Headlights OEM Toyota or TYC

I just replaced mine with the TYC ones from rockauto.

The quality of the injection molding on the backs is obviously a little different from the originals, but the optics are at least good. Overall I'm pretty happy with them

I installed TYC headlights for $170 from rock auto. I can speak for the TYC lights being good.

I have a set of my 9th gen si and fitment was damn near OEM.

I replaced my worn out cloudy/mildewed headlight bodies on my 2006 CVPI with these TYC replacement OEM-look headlights from Rock Auto. So far, they've worked really well for the 4 months I've had them installed. No leaks/condensation or short circuits/failures. They were really useful on long drives (4-6 hours) at night or early morning where there aren't any streetlights for long stretches on the highway. The only complaint I have is the "high beams" just seem like a change in point of aim (higher), rather than increased illumination.

I’ve used TYC and they were good. I couldn’t tell any difference between them and oem.

For anyone looking to do a headlight swap on a first gen these are the (TYC) lights I purchased:

TYC is perfectly acceptable. I will say I have used TYC stuff in other applications where the connectors felt a little cheaper than the Hella OE, and the fit was not quite 100%

the stock headlights are awful. I’ll need a bulb upgrade (at a minimum) right away.

In my experience they're pretty bad. I had to replace my stock headlights '03 9-3(because all the clips that held the low beams where broken off) I went from barley being able to see at night to still not really being able to see at night. Another problem was the TYCs were missing a piece at the bottom so there was a pretty big panel gap between the bumper and light. The one good thing about them was the headlights themselves looked great.

Edit: As a broke HS student I put weather stripping between the panel gap, and that made it look pretty good. This was 6 years ago they might have improved, but I kinda doubt it

2017 Tacoma headlights are crap. The HID projectors on my 2006 VW blow the Tacoma's halogen projectors out of the water.