Aik

someone asked me to post some pics of my full TBL from VRD. i got it a few weeks ago, it lights up almost exactly like OEM, nicely even all the way through. i'd recommend VRD from my experience, really fast ship and answered all my questions. i even screwed up and paid twice for the light on accident-- they refunded my money within about a week.

here's a pic, sorry it isn't the highest quality-- it was raining and i didn't have a tripod.

brian9v

Nice. Looks good. I think I'm gonna go try to order mine again. The last time I tried it gave me a funny error message and I didn't want it to take my money w/o getting my order in.

rvpps2rocks

for some reason the lens doesnt look oem its looks kinda blue or transparent

Jiggaman

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i didnt really notice it until you pointed it out, but now that i look a bit closer - they do look a bit blu.....

maybe our eyes are playin tricks again!

Daskid

True. I think our OEM TBL is kinda smoked a bit.

hawgs74

I think its the pic -- even the Scion symbol looks blue

Keith

where can me order...

brian9v

www.vertexracing.com
or www.oznium.com has them as well, but I think they are on back order right now.
or theres a $40 DIY kit with a thread with step by step instructions. search it.

tcvirus7

I have seen the VRD TBL, but what do you think of the one from Ozniums.com, heres the link:


http://www.oznium.com/tc-tbl

Keith

got it....

Thanks guys.....
Keith

tcvenom

get it on ebay at their site, its $10.00 more, but they ship ups, rather than usps on their site..ups is much better with large packages, and oznium has a better warrantee than VRD. i just purchased mine, and they will be shipping at the end of the week



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=130132810358

rvpps2rocks

u can just do the diy kit in my sig

ExpresScion

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How difficult is the install?

tcvirus7

the diy kit is very difficult if you have no knowlege of what your doing, but even having the knowlege can be a nightmare, a friend of mine ordered the kit and had it installed by experts using all the step by step instructions, still turned out bad...thats why i am playing it safe and just ordered mine from ozniums ebay store:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=130132810358

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Aik

yeah, it looks blue in that pic because of the crappy camera. in reality it's just like OEM. here is a better pic i took today:



not horrible, but you have to pry off some trim pieces in the trunk and carefully remove the OEM light. it's held in by sticky weather-stripping type material which can be finicky (pull too hard and risk breaking it). the connector on the VRD light is straight up plug and play, but it took me a few tries jiggling it around to get it to light up properly. here's the nice writeup for the DIY:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...hlight=tbl+diy

modding the original OEM light yourself doesn't look that easy if you don't have the proper tools and experience. i didn't feel like trying it, and i'm even a EE. i'm pretty lazy though, heh.

O5_TRD_tC

that and its lacking the silver paint on the back.

tcvenom

what silver paint

O5_TRD_tC

the trim around the tbl has a silver coating so that its not 100% transparent. Its there so u cant see the messy looking weatherstripping.

TeeCizzle

I'm waiting for my Oznium TBL w/ Smoke Lens!....GGrrrrrrrr....lol

Hope I get it soon!....

The VRD looks cool!!!!...I almost got that one....

tcvenom

i ordered mine also from them, but only in the clear lens