1996 ES300 - Display bulbs behind climate control
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1996 ES300 - Display bulbs behind climate control
Can those of you who have changed the bulbs behind the climate control/radio on an 92-96 ES300 kindly post a link of where you got the bulbs. Also looking for dark blue boots & a link for that.
I've been beating my head against the wall looking on CL. Mcminone.com doesn't find them in a search on their site, neither does topbulb.com, bulbs.com or sunraylighting.com. The only thing I continuously find on CL is T1-1/4 WT Blue Boot, but no valid link is working for me.
I even went to Toyota & Lexus Monday and neither knew what the hell I was talking about. Of course they both will sell me a new climate control, but that doesn't solve anything.
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Lane W.
Northern Westchester County NY
I've been beating my head against the wall looking on CL. Mcminone.com doesn't find them in a search on their site, neither does topbulb.com, bulbs.com or sunraylighting.com. The only thing I continuously find on CL is T1-1/4 WT Blue Boot, but no valid link is working for me.
I even went to Toyota & Lexus Monday and neither knew what the hell I was talking about. Of course they both will sell me a new climate control, but that doesn't solve anything.
Thanks
Lane W.
Northern Westchester County NY
Last edited by LW ES300; Aug 26, 2008 at 07:35 AM.
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Do you know what type of bulbs they are? or are you asking how to replace them? Call the dealer and ask them if they know the Climate control bulb name/number, In my Gs300 94 cluster gauge I think there t5 bulbs (also known as 74 bulbs). But I have yet to open my climate control but I think there t4 bulbs (Possibly what your talking about when you said t1-t1/4) , Ask a guy named Deknick on the forums (He knows alot about lighting) , Heres a link to a t4 bulb http://cgi.ebay.com/2pcs-T3-T4-T5-Ne...QQcmdZViewItem
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I actually sucked it up and went back to Toyota (Lexus dealer also 200 yards away that was no help 
) and gave Toyota part # 84999-60440 that I found on a tread here. Only cause I knew what he had fit (after a cross reference) did I buy them for $10.95/ea - 3 needed behind climate control.
$30 is no big deal, but I wanted to find a way to minimize this cost to get 8 for behind instrument cluster. Per another tread here I found this: Replacement Bulbs: 12V 5mm wedge-base # 286 or # 24 or # 74. I then called Sunray Lighting, info also provided at that tread, to find out they are now Candela in Pasadena, CA (ph. 800-922-9226).
Cost was virtually nothing compared to $10.95/ea @ the dealer → #74 0.285/ea, #24 1.134/ea, #286 .585/ea. They are sold in lots of 10 and for $20.04 I got 30 bulbs lined up (UPS freight additional at approx. $7-10 to NY). Life span not that great: #74 = 500 hrs, #24 = 200 hours and # 286 = 200 hours so I'm waiting to hear from Candela tomorrow about "long life" bulbs.
Who cares if it's an extra .10 or .25 per bulbs if they're gonna have a 500 or 5000 hour life span. I only want to do this repair once and feel I am doing my due diligence to find the best part. 8/30 Edit → I actually ended up ordering #193 bulbs that are long life (5,000 hours) for the instrument cluster ($0.27 or $0.37, I forget exactly
).
) and gave Toyota part # 84999-60440 that I found on a tread here. Only cause I knew what he had fit (after a cross reference) did I buy them for $10.95/ea - 3 needed behind climate control. $30 is no big deal, but I wanted to find a way to minimize this cost to get 8 for behind instrument cluster. Per another tread here I found this: Replacement Bulbs: 12V 5mm wedge-base # 286 or # 24 or # 74. I then called Sunray Lighting, info also provided at that tread, to find out they are now Candela in Pasadena, CA (ph. 800-922-9226).
Cost was virtually nothing compared to $10.95/ea @ the dealer → #74 0.285/ea, #24 1.134/ea, #286 .585/ea. They are sold in lots of 10 and for $20.04 I got 30 bulbs lined up (UPS freight additional at approx. $7-10 to NY). Life span not that great: #74 = 500 hrs, #24 = 200 hours and # 286 = 200 hours so I'm waiting to hear from Candela tomorrow about "long life" bulbs.
Who cares if it's an extra .10 or .25 per bulbs if they're gonna have a 500 or 5000 hour life span. I only want to do this repair once and feel I am doing my due diligence to find the best part. 8/30 Edit → I actually ended up ordering #193 bulbs that are long life (5,000 hours) for the instrument cluster ($0.27 or $0.37, I forget exactly
).
Last edited by LW ES300; Aug 29, 2008 at 09:24 PM.
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