95 Camry cigarette lighter ring light replacement

[sk8ersublime]

Ive been trying to replace the bulb on the little plastic connector that lights up the ring around the cigarette lighter, but its soldered to the connector pins...im sure i can rig something up, but is there any easier way? or a place where i can buy this part other than the dealer for $20?

[Unco]

have you tried a junkyard?

[SCEPTER300RR]

u know i've been lookin for that forever... any idea wat the part number is??? thnx...

Hump

[CrawlingEye]

I'm not sure how much it varries between the '92-'93's and the '94-'96's but IIRC, I took a 194 LED and literally removed the entire tail of it, and soldered the contacts in.

I know this may not be the easiest of things to do, but it works.



I hope ^^ works

[sk8ersublime]

i just ended up getting it at the dealer...funny thing is, i went to a different dealer and the price was only $16. not $20 like the other place told me...but instead of just the bulb or the adaptor, i had to get the whole clip...i should be picking it up today hopefully. Ill post back about the part # and let you guys know if it was the right part.

[sk8ersublime]

Originally Posted by CrawlingEye

I'm not sure how much it varries between the '92-'93's and the '94-'96's but IIRC, I took a 194 LED and literally removed the entire tail of it, and soldered the contacts in.

I know this may not be the easiest of things to do, but it works.



I hope ^^ works

I like the white lights in the dash and around the ignition

[SCEPTER300RR]

Originally Posted by sk8ersublime

i just ended up getting it at the dealer...funny thing is, i went to a different dealer and the price was only $16. not $20 like the other place told me...but instead of just the bulb or the adaptor, i had to get the whole clip...i should be picking it up today hopefully. Ill post back about the part # and let you guys know if it was the right part.

thnx

[Robisimo318]

Originally Posted by CrawlingEye

I hope ^^ works

yeah man, im really digging that white light, how did you do that?

[CrawlingEye]

Originally Posted by Robisimo318

yeah man, im really digging that white light, how did you do that?

I did a complete write-up on the whole thing when I was doing my dash. I'll try and find it and post it up again, I hope it didn't get lost in the forum changes... hang on.

[Robisimo318]

Originally Posted by CrawlingEye

I did a complete write-up on the whole thing when I was doing my dash. I'll try and find it and post it up again, I hope it didn't get lost in the forum changes... hang on.

That would be awesome man, how hard it is all to do?

[CrawlingEye]

Originally Posted by Robisimo318

That would be awesome man, how hard it is all to do?

None of it was exceptionally hard, here's the threads that I found:

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t81034.html


http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t75364.html


http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t78079.html


Send me a PM if you need any further help.

[Robisimo318]

tried to pm but your inbox is full, how much of what you did can i accomplish with out a saudering gun?

[CrawlingEye]

Originally Posted by Robisimo318

tried to pm but your inbox is full, how much of what you did can i accomplish with out a saudering gun?

sorry, I'll clean it out. I haven't been on these forums in a while, so I guess it had gotten kinda stock-piled up.

I'd suggest going out and buying at least a little radio shack soldering iron. it'll come in handy.

[Robisimo318]

ill try to head out to one tomorrow and do that...anyways, do you have a write up for everything in your dash, or just select parts? I want to do everything like yours except blue and white

[CrawlingEye]

gauge cluster is pretty straight-forward, once you remove the cluster, you can see all the bulb holders behind it, you just unscrew them with a flathead and you're good. there's a sticky in the top of the forums that details how to do it.