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Help recommend upgraded LED Tail lights, Brake and Reverse
As you've been following along with my rear-ended IS350, I need to replace the tail lights and might as well upgrade them to LED's. Help recommend the 4 piece upgrade tail, brake, and reverse lamps to LED's. What's the best value, best looking set? What would look best for a blue color sedan? Preferably smoked or blacked out or would white be better looking?
Just get taillights form 2011+, don't get ebay crap. I believe one the 2011's are mostly led and you can always put an led bulb in for the reverse lights. The ebay stuff looks nice for a while and then usually fails, its not worth the hassle imho.
2009-2013 are the new design taillights. 09-10 have an orange cover over the turn signal, while 11+ have a clear cover. You will need the harnesses. You also need to make a slight modification to them to get them to fit. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...tallation.html
There's also the IS-F tails, they look like the 06-08's but have a clear turn signal cover instead of the orange.
Just an FYI, the turn signals/reverse lights are still halogens. It's just the design of the taillight itself and the running lights have changed when compared to the 06-08 tails. Unfortunately, they're not cheap compared to 06-08 tails, I've been looking for a set for a while and people seem to want 300-400 for a complete set, while you can find 06-08's for nearly 100 a set.
I have after market taillight for awhile and did not have any problem. Of course some members (small amount) does have little problem with it but not all us of. Take a look at aftermarket taillight thread, you will find a lot of info about it and all the problem they have.
The Junyan Spec-D go for cheap. Links above compare them. They fit OK but may not be as bright as OEM. Turn indicators are red vs yellow. I personally don't care for clear lens view of LEDs inside but the price was right.
I had my smoked red SpecD on my ISF for over a year and even with 3x a week laser touch car washes and rain and snow driving, they never failed. Have had the Vland smoked red for about a month and zero issues with them, I like their design more. Both sets were under $300 and came with 1 year warranty.
I had my smoked red SpecD on my ISF for over a year and even with 3x a week laser touch car washes and rain and snow driving, they never failed. Have had the Vland smoked red for about a month and zero issues with them, I like their design more. Both sets were under $300 and came with 1 year warranty.
Did you need any resistors, or did you need to change the flasher relay considering the turn signals are LEDs on those? Have had no lucky in finding a decently priced pair of 11+ tails (or 09-11), so I'd consider these honestly.
Did you need any resistors, or did you need to change the flasher relay considering the turn signals are LEDs on those? Have had no lucky in finding a decently priced pair of 11+ tails (or 09-11), so I'd consider these honestly.
The SpecD come with all resistors/relays you may need, I am not mechanically inlicined but was easily able to install/wire them up within an hour. The Vland come wired and are plug and play, install took about 30 minutes.
09-21-18, 06:18 AM
Help recommend upgraded LED Tail lights, Brake and Reverse
