ryanSC300lover

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Anyone know the purpose of the little lamp that is in the high beam headligh housing up top pointing straight down on the 04-06 LS ?

This light is only on (yellow color) when low beams are on

Appreciate any help

Lavrishevo

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Decrotive lighting. I know the one your talking about and I can't imagine any other reason to have it.

jimbosr1

i changed that light before and its a pain to get to it.

KING

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Parking lights as they like to name them.

They illuminate the high beam shell, giving it a nice look. I switched the original bulbs with white LED's.

You can see the difference. Especially at night.
The passengers side has the new LED, drivers side still has original bulb.

ryanSC300lover

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Perfect

Would you care to share

1) which led to get

2) how difficult to do?

3) any warning lights pop up on instrument cluster switching to led?

KING

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1) I believe it is this one. From "Super Bright LEDs"
https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...car/1728/4112/


2) Takes like 5 minutes, just remove the black plastic cover that covers the edge of the headlight. And you will have straight access to it. If your hands are tiny enough you can do it without taking the plastic cover off.

You'll see a wire and a plastic clip on that attaches to the headlight right over this bulb we are changing. Twist counter-clockwise and it would pop out, take old bulb out, put new bulb in. Reverse steps.

3) Nope, nothing.

ryanSC300lover

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Man you rock

Thank you so much

It bothers me to no end to see that grossness on the front end at night

Owe you one !

mjeds

"front position lamps" aka parking lights; required in Europe and Asia, I suspect that Toyota feels it's pointless to make a different set of headlights for American builds.

ryanSC300lover

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Understood

But they spend all this money on nice headlights and nice led tails, they could have either turned that little bulb off when headlight on, or made it led

KING

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Happy to help, brother!

Don't forget to order 2 *Don't ask.

mjeds

possible, but as I said, they are required in Europe and Asia. so I doubt Toyota went about making anything different.


if you look up the lighting requirements for most of Europe and Asia, that light has a requirement to be on with and without the headlights, and it has specific output and color requirements that LEDs may not meet.




here is the lamp requirement for the UK:


http://www.vehicleliverysolutions.co..._48_r48r6e.pdf




the front position lamps are required designate the width of the front of the vehicle, and must be a light independent of the headlight and turn signal (where in the USA parking lights and turn signals can be dual filament bulbs), and the parking lamp must be a different independent bulb.


additionally if you look at section 5.7.1.1 it indicates that the color of the position lamps must match the color of the lamps that they are required to be activated with (i.e. the headlights), therefore they cannot be an LED they must be a halogen bulb similar in color to the headlight bulbs.

ryanSC300lover

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*^

But the headlights are not halogen and the color doesn't match

mjeds

don't know my friend, only pointing out what I do know.

ryanSC300lover

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Appreciate it the info

aypues

I thought they were called clearance lamps. I replaced mine last year...actually I replaced ALL of the front end bulbs except the fogs.