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Which Gen 3 tailight do you preffer?

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#1 · (Edited)
DX Black Bar (US)
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XLE Red Bar (US)
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Vienta (Australia)
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Gen 3.5 (US)
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? (Malaysia)
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???
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Just curious for opinions and to get a conversation started with shy members :)
 
#3 ·
SE also had the blacked out middle...

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#5 ·
The one you posted as the Malaysia model is the Narrow body V30 versus the other XV10 widebody.

For me I pefer the light bar of the 1992-1994 Camry LE/XLE. The SE looks ok, but it looks like a budget out cheap DX trim. Wish toyota would had upscale the SE rear tail trim, kept the black but maybe have it painted instead because it's either a super rare cheap camry (DX) or a super rare expensive camry (SE) for the Gen3 (92-94). The light bar sometimes will have condensation or they start cracking due to heavy sun. I do have a thing with quad tail lights....
 
#6 · (Edited)
interesting. didn't know the 95 and 96 deleted the 3rd brake light. my 94 gen 3.5 still has it. nevermind. i thought you meant the one on the rear deck but i believe you meant the ones in the plastic that was deleted in favor of the metal accent on the 3.5's.
tony
 
#8 ·
Yea sorry, I wasn't too descriptive.

I like the light bar with the two center brake light versus the top 'true' 3rd mount lol.
 
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Bro I never got around that ever since my brakes rotors & pads were a higher priority.

I'm buying new rims & tires in a bit first as well as installing rear disc rotors, Brake Pro. Valve, and new Wheel Hubs with bearings.

Basically a laundry list of to-do'a before looks.


Also here's the Carbon Fiber panel for the Gen 3.5, I hate to tease but they still sell these. Good way to match up that CF trunk!

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#10 ·
Vienta (Australia)
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FYI those are the post-facelift Australian models, the pre-facelifts are basically the same as the black-bar (for 4-cylinder) and red-bar (for V6 Vientas)

There's also the Apollo too:
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Post-facelift
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#15 ·
Functionally, I prefer having the extra brake lights. But style-wise, I like the look of the silver gen 3.5 tailight. OTOH, my 3.5 is burgundy, so it looks like one of the red-bar designs anyway. However, if I had my choice, I'd have NO center bar, as that plastic piece traps rain-water, then dumps it in the trunk when I open it!

Happy Motoring, Mark
 
#26 ·
Given how many people actually still drive a Gen3/or Gen4, its usually the crowd that likes to just keep em going and not do extensive mods. Most of those who enjoy doing that are usually in the Gen5/6 nowadays.

Although parts like those above are rare and someone who is seriously looking for those part should be ordering before even posting because they know the rarity. At lease I would be buying them before posting because it's a 'I know it's rare I need it'.
 
#30 ·
Guess for me is 'keep em going and do very light tasteful OEM style modifications ' pile haha!

So yes, those Gen 3 clear corners would be super awesome if I had a Gen3.
 
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#34 · (Edited)
omg omg omg!!!!

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i'm partial to this center but i also like my original black center since it's much lighter.


also i have the red/amber/amber lights
the oem gen3 lights
the oem gen3.5 lights
and the red/clear/red lights

i want to modify the spare oem gen3 lights to illuminate cleaner and hopefully make them more modern.

i would really love to get my hands on some prominent taillights though.
 
#40 ·
I need theses can I can any direction to purchase them?? Contact chervinhibbert@gmail.com
Depo (the brand shown in your post) still has an active website, though it looks unfinished and several years old. Googling that brand name turned up some distributors such as this one, where I plugged in 1994 Camry and Depo as search terms for their taillight choices, and got one:

1994 Toyota Camry Custom & Factory Tail Lights – CARiD.com

You might want to try trolling eBay and see what you find there.

I have Asian-spec Toyota Altis LED taillights from Depo (if I remember right) purchased 5-6 years ago now that are still working fine, and I see them still available from several sellers on eBay, so that site might be your best bet for older designs.
 
#39 ·
aftermarket accessories have pretty short shelf lives, unlikely anyone still makes/stocks them, your best bet is to reach out to the maker using the information provided in that 6 year old post

finding OEM lamps via the internet is pretty easy by searching salvage yards, but finding aftermarket accessory lamps is going to be very, very hard, as you'd have to contact that original maker and get lucky, because salvage yards work in volume, they only care about mainstream parts that are easy to identify