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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 01:48 AM
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I was trolling thru my bro's Truckin' mag and one of the ads was for these awsome L.E.D. tailights from this company called PartsNgo (www.partsngo.com). Long story short, I contacted Jeffrey Tavares there and he said they planned on making them for the xB in about 2 months or so. Here's what some of their other L.E.D. tails look like: http://www.partsngo.com/newproducts.html. Passing it on...
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 02:08 AM
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I work for my father who happens to own an auto repair garage. As his service writer I get magazines like Import parts & accessories. When I was flipping through one the other day I saw an aftermarket company called IPCW, they make a set of L.E.D. tail lights for the xB. I went searching for them on the internet and came up with nothing. I do however have a picture of them from the magazine. I'll see if I can get them posted one of these days.
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 02:11 AM
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GREAT HEADS UP, I know where I'm getting my tails from now THANKS MUCH!!
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 02:25 AM
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I'd definitely get them if they came smoked or black (preferred). No Altezza style. Good prices, too. Tell them to sign me up!
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 02:28 AM
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The link for IPCW is on the PartsNgo website. Somewhere on the bottom middle of the main page... wait... http://www.ipcw.com/ I don't see the Scions on there at all (not even under Toyota). Maybe they are slow to update the website.
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 02:36 AM
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These are 2. 2. 2 tails in one. wanted euros and liked LEDs. I love it!
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 03:26 AM
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yeah IPCW prolly wont update till the first of the year the shop I work at buys from them so I will give them a call soon to see what is up....
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 04:01 AM
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Oh jesus, please no atrocious chrome tail lights. I have nothing but love for LEDs but please don't make awful chromed to death tail lights.
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 10:58 AM
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If they come out definitely smoked. I don't think chrome would look good on any xB. It would save me alot of time on a project I'm considering, adding leds to factory tails.
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 12:36 PM
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one of our members works at port and gts extra stock parts...considering doing something similar to Inframan's idea w an extra set of tails....
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Max2k
Oh jesus, please no atrocious chrome tail lights. I have nothing but love for LEDs but please don't make awful chromed to death tail lights.
Ditto!!
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 03:31 PM
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The other tails they make come in chrome, black and smoked. I like the black. But I'd do smoked, too. No chrome, though. I wonder how much electrical reworking is involved with these? Its not like Altezzas where you just plug the old bulbs in a new tail light. Anyone have a clue?
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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I like these lights and the prices, but are they available for the xb? This post confuses me. Scionlife has finally gotten the better of me.
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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The guy said in the first post that he contacted the company and they said that they will have tails for the xB.
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we sold a set for a new escalade at work, and it is a plug and play application all the electronics and stuff are built into the taillight housing
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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Were they made by the same company that mill0048 is talking about? If so, great. I hope they get them on the market soon. I'm very interested.
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 05:02 PM
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I e-mailed Jeff again showing him a link to this thread (and the main site) so he can see the interest in the tails. I also asked if they plan to offer them smoked. We'll see when I get home tonite what he says. I hope they offer a 'normal-ish' red version, smoked version or others, but I don't think so. It seems that on all their lights they only do a smoked or chrome. I'll keep ya'll informed.
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Anybody know where to get these

To me THAT is what LED tails should look like. Not the Mr. Roboto stuff that all these companies come out with.
Old Nov 16, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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From Jeffrey @ Partsngo:

"Installation should be the same as others that we are currently selling, like Altima. Just plug and play. Right now we only know there is a Chrome housing coming out. If I find out other than Chrome, I will let you know."

On the other hand, those LED bB tail lamps are going for about $750 dollars... so if you think it's worth it, go for it. I was going to get them, but I've decided that buying a stock housing for $50 and spending about $100 in parts to make my own LED tail lamps would be much cheaper.
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Originally Posted by uncompiled
On the other hand, those LED bB tail lamps are going for about $750 dollars... so if you think it's worth it, go for it. I was going to get them, but I've decided that buying a stock housing for $50 and spending about $100 in parts to make my own LED tail lamps would be much cheaper.
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