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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 07:37 AM
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My '08 GS350 does not appear to have a trunk light. When I open the trunk at night, I cannot see anything inside at all.

Is this standard, or is my trunk light just out?

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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 07:43 AM
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i think there might be a switch to turn it on right by the light itself ? If anything, you should get the L.E.D. panel for your trunk, it makes it 100% brighter than stock...
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 07:44 AM
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small light fixture on the right, turn on the switch

it looks like this



and yes, i changed it to LED myself... with stock, you can't see anything
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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I added some trunklight LEDs in my old GS350.

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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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^ Are you guys 'good fellas' ??? Why the need for so much lighting in the trunk . . .
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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How did you add the LEDs?!?!?
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by socalJD
^ Are you guys 'good fellas' ??? Why the need for so much lighting in the trunk . . .
Don't you see the body bag on the left side?
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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How did you add the LEDs?!?!?
I installed 4 lights each with an array of 6 high intensity LEDs and wired them to the factory trunk light. Took me all of 10 minutes.
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Originally Posted by 2thfixr
Don't you see the body bag on the left side?
are you hiding the tooth fairies
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 03:43 PM
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i say u install a flood lamp on the ceiling of your trunk, and when jerkoffs behind you start acting up or high-beaming for some retarded reason, you pop the trunk and give them a taste of some real high-beaming
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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by retrospexo
i say u install a flood lamp on the ceiling of your trunk, and when jerkoffs behind you start acting up or high-beaming for some retarded reason, you pop the trunk and give them a taste of some real high-beaming
Thats what rear fog lights are for, some cars comes with them standard.
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Rear fogs? I don't think I've seen that on a Lexus, is there a separate switch for them.
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Originally Posted by retrospexo
i say u install a flood lamp on the ceiling of your trunk, and when jerkoffs behind you start acting up or high-beaming for some retarded reason, you pop the trunk and give them a taste of some real high-beaming
lol, well, you need a trunk on the gs that actually opens up all the way first

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Rear fogs? I don't think I've seen that on a Lexus, is there a separate switch for them.
i don't think rear fogs are on the US spec cars? i know on euro spec lexus they have rear fogs. i have seen it on the sc430
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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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That's what I thought, the GS has 8 lights back there. 4 brake lights, 2 turn signals and 2 backup lights. Rear fogs are a European thing, I have never seen them on a Japanese car.
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 05:40 AM
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You are right once again Robert, most Euro luxury cars have them.
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