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Old 04-30-11, 08:41 PM
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As our RX350's taillights are non-LED, I wonder if anyone has switched to LED and can share your experience?

Would it create an error message on the dash? Besides, what style of LED bulbe did you use?

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The stop light should be LEDs from factory.
The signals and reverse lights are just regular filament bulbs.
I changed my reverse lights to LEDs.

For 2010+ RX350, it does not require Can-bus (with built-in error cancellation feature).
I've changed my interior LEDs and added HID foglights and never had a error message on the dashboard.

I prefer the 5050 LEDs for the interior as they are the brightest ones from my experience.
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Thanks for the post, KI-GSE21.

The stop light should LED but then according to the owner's manual, the taillight is just simply a wedge bulb which according to the diagram is a 168/191 or something similar.

I couldn't move my RX as I am having some work on it and my tail is too close to the wall to open to check the things out.

You mentioned about the 5050 LEDs, may I ask what is it? Is it a model number from say, vleds or it is a special type of LED configuration?

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5050 is a type of LED. You may search ebay "5050 led white" and results will show up promptly.
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