Lighting mods
#874
Lexus Test Driver
iTrader: (65)
Tim buys all the LEDs and does all the installation for you. Since you're in Canada though, you'd have to ship him your pieces.
That picture above is of my car btw. This is a great mod, I can't imagine still having that ugly green.
#875
ahhhhh i wish i was near you guys so i can have tim mod on the spot for my IS!
i don't feel good about taking apart stuff and shipping them tho
so i guess i'll pass this time.. as much as i REALLY wanna get rid of the green!
sighhhhhhhhh
i don't feel good about taking apart stuff and shipping them tho
so i guess i'll pass this time.. as much as i REALLY wanna get rid of the green!
sighhhhhhhhh
#876
Lexus Champion
I took your word for it and went outside to do this. It was freezing cold but I assume I could do it within minutes.
Omg, the clips were super hard to come off. I yanked it a few times and it still won't give. I had to stick the flat screw driver deep inside and help to put pry force on the clip to get it off.
I didn't know the GS assembly is different. It's actually 4 layers... Mirror, middle cover, main internal support and back outer cover. Here are the steps I took to do mine:
1) Unclip and remove mirror.
a) tilt the mirror up all the way
b) force the mirror up even higher with fingers and look inside. The clips on the mirror is clipping to a kinda square plastic. Forcing the mirror up like this expose the plastic enough to stick the flat screw driver in between and turn to pop the clip
2) Unhook the cables. This one took me awhile to figure out. What look like connectors pointing up and down parallel to the mirror is the connector for the connector. LOL The real connector is the square and bigger. Just pull the wire and that connector will pull one side and clicking as it comes out.
3) To remove the middle cover.
a) Unscrew the 4 screws.
b) I had to unscrew the middle screw. It's kinda gold color. That loosen the tilting plastic that the mirror was mounted and clipped on. Remove that and the middle cover than can be remove.
4) Took me a few seconds looking at the light to know that it can be remove without removing the back cover too. This is the only easy part to this... the light housing kinda clip on to the back cover, look at it a bit and you can see it's easily remove. Kinda just slide out
5) Install bulb
a) Twist the wire connector to get to the bulb
b) install the LED bulb
c) with the keyless, walk away pass the back of the car and come back to turn on this puddle light. If it's not ON than your polarity must be wrong so remove, flip, and reinstall the LED bulb. Test again and the bulb should light up.
6) Put everything back.
7) Get into the car and readjust the mirror. You can press the memory button. This is when I ran into more troubles. The mirror turn and started to click like it was jam. I had to remove the mirror again and the clips were just as hard to undone so I know the clips were in properly and I did check the top 'claws' too and that was also in properly. idk why, I just reinstall it again and press the memory again...the mirror was adjusted back properly, idk what caused it.
what a nightmare, I was freezing my *** off. Not sure I want to do the same on the other side. I'll just leave it for now.
Omg, the clips were super hard to come off. I yanked it a few times and it still won't give. I had to stick the flat screw driver deep inside and help to put pry force on the clip to get it off.
I didn't know the GS assembly is different. It's actually 4 layers... Mirror, middle cover, main internal support and back outer cover. Here are the steps I took to do mine:
1) Unclip and remove mirror.
a) tilt the mirror up all the way
b) force the mirror up even higher with fingers and look inside. The clips on the mirror is clipping to a kinda square plastic. Forcing the mirror up like this expose the plastic enough to stick the flat screw driver in between and turn to pop the clip
2) Unhook the cables. This one took me awhile to figure out. What look like connectors pointing up and down parallel to the mirror is the connector for the connector. LOL The real connector is the square and bigger. Just pull the wire and that connector will pull one side and clicking as it comes out.
3) To remove the middle cover.
a) Unscrew the 4 screws.
b) I had to unscrew the middle screw. It's kinda gold color. That loosen the tilting plastic that the mirror was mounted and clipped on. Remove that and the middle cover than can be remove.
4) Took me a few seconds looking at the light to know that it can be remove without removing the back cover too. This is the only easy part to this... the light housing kinda clip on to the back cover, look at it a bit and you can see it's easily remove. Kinda just slide out
5) Install bulb
a) Twist the wire connector to get to the bulb
b) install the LED bulb
c) with the keyless, walk away pass the back of the car and come back to turn on this puddle light. If it's not ON than your polarity must be wrong so remove, flip, and reinstall the LED bulb. Test again and the bulb should light up.
6) Put everything back.
7) Get into the car and readjust the mirror. You can press the memory button. This is when I ran into more troubles. The mirror turn and started to click like it was jam. I had to remove the mirror again and the clips were just as hard to undone so I know the clips were in properly and I did check the top 'claws' too and that was also in properly. idk why, I just reinstall it again and press the memory again...the mirror was adjusted back properly, idk what caused it.
what a nightmare, I was freezing my *** off. Not sure I want to do the same on the other side. I'll just leave it for now.
#877
Lexus Test Driver
iTrader: (65)
As for the trunk light, read post #2 of this thread for info: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...de-w-pics.html
Last edited by brociouz; 01-03-11 at 11:37 AM.
#881
I was interested in modding all the lights to leds. Does anyone know the list of vleds that fit each location and are the brightest (not the bulb numbers, but the vled model numbers)? Are there better brands that last longer and are brighter? This is for an 06 gs300
Thanks
Thanks
#883
#884
Former Sponsor
iTrader: (11)
Sorry about that. You are correct. I believe that most of the interior bulbs in that vehicle are already LED. We have had many customers upgrade their front parking lights to LED to better match their OEM HID low beams using our Putco high power 194 LED bulbs:
Steve
Steve
#885
Sorry about that. You are correct. I believe that most of the interior bulbs in that vehicle are already LED. We have had many customers upgrade their front parking lights to LED to better match their OEM HID low beams using our Putco high power 194 LED bulbs:
Steve
Steve