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Side Mirror approach light

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#1 ·
Has anyone upgraded the light under the side mirror? I have the XLE and would like to to have it brighter and doesn't the Limited display on the ground "Venza"? I'm trying to find this as a replacement but so far no luck.

I found this on Amazon Toyota Venza 2021 Side Mirror Turn Signal Light Sequential LED which includes the Harrier logo in the puddle light but looking close at the pics there is a bubble on the bottom side of the mirror my XLE does not have so I'm wondering if these are even compatible. I'm sure that "bubble" is what is projecting the logo.
 
#2 ·
I was also looking for that. For some reason Toyota left Halogen there, despite every other light is Led on the Car. Looks like there are two options, one is to just replace the small halogen T168 bulb with Led equivalent, or replace with whole thing along with lens assy with 3rd party light. Second option is brighter, but expensive, and little more work.

Here someone did for RAV4 bulb change
How to replace (upgrade) Toyota Rav4 puddle light bulb - YouTube


This is full light upgrade with lens also, but on Forerunner
5th gen 4runner puddle light upgrade - YouTube
 
#4 · (Edited)
This past weekend I replaced the puddle light on the bottom side of the side mirrors with LEDs following the disassembly procedure in the following video. Supper simple and much brighter.
Puddle Light LED conversion The actual instructions begin at 2:15. One thing he did not mention in the video, if the bulb does not work, pull the bulb out of the socket, rotate it and put it back in so your switching the polarity. Maybe I've been lucky or the bulbs I used the polarity does not matter because they all worked the first time putting them in.

These are the actual bulbs I used since I had a few left over from another vehicle iBrightstar Newest Extremely Bright Wedge T10 168 194 LED Bulb You can even choose a different color if you wish.