kitlz

There's a thread in here somewhere for that. You have to adjust the power mirror down and pull the mirror out. It will expose about five screws. Take them out. Then separate the inner part of the mirror from the outer part. My side view mirror fell apart on the passenger side but it goes back together easily. After changing the bulb and putting the screws back in, firmly push the mirror back in. It's so worth it and relatively easy to do.

sweetboy02

Thanks. I saw the DIY. I Couldn't find the DIY for the 4 door lights. Can you link me?

kitlz

It's quicker to tell you how than find the link Door lights are the simplest change to do. Take a thin pliable card like you get for supermarkets and push it in the forward short side of the light cover to release the tab. It pops out. I'd unclip the light since you have to take a cover off to access the bulb. To remove the plastic cover over the bulb, squeeze or lift the side tabs. Change out bulb, replace cover, reconnect and replace light. Enjoy

Edit: Here is one link discussing both the puddle lamps and interior bulb changes.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...tesy-lamp.html

imherenow

for the LED DRL..can you do high beam ..does it work?

happy1977

Are there LEDs for high beam?

sweetboy02

So if i switch to LED DRLs then I will loose the Highbeam lights? Because the DRLs are dual function?

kitlz

sweet, I switched the DRLs to superbright bulbs from Litech. The DRLs are maybe a little less yellow. The high beams, blinding. They're only $15. And the bulb is blue when off. It'll fit in perfectly with your color scheme

sweetboy02

Hehe. I switched the DRLs to 68 white smd LED. The fogs are going to be 102 smd LED. I have not checked how the highbeam looks like. Will do it right after i get off work.

I love LED more than other type of bulbs.

kitlz

OK, I just thought I could contribute to your rainbow colored RX

Make sure you post some pictures. Going LED would match my headlights but I don't think they'll be very effective. You can be the guinea pig

sweetboy02

Yup, I have colorful interior lights.

I changed all doors to green. Blue foot. White front and rear doom. Will update pix on my "car recovery after stupid accident" thread.
Still not sure where should i replace for red???
Ordering reverse 68 smd LED lights and the chrome signals. Then i should be all set.

w7w7w7899

How do you change the Puddle Lights?? I have no idea how to open it and change it. Could you tell me how to do so? thanks~

kitlz

Here you go:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...dle-lamps.html

And welcome to CL

jasprit

great looks so crazy!!!
i have ls 460 and i just wanted how did u change ur side view mirror bulbs. more like how did u take that plastic off underneath the mirrors.
thanks

wcntan80

Hi kitlz, can we see a pic of your RX with the Litech on but DRL during day time? Bought some LED from eBay but so dim I can barely see it. They are worse on my 2008 RX. Any reason?

Wil

djkidkris

I went through the same thing when trying to replace my DRLs with LED bulbs. Through trail and error I discovered that more LEDs doesn't necessarily mean they will be brighter and LEDs are just not as bright as halogens. DRLs run at half power. Halogens will end up being a bit brighter than LEDs by the nature of the bulb. I recommend getting the bulbs from V-LEDs which are brighter with less LEDs because they are made to run at 13W even though they only have 28 SMD LEDs. Take a look at my previous post for pics and comparisons between 2 different LED bulbs. X-Men explains why they are not brighter pretty well on the thread. BTW I have an RX 350, the DRLs are a dedicated socket in the headlamp assembly. Not sure about RX 450s.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...d-decoder.html