B pillar interior lights

[jrcnring]

Hi guys, I was inspecting my truck when I installed the floor liners and found that on the B pillars the car has courtesy lamps. Does any one know what type of bulb goes on this?
Here is a couple of photos from each side.

 

[AimCOtaco]

They look aftermarket to me, appear to be surface mounted with screws. I could be wrong but I don't have those on mine.

 

[jrcnring]

They look aftermarket to me, appear to be surface mounted with screws. I could be wrong but I don't have those on mine.

I have been doing some research, and found that this lights came standard on the Japanese Cygnus edition.
How ever I learned that since my LC is a Mexican Market spec it might have some accessories standard as some of the models sold in Japan and Europe.
I will figure out what bulb goes there, because my truck is extremely dark at night. The Cygnus lighting is green and makes the interior very dark at night.
Attached is a photo of the rear left door light, due to the flash the green light is some how noticeable.

 

[SR.GRINGO]

Both of my 06's have these...I added leds from superbrightleds.com. I will work on a picture tomorrow. My newest 06 has the leds in "warm" which I like better.

The original bulbs have green covers......you could just remove the covers. Same thing in the front foot wells.....

 

[jrcnring]

Both of my 06's have these...I added leds from superbrightleds.com. I will work on a picture tomorrow. My newest 06 has the leds in "warm" which I like better.

The original bulbs have green covers......you could just remove the covers. Same thing in the front foot wells.....

Thanks for your post Sr. Gringo.
Do you by any chance know what size light bulb goes on the pillars?
Mine did not had the original bulbs in them.

As for the lenses. If I understand you correctly.... if I put in there a white led bulb the green is going to be there still?

Does any of your LC have roof mounted DVD and have you replaced to LED bulbs there as well?

I also need to locate the foot well light locations, dose are out also on my 100. It's some how strange to have such a dark car specially this time a year when its 5pm over here and it feels like 9pm.

I think since your crusers are Mexican spec we can exchange more info on some of dose little differences compared to US market crusers.

 

[SR.GRINGO]

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[SR.GRINGO]

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[SR.GRINGO]

Took apart the dvd player and soldered an led board in with no success. I did do well with all of the other leds. When looking stick with the "warm" versions.... I will put a few samples of what I ended up with. My door bulbs I want to redo... There is a member here name PFRAN that sells a kit but our Cruisers are a bit different so I made my own. However I did buy PFRAN's led reverse lights...they are pretty good. I can send some night shots if you would like.

I put the following "warm color" in both of my map lights up front. http://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ower-led-rectangle-pcb-lamp-w-wedge-base/836/

In the rear cargo I also chose "warm"
http://www.superbrightleds.com/more...er-led-rectangle-pcb-lamp-w-festoon-base/839/

This is what I used on the B-pillar and foot well.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/more...led-bulb-3-smd-led-wide-angle-wedge-base/228/

These were used for the license plate lights outside.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/miniature-wedge-base/194-led-bulb-1-smd-led-wedge-base/204/

This is what was used for the doors but I don't particularly care for them...so wanting to try something different.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/more...4-led-bulb-1-x-1-watt-smd-led-wedge-base/205/

In the cargo area I used one of these led light bars...so far one but I want to put one over the rear seats aft of the dvd player, and maybe one shining out towards the tail gate. The only thing is this light is "cold" and doesn't match the other Leds....but it puts out a ton of light!
http://dx.com/p/white-30-led-7500-8...-resistant-led-light-bar-12v-15cm-cable-80844

 

[jrcnring]

Thank you very much for the information it is very useful. I'm ordering the bulbs today from superbrightleds.

I need to check the DVD console bulbs, my take is that they are the same size as the ones on the front map lights.

I had a pair of spare led bulbs from another of my cars and I used dose for the license plate lamps on my 100. I also ordered the kit Pfran has for sale. If I knew the reverse lights where that good I should have ordered them as well. I'm not sure if they are the same as other ones included in the kit.

On your stereo, did you ordered a installation kit for it?
I have been reading in the forum for options on upgrading my stereo, I found online a kit to install it ( the matching faceplate and an adapter for the amp). Can you share where did you sourced the face plate?
I have an amp and a small sub-woofer that would like to use in the car but I went to the guys that do my car stereos here in town and they said that If I want to do that they would have to rewire the speakers as well..... not sure if its worth it. The stock sub-woofer my 100 is very poor in bass quality. I'm not a big fan of loud stereos but would like to have better bass definition.
thanks again for the info

Took apart the dvd player and soldered an led board in with no success. I did do well with all of the other leds. When looking stick with the "warm" versions.... I will put a few samples of what I ended up with. My door bulbs I want to redo... There is a member here name PFRAN that sells a kit but our Cruisers are a bit different so I made my own. However I did buy PFRAN's led reverse lights...they are pretty good. I can send some night shots if you would like.

I put the following "warm color" in both of my map lights up front. http://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ower-led-rectangle-pcb-lamp-w-wedge-base/836/

In the rear cargo I also chose "warm"
http://www.superbrightleds.com/more...er-led-rectangle-pcb-lamp-w-festoon-base/839/

This is what I used on the B-pillar and foot well.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/more...led-bulb-3-smd-led-wide-angle-wedge-base/228/

These were used for the license plate lights outside.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/miniature-wedge-base/194-led-bulb-1-smd-led-wedge-base/204/

This is what was used for the doors but I don't particularly care for them...so wanting to try something different.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/more...4-led-bulb-1-x-1-watt-smd-led-wedge-base/205/

In the cargo area I used one of these led light bars...so far one but I want to put one over the rear seats aft of the dvd player, and maybe one shining out towards the tail gate. The only thing is this light is "cold" and doesn't match the other Leds....but it puts out a ton of light!
http://dx.com/p/white-30-led-7500-8...-resistant-led-light-bar-12v-15cm-cable-80844

 

[SR.GRINGO]

Here is the install kit for the stereo...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DFP-11-15-T...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item256fca8ad7

The B-pillar lights have a clear cover...there is actually a green rubber cover over the original bulb from Toyota.

I will look forward to hearing what you figure out regarding the dvd Led's.

 

[ay nako]

very neat, id like to see if I can add these additional lights into my vehicle.

 

[jrcnring]

I recieved my led light kit yesterday and was to eager to set everything up. But half way thru the install I forced one of the smaller led bulbs on the right footwell and might have caused a short that blew the fuse.
By any chance have you had trouble with this? I might have to go thru every fuse to figure it out.
Thanks again in advanced.

Here is the install kit for the stereo...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DFP-11-15-T...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item256fca8ad7

The B-pillar lights have a clear cover...there is actually a green rubber cover over the original bulb from Toyota.

I will look forward to hearing what you figure out regarding the dvd Led's.

 

[2000UZJ]

I recieved my led light kit yesterday and was to eager to set everything up. But half way thru the install I forced one of the smaller led bulbs on the right footwell and might have caused a short that blew the fuse.
By any chance have you had trouble with this? I might have to go thru every fuse to figure it out.
Thanks again in advanced.

I've done this before. The LED holders have metal connects at the base which commonly line up with the bulb's base contact. Pushing too hard can short and blow a fuse as the contacts touch.. LED's and their bases are very sensitive to pressure. Don't push on the top, grip the entire bulb evenly on the sides and insert slowly, with a nice light push. They are polarity sensitive, flip the bulb if it does not illuminate. If all the lights do not turn on, check fuses. I can't remember which fuse, IIRC it's "dome"(10A).

 

[jrcnring]

Hi thank you for the advise.
I did replaced the 10 amp fuse for the dome lights and that fixed the door splash lamps, overhead map and dome as well as the alarm and garage door opener, but the other smaller lights under the foot well and door pillars run on a different circuit.
Any suggestions on which fuse to check?
I think I might have to check every fuse separately to define which protects that circuit.
Thanks

I've done this before. The LED holders have metal connects at the base which commonly line up with the bulb's base contact. Pushing too hard can short and blow a fuse as the contacts touch.. LED's and their bases are very sensitive to pressure. Don't push on the top, grip the entire bulb evenly on the sides and insert slowly, with a nice light push. They are polarity sensitive, flip the bulb if it does not illuminate. If all the lights do not turn on, check fuses. I can't remember which fuse, IIRC it's "dome"(10A).

 

[jrcnring]

Hi Sr. Gringo,
I finally did the DVD console light upgrade. The console fetured 12v fuse style bulbs. So I went to the superbright leds website and found ones but they where single led. I ended up finding three led ones on ebay.
This is what I came up with.


I'm still trying to figure out which is the fuse for the floor lamps as I shorted the circuit trying to install one of the mini led's.
I might have to stop by the Toyota dealership in Cd Juarez to see if they can help with that because I believe the US spec LC does not have this option and the dealer here in El Paso might not know where to start and just charge big bucks trying to diagnose.

Took apart the dvd player and soldered an led board in with no success. I did do well with all of the other leds. When looking stick with the "warm" versions.... I will put a few samples of what I ended up with. My door bulbs I want to redo... There is a member here name PFRAN that sells a kit but our Cruisers are a bit different so I made my own. However I did buy PFRAN's led reverse lights...they are pretty good. I can send some night shots if you would like.