[Heep]

So minor and subtle, in fact, I'm sure only Camry enthusiasts would notice.

I picked up a set of OEM taillights from Britain for a good price -- though they're from Britain, they're the same as the JDM ones so I guess I can get away with calling them that :

The install was mostly straight-forward, but since these lights have no light in the side (reflector) part of them, they only have a four pronged connector instead of a five. I simply swapped the US connector onto the new light, and voila. Even the bulbs that came with it worked, which is good because they're different than the ones in the US lights.

Before:

After:

Now I just need to wash my car

 

[Rdizzle]

water! and soap!

Looks nice man

 

[eurohazard]

Pretty cool Heep! Is that snow in the background? Dayamn. It was like 70 here today! :nana:

 

[louie1086]

oh my. not bad. hope it didnt cost too much to ship over.

 

[vdop69]

Looks nice man. :thumbup:

Post a pic of the whole car if you can. I wonder how it all looks all together.

 

[Heep]

Haha yeah nasty weather (and thus the dirty car). I'll get some better pics when I've washed the car and it isn't night!

They were only $30 to ship, which really surprised me...AND it only took 3 business days to arrive.

I was a bit worried that my "burnt-out taillights" dash light might come on now that I no longer have the side reflector lights, but they must not be checked as part of that system as I've had no troubles with it.

My only other concern is about the darkness of the edge all the way around. Most Gen 4 taillights I've seen have a pretty uniform colour all through them, but some OEM lights and lots of aftermarket lights have a sort of tinted border, like these. I may need to get some aftermarket inner taillight pieces to get a better match (yeah, I'm picky!). We'll see how it looks after a wash.

 

[Tuner571]

Looks great man, nice find!

 

[ELL]

subtle
jdm indeed
wash that car when it warms up!

 

[Hajoca]

No bulb out sensor is on the side parking lamp or marker (small 168 or 194 bulb)

If you are not using your old tail lights I am interested.

 

[bigbird]

JDM YO:clap:

looks pretty cool

 

[Heep]

No bulb out sensor is on the side parking lamp or marker (small 168 or 194 bulb)

If you are not using your old tail lights I am interested.

Not using them and will sell them to you, but I want to hang on to them just for a bit until I confirm that there's no problems with these new lights and that I can readily get new bulbs if required.

You'll have to reuse the connectors from your old lights to use my old lights but they're easy to swap.

You may want to PM me about it in a week or two because I'll probably forget, lol.

 

[ONE_to_HATE]

lame- please get something worth mentioning.































LOL. i'm just jealous- good stuff!

 

[DrewsCam]

nice find, i never seen those but please wash the car.
Most ppl remove amber yet your adding more, odd but different

 

[Heep]

Well I just went out and grabbed a couple better photos, but I'll have to get better ones yet at some point. These ones are a bit blurry and rushed because it's starting to get dark and it's raining like it's 1999 so I wasn't gonna stand out there and set up my tripod. On the plus side, my car got a bit of a "nature wash" today

Seriously this winter has been miserable - one day we get a foot of snow, then it rains all over and floods the place, then its sunny but like -40, then it snows again. Washing the car just freezes your door closed. Bah!

Anyways:

 

[vdop69]

damn, I like that alot. I wonder if they have some like that for the gen 4.5

 

[Heep]

damn, I like that alot. I wonder if they have some like that for the gen 4.5

As far as I can tell, the Euro/JDM 4.5 lights don't have the reflector, but do still have the red.