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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Ok I'm new to scion and just got my new tC. I ordered some h11 headlights and had no problem installing them. But I noticed that there is a bulb that is on when the low beams are on too. It sits in the same housing as the high beams. I looked in the manual but there's nothing pointing to what the bulb is. Can anybody help me out with which bulb this is? It looks a little funny with 2 different colored lights on...
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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if ur talking bout the little tiny one under one of the big bulbs, its an accent light or parking light.
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if ur talking bout the little tiny one under one of the big bulbs, its an accent light or parking light.
Can this be changed and do you happen to know what number the bulb is?
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:37 PM
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it can be changed and the manual should give you a wattage and hopefully that can help you find out what bulb it is. in case that doesnt help just check the manual on how to replace the parking light bulb and then take it to an automotive store to find out what bulb it is. alot of people replace it with LED's and other things.
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yeah those can be changed, but if you are talking about the turn signal bulbs on your headlights then you can only change those with amber or else you're gonna risk yourself getting pulled over.. I cant say what size they are for 09s but it should be in the manual
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if ur talking bout the little tiny one under one of the big bulbs, its an accent light or parking light.
Can this be changed and do you happen to know what number the bulb is?
yes and its not the signal. They r called parking lights go to an auto zone the # is 9004. they come in pairs though to install simply just pull it out
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by tCaZ
if ur talking bout the little tiny one under one of the big bulbs, its an accent light or parking light.
Can this be changed and do you happen to know what number the bulb is?
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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The bulb is the same as previous years. 194/168
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^^ yup, same ones you find in your cabin and in your rear license plate lights.. buy white led bulbs but it might not last that long but its gonna look cool
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^^ yup, same ones you find in your cabin and in your rear license plate lights.. buy white led bulbs but it might not last that long but its gonna look cool
haha yeah im thinkin bout getting those 2, but i also want hid kit

anyways dude if ur gonna go to an auto zone, i would for that stuff tell them 9004 like i said earlier
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Ace83 wrote:
^^ yup, same ones you find in your cabin and in your rear license plate lights.. buy white led bulbs but it might not last that long but its gonna look cool


haha yeah im thinkin bout getting those 2, but i also want hid kit Tongue

anyways dude if ur gonna go to an auto zone, i would for that stuff tell them 9004 like i said earlier
9004 is a headlight bulb the bulb you are talking about is a 194/168 bulb go here and you can get the color led bulb you need http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html i have the white ones and love them
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Originally Posted by audioandy
Ace83 wrote:
^^ yup, same ones you find in your cabin and in your rear license plate lights.. buy white led bulbs but it might not last that long but its gonna look cool


haha yeah im thinkin bout getting those 2, but i also want hid kit Tongue

anyways dude if ur gonna go to an auto zone, i would for that stuff tell them 9004 like i said earlier
9004 is a headlight bulb the bulb you are talking about is a 194/168 bulb go here and you can get the color led bulb you need http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html i have the white ones and love them
9004 is the part # for the Parking Light. Its not a headlight. 9004 is not the bulb size
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Originally Posted by Ace83
yeah those can be changed, but if you are talking about the turn signal bulbs on your headlights then you can only change those with amber or else you're gonna risk yourself getting pulled over.. I cant say what size they are for 09s but it should be in the manual
Not true, in MOST states a clear OR amber lens is 100% legal.
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Originally Posted by Spicy_McHaggiz
Originally Posted by Ace83
yeah those can be changed, but if you are talking about the turn signal bulbs on your headlights then you can only change those with amber or else you're gonna risk yourself getting pulled over.. I cant say what size they are for 09s but it should be in the manual
Not true, in MOST states a clear OR amber lens is 100% legal.
clear aka as standard incandescent bulbs are pretty close to amber sometimes people refer them as one and yes they are legal, what im talking about was the white HID look bulb/leds or other colors that most want to use coz they look pretty darn cool
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Originally Posted by Ace83
Originally Posted by Spicy_McHaggiz
Originally Posted by Ace83
yeah those can be changed, but if you are talking about the turn signal bulbs on your headlights then you can only change those with amber or else you're gonna risk yourself getting pulled over.. I cant say what size they are for 09s but it should be in the manual
Not true, in MOST states a clear OR amber lens is 100% legal.
clear aka as standard incandescent bulbs are pretty close to amber sometimes people refer them as one and yes they are legal, what im talking about was the white HID look bulb/leds or other colors that most want to use coz they look pretty darn cool
not trying to thread steal, but where did u get ur grill its bad***
Old Aug 12, 2008 | 04:13 AM
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my leds are still going strong a year later......$10 from Autozone........
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Originally Posted by tCaZ
Originally Posted by audioandy
Ace83 wrote:
^^ yup, same ones you find in your cabin and in your rear license plate lights.. buy white led bulbs but it might not last that long but its gonna look cool


haha yeah im thinkin bout getting those 2, but i also want hid kit Tongue

anyways dude if ur gonna go to an auto zone, i would for that stuff tell them 9004 like i said earlier
9004 is a headlight bulb the bulb you are talking about is a 194/168 bulb go here and you can get the color led bulb you need http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html i have the white ones and love them
9004 is the part # for the Parking Light. Its not a headlight. 9004 is not the bulb size
9004 is the bulb size the headlight and a standard part number for all 9004 bulb. Believe me because I work at a Pep Boys. Auto Zone sells the same brand of bulb as Pep Boys, Sylvania.

168 and 194 is what you need.
Old Aug 12, 2008 | 04:23 AM
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i got mine free from Cliff (MobileHID)!!
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