Ok I installed the JDM Taillights with the amber blinkers today. It was pretty easy took me just over an hour to install them.

The bumper is held on with 3 screws. 2 in the wheel well and one on the bottome of the bumper connecting it to the back of the wheel well. Last there are two clips in the middle between the exhaust tips.


First screw that need to be removed at top of rear wheel well. One on each side of car.


Second screw that need to be reomved from the lower part of the wheel well. One on each side of car.


Third screw that needs to be removed on lower part of bumper about two inches in from edge of wheel well.


You need to pop of this screw to access the 10mm bolt that is behind it. One on each side.


Then remove this bolt. One on each side


Then remove the two clips on the under side between the exhaust tips. There are two of them.

For those of you that have removed the front bumper the rear bumper snaps off the same way once you have all the screws, bolts, and clips off.


This is what you start with after the bumper is removed.


Once the bumper is off start on one side and remove the 3 8mm bolts holding the taillight on from the inside of the car and then disconnect the cables.


Then remove the two 10mm bolts shown here first. Then pull the taillight out and remove the screw that hold the plate to the light.

After this remove the bulbs from the original light and insert into the jdm light. Then reverse the process to install the new taillight.

Before: with factory tails


After with JDM Tails: You cant really tell that they are different at all when they are off.


Close-Up of JDM Tail: not lit up


Close-Up of JDM Tail: blinker on


Well I hope this is helpful to anyone that attempts to do this.

 

you forgot to update your signature

 

how much did it cost?
are u gonna go all the way with the RHD and all?

 

I plan too

 

those are nice lights...there alot more yellow.

 

I want! If you get a change can you take some night pics with the blinkers on.

 

Yeah I am going to take some night pics

 

OMG.....lito is going crazy again!!......nice!

haha... nice light Colt.... it's very yellow... and it showed through the red!!....looks awesome!!

 

Very nice man... I'm jealous...

 

dude nice.. amd great tutorial!!

 

great tutorial. and the tail looks great. cant wait to see some nite pix

 

Good write up, seems as simple as the front bumper.

 

this should possibly be put in the DIY section

 

How much did you pay for those lights? And where did you get them?

 

I acutally bought them off another member but I believe they are like 210 shipped from boomplustoys.net but dont quote me on that.

 

I know you're going for the JDM look, but I think I like the USDM tails better.

 

thats cool everyone is entitled to there own opinion

 

Is removing the rear bumper necessary to install these tail lights or can you just do it through the trunk?

I just don't want to take my rear bumper off.

 

oops...I searched, found, and replied to this thread before I saw lito's post in the other one.

 

Ok I installed the JDM Taillights with the amber blinkers today. It was pretty easy took me just over an hour to install them.

The bumper is held on with 3 screws. 2 in the wheel well and one on the bottome of the bumper connecting it to the back of the wheel well. Last there are two clips in the middle between the exhaust tips.


First screw that need to be removed at top of rear wheel well. One on each side of car.


Second screw that need to be reomved from the lower part of the wheel well. One on each side of car.


Third screw that needs to be removed on lower part of bumper about two inches in from edge of wheel well.


You need to pop of this screw to access the 10mm bolt that is behind it. One on each side.


Then remove this bolt. One on each side


Then remove the two clips on the under side between the exhaust tips. There are two of them.

For those of you that have removed the front bumper the rear bumper snaps off the same way once you have all the screws, bolts, and clips off.


This is what you start with after the bumper is removed.


Once the bumper is off start on one side and remove the 3 8mm bolts holding the taillight on from the inside of the car and then disconnect the cables.


Then remove the two 10mm bolts shown here first. Then pull the taillight out and remove the screw that hold the plate to the light.

After this remove the bulbs from the original light and insert into the jdm light. Then reverse the process to install the new taillight.

Before: with factory tails


After with JDM Tails: You cant really tell that they are different at all when they are off.


Close-Up of JDM Tail: not lit up


Close-Up of JDM Tail: blinker on


Well I hope this is helpful to anyone that attempts to do this.

 

Mods can you copy my post above and replace the original post. I rehosted all the images on my personal site so they wont go down anymore.

 

 

Anyone ever tried using yellow led bulbs that are shaved? i'm sure you would get the same effect. anyone?

 

yup it doesnt work at all. the red plastic is to thick. the jdm tailights have a thick piece of amper plastic with a thin red one over it to give it the red color when they are off.

 

Those look great and are a nice way to stand out from the crowd of TSX's (to those who know what to look for, anyway). I may do this in the spring time when I have more capital to play with!

 

Truthfully other than being JDM, these taillights are far more visible to other drivers.

I have a set as well as a friend and upon watching him signal at nite, its very clear and stands out unlike the oem red where it almost blends in with the rest of the taillight unit.

 

I was just thinking that while driving in to work this morning. It's a dark, overcast day and it's probably going to snow later on. A 330i's amber signal caught my eye and I thought to myself, "I wonder what my car looks like signaling." Probably not as noticable as the amber.

This is definitely my next mod once I've got some money to play with.

 

I've noticed that you can see our rear-view mirror signals from behind the car (e.g. cars in our blind spots). Kinda nice.

 

I've wondered about that a couple of times. I think that might be something exclusive to 06's and newer, like they may have a small indicator on the mirror-side of the assembly. Because I've seen TSX side-mirror turn signals from directly behind before, but I'll be damned if I can see my own (04)!

Any 06 owners want to chime in?

 

Yeap, at night you can see it. I don't think its an 04/06 difference. I think it has to do more with the fact that at night the light just shines better. You won't notice it alot but if you're a bit to the right or on the sides (because the driver behind you is also sitting offset to the left the car), you can see the lights blink.

 

Bumping because I got a great deal on some JDM tails from a fellow AZine member, have them sitting on my desk here at work, and plan to install them this weekend if weather permits. This tutorial will be invaluable. Thanks again for writing it, CCC. I can't wait to rock that amber look.

 

I too just bought my JDM tails. I got mine from Heeltoe. I should be getting mine soon......

 

is that the only difference between the us and jdm one is the turn signals?

 

 

you get a cool looking amber turn signal to look at.

 

Actually, the other difference is the JDMs have no side-marker bulb, just a reflector instead.

 

which I also things looks better.

 

Can someone help me. I'm at work and for some reason I can't view the first page of this thread, due to some privacy settings here at work.

Can someone qoute CCC's first post so I can be able to view it. I'm about to do the install when I get home and I'd really like to see the tutorial.


Thanks in advance.

J

 

I agree, and on that note my next cosmetic mod is JDM headlights at some point. Not feeling the amber side light...