License Plate Light Upgrade

[ddoxey]

IMO, the incandescent license plate lights look sad. Even more so when one of them burns out. I've tried the plug-in LED 194 type replacement bulbs. They look good, until they start flickering and/or burn out. The incandescence are more reliable, but look dated.



I thought I'd try adapting a set of these OEM Tesla LED Model 3 license plate lights.


With some creative Dremeling ...


And some two part plastics epoxy, they are a perfect fit.


Check that out.

 

[CorrinMIXR]

This looks like a solid upgrade! I’ve had mixed results with aftermarket LEDs, some look great for a while, but most either flicker or die within months. Using Tesla’s OEM lights is such a clever idea, especially with how durable those are reported to be. Did you have to do anything special to connect them to the RAV4’s wiring harness, or was it fairly straightforward?