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Fitting Lexus style rear lights |
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Wednesday, 19 January 2005 |
| Fitting Lexus style rear lights
Tools needed:
8mm socket or spanner (to remove original lights)
10mm socket or spanner (to fit new lights)
Parts needed:
(Picture of the new lights from front and back pictures 1 & 2) |
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Car before (Picture 3)
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You can access the bolts for the rear lights through the luggage compartment. Open the side pods and take out the plastic cover.(Picture 4)
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Three bolts hold each light on, to remove unscrew the screws with a 8mm spanner or socket and unplug the wiring loom. (Picture 5)
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Picture of car from rear with light removed. (Picture 6)
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The bolts on the new lights are slightly thicker than the originals. Because of this you have to drill the top two holes out. Use a 6mm drill, the original holes are approximately 5mm. The bottom hole is already 6mm. I touched up the bare metal in the holes with some paint.
Offer up the new light to the recess and tighten up the bolts (the nuts on my new lights were 10mm).
Picture of car with one light done (Picture 7)
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Fit bulb holders and bulbs into the sockets and connect the wiring loom plugs. (Picture 11)
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Do same on opposite side. (Picture 8 & 9)
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Notes:
The seals on my light seemed a bit thick and made the lights quite tight when fitting, so I took the seals off the new lights and used the seals off my old lights.
Because the layout of the lenses the reversing light bulb holder caught on the panel behind the light and I couldn’t get the bulb in. To solve this I used a pair of pliers (with the head wrapped in a cloth) and bent the panel in wards a little at the point shown below. This was the same on each side.
(Picture 10)
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| Thanks to Dean Paddock for the pictures and article |
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