Side Door courtesy shadow ghost LED upgrade
Racer
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From: WA
Just upgraded the yellow lights located on the side of the door also known as puddle, ghost, shadow or courtesy lights. Got the from amazon ( iJDMTOY Xenon White 2 lights for $25 ). The quality is not great but they are very bright instead of not noticeable at all like the yellow OEM side door lights. A little preasure with an old credit card on the rear facing side will do. Here are some photos inside a pitch black garage with the yellow light and the led light.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008BX...Q-L&ref=plSrch
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008BX...Q-L&ref=plSrch
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Lexus-IS-ES...s-p/75-008.htm
I am looking for something that is pure white (5000K) without the blue tint. What are your thoughts?
Pole Position
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Driver
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Are these really 7000K?
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Lexus-IS-ES...s-p/75-008.htm
I am looking for something that is pure white (5000K) without the blue tint. What are your thoughts?
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Lexus-IS-ES...s-p/75-008.htm
I am looking for something that is pure white (5000K) without the blue tint. What are your thoughts?
Racer
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: WA
On mine ( iJDMtoy 18-SMD LED ) I do not see any hint of blue nor yellow. At night you can really see the floor or if you drop something you can see where it went clearly. I posted some pictures in this thread where you can see the huge difference between the OEM yellow and these powerful LED. These cost $25 for the front doors and $25 for the 2 rear doors.
Lexus Test Driver
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From: ca
pleased to say mine was included with LED lights
F SPORT.
It doesn't seem as bright as the JDM ones but based on the reviews I didn't want to dish out 20 bucks for something that seems like sub par quality on occasion. WOULD be nice to have much brighter ones though but doesn't seem worth it for the price.
Enjoying the LED's. Still bright and the colors match the illuminated door sills as well as the interior
F SPORT.
It doesn't seem as bright as the JDM ones but based on the reviews I didn't want to dish out 20 bucks for something that seems like sub par quality on occasion. WOULD be nice to have much brighter ones though but doesn't seem worth it for the price.
Enjoying the LED's. Still bright and the colors match the illuminated door sills as well as the interior
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Yes, so far no problems with this set of lights. I also got them for my wife's Acura MDX. For more info, here is the link to their website. You can get them from Amazon.
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I just bought the iJDMToy LED door lights w/ housing from Amazon using the link others posted in this thread, they came in today and I installed two on the driver side front/rear doors. Finish/quality of the housing/light itself is fine, however if you're detail oriented (read perfectionist) you won't like how they fit into the cut-out in the door. The gap is inconsistent all around the edge (goes from tight on one side to 1/16 or 1/8th of an inch on the other), the one I put in the rear door is slightly loose. Keep in mind no one will notice this unless they bend down and get real close to inspect them, but just my observation. Standing up in front of them while turned on, they look great and much brighter than the OE ones, but the OE housings are definitely manufactured for a tighter/neater fit.
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From: Texas
i'm guessing you had the dealership put them on because the pattern looks exactly the same as mine on my 2016 RX 350 disappointing that the circle around the logo does not complete I see other post here where you can get a complete logo with a complete circle and I'm thinking about changing line out
Pit Crew
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From: CA
My 2017 RX450h f-sport comes with all LEDs except the cargo area, visor and the side marker plus the reverse light.
The side marker lights are bright enough so I only change the rear cargo's and the visor's light bulbs to LED's. The reverse light's leds are on order from China (should be here in 2-3 weeks).
The side marker lights are bright enough so I only change the rear cargo's and the visor's light bulbs to LED's. The reverse light's leds are on order from China (should be here in 2-3 weeks).
Pit Crew
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From: SFV, CA
Bottom door lights...
I swapped them for the LED Lexus logo and Lexus name lights and found that the passenger door light was loose. So loose, I found it was causing the annoying sound I was hearing at high speeds with the stereo turned off. There is a major gap in the fit and I had to use double sided tape to make a tight fit.
Anyone else have this problem? I'm conflicted on whether to take it in for a replacement door panel. It has 286 miles so it would pain me to take her in for this.
Anyone else have this problem? I'm conflicted on whether to take it in for a replacement door panel. It has 286 miles so it would pain me to take her in for this.
Last edited by elimmigran; Sep 18, 2017 at 09:28 PM.