is there any complications when doing this? or is this a direct replacement?

any electronic malfunctions of any kind?

 

It's not a straight swap as a lot of others will lead you to believe. In my case I needed a drill, a dremel, and some other hand tools to complete the job correctly.

On the backside of the tails there are these 4 little screws which have to go into holes in the sheet metel on the rear of your car where the tails sit. The screws are like pegs and must be aligned properly in order to wedge the taillight in there. On the 92-94 tails the screws are configured slightly differently than on the 97 tails so you will need a drill/dremel to either lengthen the holes in the sheet metal on your car so the tail light can slide in easily...or to drill completely new holes. You decide.

It's not hard but DO NOT start this job unless you have a drill and dremel handy

 

Not to mention the infamous resulting hyperblink!

 

and also brake lamp indicator is triggered isnt it?

 

yep yep yep!!

 

and i believe there is no easy method to fix this either accept removing the light in the dash.

 

haha damni...but its all worth it in the end right? even though the hyperblink and stuff...


--jeriel

 

^Hi Jeriel

We both got rid of our MR2s at about the same time.

 

is this garrett?

 

btw.. i ordered 97 tail lights + 97 grill+97 fogs... cant wait for all of it to get here =)))))))))))))))))))))))

if someone wants to help me install all these that would be great... SOCAL though, haha, make a meet out of it!

 

you also have to drill new holes for the 97 tails on the 92-94 body style i believe. i'm going to try a load resistor for the turn signal, and just remove the brake indicator light

 

ummmmm just curious but did you buy a 97+ front BUMPER too? Because otherwise you can't fit the fogs or the grill into the earlier style bumper...

 

Its Barrett.

If you want help I'm 3 min away from your place.

 

I didnt even use a dremel or drill new holes. I just used a regular drill bit through an existing hole and yanked it to the direction that you want to stretch the hole.

As far as the fast blinker, it has been blinking fast for a year already. I can care less

 

That's exactly what I'm talking about. In my case I had never done this conversion before so I was caught a little off guard when it wasn't a straight swap. I looked at those little screws on the backside and figured I could stretch the holes (in the sheet metal on the car itself) a bit to make the fit easier. Stretching them to just the right length took longer than I wanted so on the other side I just drilled completely new holes which took all of 2 minutes. I used the dremel to smooth things out and on another project I was working on at the time (getting rid of these little tabs on the centercaps of my wheels).

Some people like to use the "just force it in" method but that's not for me, especially when I'm installing some new 97 tails where the plastic could crack or a seal could be broken. No thanks, I'll just drill