kitlz

Lighted sills, that is

Now that the wicked winter weather is finally gone I bought the illuminated sills from Sewell. Installation was a breeze, the old sills popped right out. Knew I'd find a use for the overpriced Lexus pry tool one day I swapped the clips from the old sills to the new sills. The plug was right there. A few clicks and the sills were back in. All done. It took maybe a few minutes if that.

I didn't want the sills to clash with the LED lights inside so I went with white instead of blue. The match is perfect and I really love the dimensional look to the letters in Lexus.

happy1977

Nicely done.

MEP7557

Congrats Anita, it's about time. LOL

RXSF

nice! I wish the rears had them too!

Stormforge

congrats kitlz, welcome to the illuminated door sill club!

DunWkg

Whoa, wait a minute. The electrical connection is a plug and it's right there??

The instructions I read some where, showed a convoluted jumble of wiring you had to sort out and make splices.

And the tool? What tool?

I missed this class. Where are the right instructions for this.

Thanks.

kitlz

Thanks

MEP, if you had to put up with all the snow I do you would have waited. I will switch back when the weather turns again.

Me too. I miss them from the '04. At least these aren't orange. They look much nicer too. My **** retentive matchy matchy personality prevented me from getting blue

I though it was the two door illuminated sill club

kitlz

David, you crack me up! The install is not complicated at all. It is true plug and play. Probably not in the rear though when and if they ever come out.

Here is the lovely Lexus pry tool - http://lexus.sewellparts.com/accesso...2010/3372.html Anything similar should work.

The key is to remove the white clips out of the old sills and put them on the new sills. The new sills have the white clip and the black piece they snap into (shown in the picture below).

kitlz

But of course

cafpaf

Like DunWkg above, I would like a little more information. Are they simply plug and play or do you have to splice wires. What is the "special" tool that is needed? I have a set of trim tools. How do you get to pick the color of lighting. I think that I would like the white that you have, but I am not sure. Finally, what was the cost from Sewell. Thanks in advance for the help.

cafpaf

Man, I did not expect a response that quickly. I just posted the above and the response was there immedately. I love this group.

kitlz

cafpaf, yes this is a great group

Here is the link to the sills:

http://lexus.sewellparts.com/accesso...2010/4330.html

The sills come in both white and blue. Just make sure you select the correct interior color (black, grey or ivory). The price is $399 if you have an account with them.

MEP7557

Yes, the wiring is already there. I just used my fingers to pull up on the door sill to remove it. A lot of popping and snapping but it worked. Mine came with the illuminated door sills but had to remove them to put in the sound deadening.

Good Luck

Stormforge

lol, yes you are correct! i'm just waiting for lexus japan to make the rear ones!


didn't you know that kitlz is a woman of many abilities, and can put most men to shame?

sweetboy02

just to confirm, Is it plug and play for 2010 350 model? or 450h only?