Ambitious 2017 taillight swap with 2016!
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Ambitious 2017 taillight swap with 2016!
So I bought a 2017 IS 350F RWD some 13 months ago and as much as I tried to love the new tail lights they're not growing on me if my life depended on it! So I'm now thinking of switching to 2016 tail lights. I know this was raised earlier and there are members on both sides of this love-hate relationship with the new look. Question. Is this a plug and play thing, or needs a new harness but still something than can happen without too much pain? If yes - Anyone out there with a 2016 interested to swap with my 2017 please PM me. Any feedback if the switch is remotely do-able is greatly appreciated.
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So I bought a 2017 IS 350F RWD some 13 months ago and as much as I tried to love the new tail lights they're not growing on me if my life depended on it! So I'm now thinking of switching to 2016 tail lights. I know this was raised earlier and there are members on both sides of this love-hate relationship with the new look. Question. Is this a plug and play thing, or needs a new harness but still something than can happen without too much pain? If yes - Anyone out there with a 2016 interested to swap with my 2017 please PM me. Any feedback if the switch is remotely do-able is greatly appreciated.
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Thanks guys. I agreed with someone on a swap. But wondering how fun the retrofit will play out. Removing and installing is the easy bit. My main worry is if they introduced some changes to the fit/alignment. I just saw on a separate thread someone mentioning the bolt location or something changed? That'll be a bummer.
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That is absolutely correct. I'm in the middle of doing the swap, but the other way around. I have a 17, trying to fit it with 16 tail lights. It was Defender15 who tried it already and said I'll need a 14-16 trunk to go with the 14-16 tail lights. I just asked him under a different thread "Retro Fit 2017 F-Sport to 2014 F-" if if the trunk swap is an absolute must. If it is, that'll be a deal breaker for me.
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The trunk and quarter panels are the same for 2014-2018. The tail lights will swap without issues physically. The wiring is also the same between 2014-2016 and 2017-2018 tail lights.
They should be a direct swap, no modifications needed.
Jeff
They should be a direct swap, no modifications needed.
Jeff
I don't have a 3rd gen, or I would have maybe done it already.
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Well, since none of the other parts on the car around it changed (all of the part numbers for the quarter panels and trunk panel are the same), and the wiring didn't change, it should be interchangeable.
I don't have a 3rd gen, or I would have maybe done it already.
Jeff
I don't have a 3rd gen, or I would have maybe done it already.
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you can try but it is not a direct swap. The tail lights are the same size but the housing on the 2017 head lights are longer and the housing of the trunk on the 2014 to 16 is much more shallow. One of the bolts is not in the correct location either. I have pics listed on here and a YouTube video to show. I tried with 2 seibon trunks. Neither supported my tail lights. If this mod works for you please post pics.
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Looks like Jeff Lange and Edwin8484 are on the mark. It's a straight swap if going from stock to stock on the rear lights. Another member Mesh704 did it already and posted before and after pics with part #s on another thread. Only difference is he went from a 16 to a 17. I'll be doing it the other way around. Another member who owns a 16 was interested at the start to do a straight parts swap but got cold feet (understandably) thinking it may not be an easy plug and play. So I'll order new 16 parts now, might as well get fresh ones. I did a quick online search, discountpartsmonster is competitive. Others are way higher and of course the stealership was outrageous. Any other online sites you guys consider competitive and good for OEM parts? I owe it to everyone here to post pics and my feedback once done. Thanks.
Jeff