are no options in the middle. There used to be DJ Autos but have been long discontinued.\n\nGet a set of Hellas. Restore them. It\u2019s the best option and you\u2019ll have great headlights for life

significantly better than the Sylvania OE ones for light output, but with an OE style cutoff so you don’t blind other drivers.

i have the hellas; im extremely satisfied with their quality and output

I installed these on my 96 NA and they are awesome!!! Amazing quality and direct fit and cheap

My 2021 Toyota Venza XLE was unable to unfold the power side mirrors, was failing to move the power seat to its presets, and had issues with the back up camera not showing any grid lines. I was also having issues with my right (passenger side) headlight and noticed that it had condensation in it.

Some modern headlights performance is poor, I assume due to getting the price down to a price point where HID / LED can go in every trim, not just the top trim. Toyota's are known for purple fringing, Tesla is known for excessive glare.

So my wife and I have a 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. It\u2019s got about 20,000 miles on it. About 3 months ago, the wind blew a grocery cart into her front quarter panel, leaving a very minor dent. Turns out I was wrong, the headlight has its own control unit. If condensation gets in the headlight, it can short the headlights control unit, which can, in turn, short out the entire car\u2019s computer system. A cracked headlight is now a month-long, $6,000 repair situation requiring a rewiring of the car.

We bought a 2013 Toyota last winter and I was surprised to find it was a step backward in headlights from the 2004 Toyota we replaced. Our previous car didn't have an "auto" setting but at least we could just leave the headlights in the "on" position all the time and they'd shut off when we turned the car off, and turn back on when we turned the car back on. With our current car it's like a step back to the 1990s. There's no "auto" setting. The "on" setting really means "on" even if the car isn't running, and if you try to get out of the car without turning the headlights off the car will beep at you incessantly to warn you the battery will die if you don't turn the lights off. Needless to say this has been an adjustment and I have on a few occasions driven a couple of blocks at night before realizing I forgot to turn the headlights on.