Illuminated Door Sill Plates - Lexus.com

[jtrue28]

Originally Posted by Stormforge

that site doesn't say whether its for a set of 4 or just the fronts.

click on the "detailed description" tab....says 1 set (2x front, 2x rear).

i was actually surprised to find them somewhere other than Carson Toyota. This was the only other site I could find that sells them...and they're selling them at a premium. pretty much just trying show that getting them at a "deal" price may not be possible.

[nomobmw]

I was extraordinarily lucky and got mine off ebay for $200. . they were white, not blue in color.

[-the.k.w.c]

I ****ing hate lexus...... It like every god damn GS part is double in price i found 6 sets of IS250/350 sills for under 250$ for all four but the cheapest in can find is 550$+ Its like there fisting us cause we own a GS.

[-the.k.w.c]

http://www.juicedhybrid.com/Lexus-GS...t413-30070.htm

http://www.lexuspartsworld.com/Scrip...?idCategory=85

http://www.lexuspartsandaccessories..../door_sill.htm

http://www.lexus.com/models/GS/acces...oor_sills.html

Some of these sites look kinda sketch and they dont say if its for a set of 2 or 4 ,exept the last one from lexus

[jtrue28]

if it helps any, here's the part number from the box that mine came in....

"Scuff Illumination" - 08266-30170

should help to determine if these websites are selling 2 door or 4 door illuminated scuffs.

after looking at the part numbers on those websites you posted....looks like none of them have the 4 door illuminated ones.

[mackel53]

~update~

ok, so this is what i learn from testing for the rear power wires. the harness and all connections have to be hooked up, in order to test the courtesy switch, otherwise it will just show constant power. so the only way to test for the wire is to open up some of the plastic without cutting the wire and then you can test with the courtesy switch.

i did the driver side in two mins. i have a wiring diagram and it said the rear power wire was a dark green color (near the other wires you tapped into). wire shows 7-8 volts when door is closed and when opened goes to 0. same characteristics as both front doors.

i still haven't figured out the passenger side. the wiring diagram says its a pink wire too. there are about 5-6 pink wires i've checked all of them and none of them turn the sill off and on with the back door closing. there are 2 pink wires that keep the sill constantly on. thats what im tapped into right now for my passenger rear sill.

im gonna try again another day for the pink wire but im tried of this and three sills working correctly is fine with me, no one will know that one is still lit ne way. but i would still like to know what wire it is, so i can have it done properly.

[nomobmw]

@mackel53

I ran into two problems making the sills work in the front. . first was the polarity of the JDM sills seemed to be reversed from the US sills. With that fixed, once I had the front sills working the rear sills pull power from the front tap and ground out (and switch on and off) with the rear door switch behind the seats. I used the wire positions in the US instructions for the front sills.

You can test the door switches by unscrewing them, pulling them out slightly, and then touching the black wire to the exposed metal. . that's what I did before installing the tap.

I have a GS450h and it worked just fine.

If you still can't find it, I'll pop the cover off and take a picture of the position I used for the passenger side for you. Worst case. . use the power that you have found for the constant on and run the tap back to the front door switch. You should be able to get to it by popping off the B-pillar panel.

[mackel53]

Originally Posted by nomobmw

@mackel53

I ran into two problems making the sills work in the front. . first was the polarity of the JDM sills seemed to be reversed from the US sills. With that fixed, once I had the front sills working the rear sills pull power from the front tap and ground out (and switch on and off) with the rear door switch behind the seats. I used the wire positions in the US instructions for the front sills.

You can test the door switches by unscrewing them, pulling them out slightly, and then touching the black wire to the exposed metal. . that's what I did before installing the tap.

I have a GS450h and it worked just fine.

If you still can't find it, I'll pop the cover off and take a picture of the position I used for the passenger side for you. Worst case. . use the power that you have found for the constant on and run the tap back to the front door switch. You should be able to get to it by popping off the B-pillar panel.

i noticed that the jdm sills were oppsite my cars wiring but i just swap around the t-taps but i think jdm manufacter made it like that on purpose.

i have all my wiring in the front and some of my wires are short and its gonna be such a pain to get them back out, so i have my passenger side rear tapped into some pink wire that has constant negative so the light is always on. all other three are wired correctly. i can even post what pin # the driver side rear negative wire is. just gotta look again in a couple of days

im thinking about checking every wire but iono.

note: at one point i tapped into a pink wire and checked the light and pressed the courtesy light switch and it turn off. after so many hours i thought i had it, but when i started to to put everything back together i realized the light wasn't working. i swear i saw it working but i guess i was hallucinating lol

[zz0122]

Anybdy got the rear light work properly?

[jtrue28]

Originally Posted by zz0122

Anybdy got the rear light work properly?

yeah, but the dealership installed mine. took them 3 full days. from what I understand, the best way to wire them is to the courtesy switch on the frame for the back door (the little rubber penis that triggers the dome light).