MrJohnTan

Woo-hoo i finally received my 97+ tailights today. Had to replace my condensed tailight. I have to say, the tailights make the car look so much newer (2 years newer to be exact). For those who are still wondering, the 97 tails are a direct bolt on to the 95-96. Even the tailight harness will snap right in. For ease of installation, I drilled out 2 of the inner mounting holes on the rear of the trunk. I opened it up towards the inside about 1/6" of an inch. This is probably not necessary, you could probably wrestle them in there, but I didnt want to waste my time trying to fight my tailights. Here's a bad before pic of the car with the stock tailights...

MrJohnTan

Im selling my 1995-96 tails.. there's a post somewhere in the marketplace with details about that. Unfortunately, the battery on digi-cam died on me so I wont be able to post any pix of the new tails on the car until tommorrow. Its getting late anyways....

Here's a pic fresh out of the box. The cool thing is they came with the tailight harnesses....

bizzy928

Good stuff!
I've always wondered. Are all the trunk locks universal in some way?
If I buy your lights, will my key be able to unlock the trunk via the light?

ACleanSC4

iTrader: (7)

The trunk lock is not fixed on the light, so whenever you change between the 3 styles, you will still have your original lock.

Tony

Dixond

iTrader: (1)

Those headlights you are selling would work on a '93, right?

MrJohnTan

I am not 100% sure... i know for sure that the tailight out indicator lamp is on now. I plan on just removing the bulb when i replace the bulbs on my gauge cluster. If you do a search for *tailights* there should be a thread describing what you need to do to make it work.

Baby ///M3

95'-96' taillights do work on Pre 95 cars.

I have swapped my old taillights with a set of 96' ones and they bolted right on. No modification was required whatsoever.

However, you will get a yellow warning light in your dash and have a slightly higher blinking turn signals.

Jon

Jimbo23

Hey John

How much did you pay for your 97+ tail lights and where did you get them from?

Thanx in advance

Jimbo

MrJohnTan

I payed $140 each. I got them from a buddy of mine who works at one of the lexus dealerships in San Diego.

SC400Dude

That's how much I got them for too - Employee Discount

MrJohnTan

hahahaha, i wouldnt touch the car w/o it

Wald GS

iTrader: (1)

nice mod!

MrJohnTan

here's a crappy pic of the tails on the car with my custom license plate conversion... i really dont care too much about the way the car looks right now.. its pretty much bone stock.. as soon as i start the "real" mods, ill get better pictures... i guess i was just too excited about my first mod that i had to start a thread about it..

is it just me or does chef look like an overflowing beer mug? i need to get out...

EXE.UCF10

iTrader: (3)

LOL...now that you mention it...it does. Damn...signs of being an alki.