Hello everyone, I am a new member so please forgive me if I am posting wrong, but here it goes. I am about to purchase a beautiful 1996 3.2L TL, gold edition, in Juniper green from my mother. I have big plans for this car and have already begun mapping out what I want to do to it. As I am waiting to have enough funding to buy the car, I am shopping for the parts I want and finding out what I will need to fab myself and so on. Now I know the Japan version of the 96 TL has inspire taillights and clear side markers in the bumper (I’ve done my research) I understand this is probably a common question but , as my soon to be TL is not from overseas it has the amber markers, and the other taillights design, does anyone know where I can purchase the inspire taillights for less then 500 bucks a set because that’s all I have found and I have found nothing at all on the clear markers, lots of TL's in this region seem to be from Japan with the inspire lights and I'm down to the point where I’m ready to just steal the lights and switch them at night hoping the old lady who drives it wont notice XD, but if someone could help me find where to purchase these lights this wouldn’t be necessary, and the help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Logan Styfunyk.

 

Welcome to the forums.

Try searcing eBay. Thats where most people find theres. And I am sure you can find those under $200 shipped. Use rest $300 for maintenance and upkeep.

 

Thanks, I will try that, as for maintenance and upkeep, I am going to school for auto tech so I can do most things cheap :P the discount at Bakers Auto Supply is very generous

 

What region are you in with lots of TL's driven by old ladies with Inspire lights?

 

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Originally Posted by main70072

What region are you in with lots of TL's driven by old ladies with Inspire lights?

I exaggerate for effect :P there actually isn’t very many TL's on the island at all , mine was bought from Vancouver and was the first time I had ever heard of one, my mom bought it, its still hers for another month or so but I instantly fell in love with the car when I got behind the wheel and began to see the crazy potential this car has to look great, but the two or three TL's I have seen on the island have inspire lights, and the one that lives in my town, is a mint pearl white one that is driven by an older lady, and mine is driven by an older lady as well (my mom! XD) I kid my mom’s not that old, but yeah I don’t know, I’ve seen a few with inspire lights and assumed that it was stock for some models, before I did more research, the few I’ve seen never seem to have enthusiast’s driving them, just regular people, and as I said the one in my town that’s in great shape with inspire lights is driven by a 60 - 70 year old lady, I guess she bought it from someone else who had done that, seeing as I doubt she did that mod herself, I just assumed it was stock at first.

 

Or at least first gen TL's, lots of second and third gens around here. But as I have you here, I noticed your picture, and I noticed you don’t have the wood grain pattern throughout the center console and shifter is that stock or did you do that? Because mine is all wood grain through the center and I find it not as tasteful as the black like yours, and if you did you use a kit? And where can I get it, looks very clean.

 

Haha thanks, all 96 2.5TLs came with the black trim and plastic tan window switches; whether it's base or premium edition. All other years 2.5TLs base models came with with them while the premium came with woodgrain. I believe all 3.2TLs came with woodgrain, some with extra switches on them for heated seats if it's a premium model. Anyways, that's an old pic of when I just got the car. I've switched them out to woodgrain a couple years ago. Here's the updated pic:


If you like the black, maybe you can try to contact memphisraines26 as I believe he is looking for the woodgrain. Maybe you two can work something out..

 

Island, island... Victoria? Salt Spring?

~Cheers~

 

Island, island... Victoria? Salt Spring?

~Cheers~

 

If you like the black, maybe you can try to contact memphisraines26 as I believe he is looking for the woodgrain. Maybe you two can work something out..[/QUOTE]

Yeah I will hit him up on that. Thanks!

 

Yes island island XD Nanaimo to be exact. Just an houre down from victoria.