I picked this up this morning from the Toyota dealer, brought it to the breakfast, then hid under the table as I was bombarded with questions and interest. I promised pictures and a part number on the site.
Dan, I'll bet the 7 would like this?
The story (because there's ALWAYS a story):
A week and a half ago there was a post on the Jaguar forum about an LED retrofit kit that a member had bought from his local Toyota dealer. It seems that this was made for the old Toyota LandCruiser. It consisted of a standard 7 in headlight, an LED H4 bulb, a wiring harness with relays(!), a bunch of tie straps and instructions. Amazingly it only cost 16 bucks (US). The next day (last Tuesday) I went to our local dealer armed with the part number and ordered two of them, paying up front. I was a little miffed that it was more than twice the initial price but that's still a LOT less than any other conversion I've seen. I picked up the order this morning and upon opening one of the boxes discovered two (2!) bulbs and associated hardware. This was the reason for the higher price. There must be different packaging for some reason. That gives me four sets for the measly price of $85.80 Beaver bucks with taxes.
The Toyota part number is "TOY 8111060P70 Headlamp Assembly SPORD". $37.30 Beaver Bucks. The parts gent was quite interested when I told him the story. I added that the initial article indicated that Toyota was clearing these out of their warehouses. ORDER THEM NOW IF YOU WANT THEM!
The pictures show the front and back of the headlamp with the bulb installed. Note that the wiring harness is for the pair and will probably need some modification to fit your car. I'm gonna give this a go soon and will report.
- Rob E and his soldering iron.
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