G-SharK

Does anyone know how to remove the side mirrors to access the puddle lights underneath. I ordered some white HID Led replacement bulbs but not sure how to remove the side mirror.

Thanks in advance for your help.

LXurious

Was this in the DIY?

cmasten

One thing to note about LEDs vs. Filaments is that the LEDs will just cut on and off, you will loose a lot of the fading In and Out that you get with a filament.

You will notice that for the interior bulbs, Lexus put in a very nice touch where they fade out after you exit the vehicle. The LEDs will fade to a point and then just cut off. For the puddle lamps I would think that gradually fading in and out would be more desirable than just making the light whiter and brighter, but YMMV. Just something to consider before taking the door apart to get the mirror off :-)

randomwalk

You shouldn't need to take the door/mirror apart to replace the bulb on the bottom of the mirror.

CJITTY

Lets just cut to the chase, who has a service manual that can tell us..hopefully the replacement steps are in there. Gotta be someone out there that can help us

adamls2

hmmmm i like the idea of this :P

cmasten

went through the mirror manual and the lighting manual. Nothing in lighting, so it may be integrated. There is no mention of replacing it. You may be able to just pop the mirror out and look inside. Here is the page for that. If the lighting is behind the motors, then yes you may have to take the door apart, as you would need to take the wiring etc through the stem so the motor can come out, but a quick look may answer our Q. I dont have my LS today or I would have done that already.

CJITTY

geez, I really don't want to go through all that. Just worried it will make the mirror glass loose and all that. I still wonder if a little flathead screwdriver would do the job..but doesn't look that way..thanks for posting.

cmasten

i have not looked at the underside of mine, it would be worth checking, there is no reference to the bulb that I can find, it may be in there, but very well hidden... the manual set is about 800 pages x 6 volumes and laid out by a monkey.

Tee

Its very easy to do.

I did this swap on two sets of mirrors on my 04 430 and the lights are the same on the 460. I will do it this week and post pics up when i'm done.

randomwalk

how do you remove the lens to change them out?

CJITTY

you say this, but don't be when the one piece lens becomes 2 or 3 pieces lol. Standing by for results

HyperMKIV

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you can use your hands to just pry the bottom towards you
i have yet to use a tool to do this...
i've done several already...

randomwalk

Bare hand??

HyperMKIV

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maybe i should make a vid... i have to do mine anyway...