thank you for the feedback, merry christmas bro🤙🏼

I’d double check your wiring. Make sure both headlights have the DRL harness correctly and then make sure they have the correct connections between the two headlights themselves.

I sold the truck around november of last year, up until then i had no issues whatsoever

John I to have 2007 Tacoma and have the same issues with the lights turning on randomly. Did you try the same installation method. Curious to know.

@Antonio Guevara Yes. Once I ran the wire through the fire wall and into the interior box, it worked perfectly. My issue now is blinker hyper-flash when the night headlights are on. Tried resistors, but still no luck.

When you ordered your Alpharex headlights, did you also get the conversion wiring kit as well. That soLved my problem as well, but to be honest with you I had the same problem. But after seeing the installation video again I saw where I missed a step.

Did yall splice the wire to make it long enough for the interior box ??

dang that sucks, definitely sounds like a serious problem. i’d suggest double checking you’re wiring and your power source you have it wired to.

if you have any questions you can message me on instagram as well

not at all, definitely worth the investment. glad i went with this brand over others

@@TRDAidan awesome 👍🏽I'm definitely getting them then, thanks!

I have previously installed aftermarket led taillights. When the front Alpha Rex pro series headlights were installed, I had hyper flashing problems. I installed 6 ohm 50 watts resistors to each, rear flasher bulb supply to ground and solved this problem. Be sure to mount (screw on) resistors to metal wall in taillights housing as heat sink as resistors become very hot.

do you have aftermarket tail lights or led bulbs in your tail lights?

@@TRDAidan No aftermarket tail lights. Just the OEM tail lights that came with my truck.

No LED bulbs either in any of the lights

okay. hopefully when you rewire it that’ll fix your problem. on another note i noticed the delay too, but i’m not sure there’s a way around it

@@TRDAidan Yeah i think the delay is normal cause it has to figure out if the DRLs need to be running or being used as a turn signal. As you mentioned I don't think there is a way to fix that either. It might have to be something we just live with and deal with it. i double checked my wiring and went ahead and moved the wire to fusebox under the dashboard. Hopefully it resolved my lights randomly coming on when the truck is off. However, it did not resolve my hyper flashing with my turn signals. Seems like i notice it even more! I am still having the same problem and actually now my DRLs completely shut off and stay off when the truck is running. A few minutes later the DRLs pop back on. My lights blink like crazy but its very random. Works fine for a few miles and then acts up and then goes back to working like normal. I checked the remaining lights (bulbs) and none are burned out. Now I did replace the 2 small rear license plate lights with LEDs about 2 months ago (before i installed these Alpharex lights). Didnt have any issues with them before. I don't think those would cause the turn signals to have hyperflash or cause the DRLs to not come on at all. But i could be wrong. Maybe i'm overthinking it. Or maybe i got a bad batch of lights. Anyways i got videos of it happening so the only thing i can think of sending those to Alpharex's Customer Service and see if they can help resolve it or send me replacements. I've only had them on my truck since early May 2021 and just started experiencing issues in early/mid June 2021. Thanks for your video/help. Appreciate it.

Yes! I am trying to keep them white but they keep randomly changing or both of them while driving. Did you find a fix for this?

Is it amber while both driving and in park? Most likely your truck didn’t have daytime running lights and you needed the harness. That’s the main solution most of the people with that problem have, besides incorrect wiring

@@TRDAidan well I missed that damn yellow cord in the driver side headlight. Works great now!! Thanks for the quick response

@@andrewpittman9708 😂dope. have a good one🙌🏼

i didn’t unfortunately. i had ordered the grill originally a few months back and destroyed it by getting it covered in glue in attempts to get that weathering strip on, i just ended up ordering a second one and getting a bug and rock shield instead to close the gap.

Super glue

Is it stuck on with sticky tape or something? The factory is on with clips.

I just installed it and a found a 3M gasket/weather strip glue for autos on Amazon.

There’s a way to get it and I believe it’s by not running the drl harness if you truck didn’t come factory with drls. But at that point you’d be having your lights wired incorrectly, which could cause damage or other issues. So do with that what you will

it’s not oem there’s no part number

Rip that sucks

if the truck came from factory with DRLs then you don’t need to run the harness. alpharex has detailed instructions on their website for install with / without the harness

You got instagram? It’ll be easier to talk there. Mine is trd.aidan

yes

alpharexusa.com/product-category/performance-lighting/toyota-tacoma-2012-2015/ there you go👍🏼

The harness can only be ordered with the headlights at alpharexusa.com

@@TRDAidan so I bought mine from extreme terrain. And what you saying is I have to send the back get my money back and then buy the headlights off of alpha Rex

@@TRDAidan ????

@@dominickrauel760 that’s a little more complicated. Usually the harnesses aren’t sold separately, but you can contact alpharex through instagram or email and explain and see if they’ll send you one

unfortunately these are a drl style headlight so the light bars are going to be on in almost every application if the truck is powered up. it’s normal for the drls to get slightly dimmer when the main bulbs come on, but if the drls aren’t your style i’d suggest a different brand. these are heavily built around that feature and as far as i know there’s no way around it

@@TRDAidan thanks for the response, much appreciated!

i don’t have the pros. i have the luxx series. sorry if there was any confusion

i apologize but i can’t really answer that one for you, i have my fog lights wired separately into a whole separate switch in my cabin.

if the cars on and in drive, and you have the headlight nob turned all the way towards you (off) and there’s still orange lights on in the headlights, those are your daytime running lights

no complaints

@@TRDAidan appreciate you!

yeah ef no. 2. piggy back fuse with a 10 and a 5 into that spot where the 10 was

that’s where to plug it in if you want them on whenever your truck is on. if you want them to come on with your lowbeams it’s a different spot

@@TRDAidan ohhh okay yeah I want the lights to be on when the truck is on. Thanks!!!!!!

Not for this gen. On the 2.5 (11-15) you can though

Do you have the luxx model itself? Or the pro? Only the nova and luxx series do the dance, the pro series don’t.

@@TRDAidan I have the luxx model crystal headlights

@@Jet022602 If you have the luxx model and you’re using the key fob it should be doing the sequence whenever you click it. I suggest making sure everything’s wired correctly

@@TRDAidan it does the light dance when I turn the egnition. But not when I lock/unlock the car

My apologies, but I don’t think i really understand what your issue is. The headlights for this generation don’t have an option to keep the lights amber permanently, they only are amber when the truck is parked and the parking brake is on. otherwise the lights remain white until the turn signals/ hazards are turned on. Get back to me , i’ll try to help as much as i can

Thanks for the reply Aiden, my issue was operator error. I just didn't realize parking brake amber mode. Lights look good, are working correctly I got the Luxx as well and disabled the small white running light, super easy. I went through firewall surprisingly easy, also have you seen the new Alpha Luxx tail lights, I got mine on order should be in stock soon? Your video was super helpful to me and just what I needed to know. Keep up good work

@@dabbles1000 awesome, glad you have everything running smooth! and yes i have seen them, they look awesome. im hoping to order mine within the next week or so and ill probably make a video on it. thank you again for the feedback, means alot.

​@@dabbles1000 what did you do to stop them from turning amber randomly? Although mine are working fine, I have noticed that they randomly change from white to amber, and sometimes only one side turns amber while the other remains white. Sometimes when I turn my truck on they stay Amber and I don't have the parking brake on. Can you give me any advice on how to prevent this from happening?

the company i got it from isnt around anymore. just look up trd pro style grill for second gen tacoma

Turn your truck on, remove the ebrake then put it into drive and you should see you have the small orange lights on in the inner corner of the headlights (if you have them) if you do this and nothing comes on then you don’t have daytime running lights

@@joshuaberman5339 is there any way to install DRL's or did it have to come like that from factory?

yes

@@TRDAidan if there a way to not have them on all the time and did you switch the halogen bulb to leds?

@@heryanbenavidez7472 no. and no, they came with leds built in. only the pro series come with halogen bulbs

all i did was by the same gauge wire and solder them together

@@TRDAidan Thanks for the info! very helpful video

@@maxmendoza618 🙏🏼 thank you

What gauge wire is it?

it’s an 07🤙🏼 mcautoparts.com/products/05-11-tacoma-front-grill

mcautoparts.com/products/05-11-tacoma-front-grill

you order it with the headlights.

@@TRDAidan didn’t give me the option when I bought it on Amazon

@@geravalencia03 you’ll have to contact. alpharex support. they don’t sell them separately

yeah, into the 15a ignition fuse

@@TRDAidan ok! So the 15 fuse goes into the back into the wire, and then back into the fuse box corrext

@@jayhawk1204 it should be 10a and a 5a on the piggy back, then that goes into the slot where the 15a was

@@TRDAidan oh ok!! I take the 10a from the fuse box in the engine bay right??

@@jayhawk1204 it gets plugged into the fuse box in the cab.

Just google trd pro style grill for this gen of Tacoma. A bunch come up

that sucks

that sucks

well i did say that multiple times in the video so glad you’re at least listening 😂

@@TRDAidan just bustin….👊🏼

probably, ill plan to do a video that’s an actual review of them and whatever else you’re looking for, that wasn’t the direction i was taking with this video but i appreciate the feedback 👍🏼

that's not what the vid is about 🤨 its about wiring tips not how it lights up

they don’t dim. they’re leds, they gone be bright lol