Robokam Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 Hi, i'm new here but I've read some of the posts. Anyway, my wife's 95 ES300 has one of the rear brake lights out. I was going to change it but when I took a look to replace the bulb, I couldn't see any sockets. Do you have to remove the whole tail light assembly just to replace a bulb? Also what size nuts are used (8mm, 10mm?). Any help is greatly appreciated.
steviej Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 no, no removal is necessary. you just have to pop a couple of the fasteners that secure the trunk liner and the bulb sockets will be exposed. (new fasteners are available at Lexus if you break any) Search on this as lexusk8 has posted pictures and given good instructions as to the steps involved. steviej
blake918 Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 Stevie, the '95 is a little different from the '97+...we have a stupid trunk with the extra narrow opening. You do have to remove the whole freakin light. It's a real pain in the !Removed!...I did it when I put the gold package on my ES(the emblem was embedded in the light, so I just bought a used one on ebay). Once you pull back the lining in the trunk, you'll see a metal plate where the screws(that hold the taillight assembly in) are...I'm about 99% sure that there is no way to do it while the light is in place. Sure enough, my burnt taillight icon came up the other day, so I'm going to be doing this procedure too...arrr.
steviej Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 thanks, I was thinking 97. my bad. learn something new everyday. steviej
NeiLtYmE Posted May 29, 2004 Posted May 29, 2004 yeah those lights are sealed up real well... My 96... i have to do mine ... my taillight dash thing came on too . ! bad design.. those narrow trunk... dont know what they were thinkin :chairshot:
Latoilette Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 you basically remove all little stupid carpet thingys in the trunk that are covering the tail light. take out a few 10mm nuts. (on passenger side, you need to remove 1 or 2 nuts for locking mechanism. your taillight should easily be removed from the car. replace light bulb. it took me about 10 minutes my first time. my second time..2-3 minutes.
Robokam Posted June 3, 2004 Author Posted June 3, 2004 Thanks for all your help. I eneded up buying an 8mm deep socket to remove the 6 nuts (5 or 6 - can't remember) and slide the light out far enough to remove and replace the bulb. There are some bigger nuts (10mm) that don't need to be removed to slide the light out. It would be harder to remove the 8mm nuts without a deep socket but I guess it can be done. Anyway, thanks for the great input and helping me change the bulb. Never thought I would need to search the web just to replace a light bulb. This was for the drivers side rear lights.
DKRC-2003 Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 Anybody have a list of lightbulbs that you would need to purchase if you wanted to replace every bulb in the taillight assembly for a 94 ES? Also, I've seen some LED lights that you can purchase for brake lights, etc... I put some into another car that I owned as was not impressed with the brightness. Anybody seen anything different that they would recommend? Both of my license plate lights are burned out so I will be pulling both of my taillights in the next week and replacing all of my bulbs at once while I am there...
steviej Posted October 29, 2004 Posted October 29, 2004 you mean like this list: 1994 LEXUS ES300 Low beam headlamp 9006 9006ST Silverstar High Performance Halogen Upgrade: The Look of HID: Whitest, Brightest 9006XV XtraVision Halogen Upgrade: Up to 20% Brighter 9006CB Cool Blue Halogen Upgrade: White Hot; Super Cool; 100% Street Legal 9006LL Long Life Halogen Upgrade: Lasts one and a half times longer High beam headlamp 9005 9005ST Silverstar High Performance Halogen Upgrade: The Look of HID: Whitest, Brightest 9005CB Cool Blue Halogen Upgrade: White Hot; Super Cool; 100% Street Legal Parking light 1157A 1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style 1157ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp Front turn signal 1157A 1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style 1157ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp Rear turn signal 1156 1156LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp Tail light 1157 1157LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp Stop light 1157 1157LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp High mount stop light 921 921LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp Fog/Driving light H3-55W H3ST Silverstar High Performance Halogen Upgrade: The Look of HID: Whitest, Brightest License plate 168 Back up light 1156 1156LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp Front sidemarker 1157A 1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style 1157ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp Rear sidemarker 168 Glove box 74 Dome light DE3175 Step/Courtesy light 161 194 194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp DE3021 Trunk/Cargo area 194 194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp Instrument-general 194 194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp here is your link to the bulb list steviej
DKRC-2003 Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 So if I wanted to replace every light bulb in the rear taillights of my 94 ES 300: I count 3 brake lights per side (6 total 1157’s), two corner markers (lights up with my parking lights-does not light up with my brakes) (2x 168), two reverse lights (2x 1156) two turn signals (2x 1156) and two license plate lights (2x 168) Does anyone see anything that I missed (that may be burned out bilaterally)?
DKRC-2003 Posted November 4, 2004 Posted November 4, 2004 OK, i replaced all of my taillights tonight! Thanks stevieJ for the parts list! Since I do not appear to be the only one with ??? on how to do this, I took pics and placed a thread in the tutorial section for future reference: http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...showtopic=15005 Its a piece of cake once you do it, took me about an hour but I was taking pics and notes...can be done much quicker.
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