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Side LED turn signals? You mean the ones that go on the mirrors?

Lol, like you said, less is more. I hadn't planned to go that far with mods, changing out the signals. And the changes i made can be easily reversed for the most part as I still have all the original parts. My hobby is in electronics so yeah, I like it. I like to tinker. Make it mine.

Thanks! So far the mod is still working well.

@@DocMicrowave can you make an update video? I want to do something similar and you’re the first person who successfully has done it.

Thanks. No, I did nothing to the existing turn signals. They are there and operational. The angle of the camera probably didn't catch them properly.

Not sure. I made sure the mods were not completely intrusive. I still have the original rear trim and badge. I could put it back on if ever needed. The Andriod mirror is held on with rubber straps. Wiring tucked under molding. The back seat monitors just clip on to the headrest mounts. The most intrusive mod was connecting the accessory control panel to the battery.

Thanks!

I just added it with a link to the description for the video.

Lol, A bit over kill for me. I just like the gadgets. Electronics is a big hobby for me.

Hey there! I should have a link in the description to the rear light. Be sure to check with the seller that it will fit and work on a 2023. Mine is a 2022. I never made an install video. (Shame on me.) I was concentrating on not breaking anything. I had seen other install videos, not dealing specifically with the lights, but related in that they involved removing and replacing that back panel. That was the hard part. The wiring I was able to figure out my self. If I can get time when spring comes and it gets warmer outside, I'll see about getting up the courage to get back in there and make a video about how it was installed. Thanks for watching.

I will try to as it gets warmer out.

@@DocMicrowave yes pls ! amazing set up man !!!!

Indeed? Sorry to hear. I little over a year now, so far mine is holding up. Still looks good. All LEDs in it are operating. I have seen some Dodge Durango's with segments of LEDs out on their rear LED bars. And those are factory! Made me wonder if mine will end up like that. So far so good. I'll see how long it lasts. I did keep the original trim if I ever have to go back to it. But yeah, it does look cool.

@@DocMicrowave Thank you. I will order one from your link. Oh one more thing, I noticed from your video, color transition from red to blue doesn't look smooth. I mean the blue led appears to light up on right side first then left. Exact time stamp I'm referring to is 1:02 ~ 1:04.

@@matrix-fh9tn Yes, I had noticed that. And it has gotten a little worse. Seems some LEDs have failed. I am not sure if I damaged it during installation. When I tested it before installing, it was evenly lit on Blue. I am willing to replace it and try again though, as I like it's look. Hoping I either damaged it, or just got a bad unit.

@@DocMicrowave Yeah definitely like the look. But then that won't be an issue for me as I'm getting the single color either in blue or red. My current messed up one is red so I might try blue this time for that costrast look to the red surrounding lights.

@@matrix-fh9tn Very cool! I'll probably go with the dual color again. Though there is the option of wiring it to use one color. Hmm, you just gave me an idea. I can just disconnect the "blue" actuation and leave the red for now, till i get around to fixing it.

NICE! I was considering those lights. Still am.

@DocMicrowave is highly recommended!

@@DocMicrowave got them for 73.00 before shipping

What did you use to figure out the instructions? That's the main complaint I've seen for this product, no instructions

@LuisGonzalez-tr7os I just figured it out on my own. That's after connecting them to the harness at the lights at the tail gate. That didn't work. So I then pulled the panels from each side at the back/cargo area, ya know. Plugged in the harness there, and bam, they worked. It was extra work, no doubt. Had there been instructions, I would have saved about 30m of work.

Thought I put it in there. Here you go. www.raymaxgear.com/products/toyota-led-emblem-dual-color

What can I say. To each his own. I like tinkering with electronics, modding.

The only bad one was the side mouldings

@@DUNGSTA Side moldings? I have not changed or molded them. They are stock.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, personally I think it looks great!

I got the Emblem from a company called RayMax Gear. www.raymaxgear.com Look for "TOYOTA LED EMBLEM DUAL COLOR/ SINGLE COLOR ". I used "Size B (110mmx75mm） / Dual Color (Blue & Red)"

This was my first mod video. I did not think to video the entire process as was focused on trying not to break anything expensive while I was working on the car. I will try to make some videos on how different mods were done, after the fact. And, feeling more confident going forward I'll try to document any future mods.

You can blame my being a fan of Star Trek and Space 1999 when I was a kid. ;)

Lol, thanks. That's my daily commuter. Much preferred over driving as this city has become so car unfriendly.

@@DocMicrowave oh alright

I can't find the exact model I purchased anymore. Seems they don't sell that exact model anymore. (I have had it for a few years.) If you do a search on Amazon or Ebay, "android rearview mirror". You will get tons of hits. They all do pretty much the same thing. They run Android with a car-centric launcher. They have a front facing camera, and most have a second rear view camera and come with enough cable and hardware to mount on the rear. I typically put mine on the inside of the rear window. Some versions come with a accessory plug for power. Others come with cables and a fuse tap to go into an interior fuse box. Some have both. I hooked up through the fuse box after finding a circuit that goes on and off with the car. They all run various versions of DVR software. And some even have driver assist software built in with the DVR. Warns you when your drifting out of a lane, driving too close behind another car based on your speed (they all come with external GPS modules.) Alerts you when the car in front starts moving if you're stopped and not paying attention. Using audio cues or voice. All you have to do is choose the style you want. They all run similar software. For mounting, Mine just sits over the regular rearview mirror using special elastic bands to secure it.

@@DocMicrowave I understand... Will do. thanks

Sorry for the delay in response. Also trying to put together a video on some new mods. One of the new mods involves a new connection for the DRL bar. I tapped the last fuse in the second row of the main fuse box for switched power. The diagram on the fuse box cover has it labeled as "EFI NO.2". It is a red 10 am fuse. It does come on with ignition. But every once and I while it lingers on after the car is shut off. Usually going off after the doors are locked and headlights turned off. All other times it goes off right away with the car. Wasn't crazy about that so I was looking for a better Circuit to tap. Came up with a completely different Idea. That is connecting it to a custom control panel in the car. Just did that move yesterday. Working on a video about it. As for the turn signals, I just pushed the appropriate left/right yellow lead into the top pin of the connector behind each turn signal. Headlights and turn signals are two different connectors. I was going to tap the head light connections for the power. Besides having a hard time accessing the connections, I have since learned that these LED headlights do not function like regular light bulb circuits. The are computer controlled and acttually have CANBUS signals going to them. Decided not to mess with them after that discovery. That's when i went on the hunt for a fuse circuit that would at least go on and off with the car. Hope this helps.

@@DocMicrowave Thank you for your response. I would be nervous about tapping into the EFI number 2 fuse as that fuse is a electronic fuel injection fuse. I think the washer fuse would be a lot safer to tap into. Did you have any problems pushing the turn signal connector. My Prime is a late year 2022 and the turn signal bulbs are LED and the connector opening is really small. I wanted to connect the power to the side marker but the connection is in with the LED headlamp and that is all one unit. Can you explain how reconnected to a custom control panel or link to your video if it is done. Sorry for all the questions but the Prime fuse boxes and connections are quite a bit different than non-prime Rav4's. Appreciate your answers and help.

@@GregSwenson-c8v Hey there. Yeah wasn't liking using that fuse. But it was the only one I could find at the time that the circuit went on and off with the car. Anyway, as of yesterday, I am no longer using that fuse. It is connected to my control panel. Specifically the control panel's connection box which I located in the rear 12v battery compartment. I did shoot some video of the connections and wiring. Hope to post soon. Yes, I was able to just gently push the turn signal connectors into the back of the turn signal connectors. There is a tiny bit of space between the wire and the plastic connector case. Just push it in deep enough to make contact with the metal connector.

@@DocMicrowave Just read your great reply to the User Above. Really appreciate all your efforts!!! 👍 I also finally got my 2023 RAV4 Prime XSE w/Prem. Pkg., but it sounds like this is too big a project now for a Prime Model w/the CANBUS and no real optimal Fuse Tap place? Bummer 🤔was just about the ask where you were able to Tap the Red Wire in the fuse box... and then how you'd made the White wire work to have the various levels of brightness on the VGETTINGs (for if the Headlights were ON or OFF); or also how you'd Tapped the Yellow wire when the Turn Signals are LED's. But it sounds like too big a project now for a Prime Model... as it seems every other install video out there is a Non-Prime or Older RAV4 Hybrid without the CANBUS and a "USB 2" fuse in the box.

Thanks. There appear to two versions of the animated tail light. The version I got is an inch or so longer on each in then the other version. Reaching more to each side. Also the animation for the turn signals is different. As for the lighted emblem, I have to look up that website again where I got it. I had Google "lighted Toyots emblems" or something like that. Sorry for the delayed response. I missed this comment. How far did you get with mods, if any, to your Rav4?

After doing some research it seems youtube won't auto-convert the URLs into clickable links. Seems my channel has to be "validated" first which according to UA-cam takes up to to months with the validation option I have chosen. The URLs do work. You will have to copy them and paste into a browser for now. Sorry.

@@DocMicrowave Oh yes i know exactly what you are talking about. No problem thank you. i never thought of getting an LED emblem with that LED Read light but thanks to your video i will be combining the 2 it looks amazing!

@@InternacionalBoxing Thanks! Hope it works out for you. What prompted me to get it is because I could not pry the original one off the original trim to place on the new trim. Trying to get it to budge I felt like I was going to break it. The glue was really strong. I also didn't want to leave marks on the original trim. So I just left it. I opted to buy I new one. Then during my searching, came across LED backlit emblems. The rest is history.

Thanks! Just wish I had time and patience to properly document how I did the mods, wiring, installation, and so forth. I was too laser focused on trying not to break anything important or expensive. Sorry about the links. Not sure how to make them clickable . Try copy & paste into browser.

@@DocMicrowave Totally makes sense to me (doing your best not to break anything). 🤣😇 I've been blessed to of had 34 vehicles over my still young life of 54 years. 😉 Anyway, I always really appreciate mods that look like they came from the factory.

@@teknightrider2586 Thanks. I'm on the other end of the spectrum I guess. I tend to run my cars into the ground. As such I try to keep them in good shape. The prime is only my 7th car in about as many years as you. And I only got the Prime last year because the City totaled my previous vehicle in an accident (their fault 100%). It was a 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid that I also tricked out with mods.

​@@DocMicrowave Sorry to hear about your other rig... but glad (as I assume) you and everyone else was okay. My whole extended family had mostly owned Honda/Acura products with a few Toyota's sprinkled in. 😉 But the main reason I've had so many vehicles started when we bought a Malibu Ski Boat back in 1994 (not a big Wake Setter... more the "sports car" boat when we did not want to make big wakes like today). So also back then neither Honda nor Toyota had anything that would pull very well. So it threw us into the domestics where I'd ordered a brand new Chevy Suburban (but it was in the shop 3 months out of the year we had it until Chevy bought it back). It was an unfortunate lemon; however, I knew several other owners around town where 4 others had been bought back. So instead of trying another Suburban we got our money back and bought a used '92 F-150 w/87K miles that was the extreme opposite of the 454 4X4 2500 Suburban. 🤪 The Ford was a 2WD Straight 6 w/a Mazda 5-Speed Manual and it did great (except for going 45 mph over a steeper pass) until it got over 100K miles then we were fixing computers or something to the tune of $1,000 every month. But by that time the new Dodge Cummins Turbo was out... and so I ordered one of those. And we loved that... it got 22 MPG everywhere it went and got 16 MPG pulling (again HUGE difference compared to the 454 Suburban that got 9 MPG no matter what a person did. We could go to the lake and watch the Suburban's 42 gal. tank flush like a toilet down to ¼ tank (it was bad). But anyway the Cummins did fabulous until its transmission went out at 32K miles. And by that time the family had grown to 3 kids and I like consistency... so we had a Chrysler Town & Country (again we had strayed far from Honda and Toyota). But with our brand new Town & Country never shifting correctly (then it also got smacked in the front, not my wife's fault) and the Cummins now also never shifting like it had after the repair...I had had it with the domestics. So really it was mostly owning the competition ski boats that goofed us up with a long way around the horn until there were Toyota Tundras. 😇 So that is the short version of a much longer story (that I'm going to stick to). ha ha 🤪 There is way more, but I've probably already given you eyestrain. So I'll just shut my pie hole. 😉 And say again... nice detailed work on your RAV4 Prime!

@@teknightrider2586 Oh yes, thanks. I and everyone was OK. No one was in my old rig when it happened. We were all out at an event at the time. Came back and found the damage. It was parked in front of my house on the street. City sewer cleaning truck came to clean the sewer right behind my truck. They parked inches next to my truck and swung a crane with a huge metal scoop over my truck to get to the sewer drain. Operator pulled the wrong lever and dropped the scoop directly on the roof of my truck. Everything caught on my CCTV video. Sanitation department tried to ignore and then deny it happened. Claiming another cause for the damage in their reports until I presented my video. After a lengthy back and forth, the City ended up paying damages. Used the money to put down on the Prime. Lol, I was considering posting the security video on UA-cam. Sad to see it go. Had it for quite a number of years. Had good times and long road trips with it. Put a lot of mods into it and kept in very good condition. But I guess I wouldn't have gotten the Prime if that incident didn't happen.

Amazon. I just placed the links in the description.

Thanks so much! It was guys like you who went in and took some of the fear out of pulling panels off. I have a background in electronics which helps. But I had a lot of anxiety about doing all that to a brand new car. My last new car I waited a year or so before I started with going into panels. And I didn't have the benefit of UA-cam channels like yours that went into this stuff in such detail back then. (Lol, my last new car was 2005!) Concerning the Android Mirror. You can find them on Ebay which is where I got mine. Just do a search for "android rear view mirror". They have lots of different shapes and styles. Pretty much all have built in DVRs for recording from 1, 2 or even three cameras at the same time. (I just saw one with 3 cameras on ebay just now. Front, rear, and interior.) The apps I run track and log speed, direction, altitude, acceleration, miles by day/week/month. Video is recorded to a micro SD card you put in. It is loop recording and can also take photos with a click. Mine even came with an app that monitors action in the front camera view. A voice tells you when you're slipping out of your lane, too close to another car, or if your stopped in traffic and your not paying attention to the car in front moving on. I also run an app in the background which alerts me if I am hitting the speed that triggers the speed cameras. Oh, the camera on the mirror is offset to the far left side so it mostly gets around the windshield cover. Enough to see the entire road. The cover blocks maybe 15% of the framing. In the upper right hand corner. So I don't capture the entire sky. Concerning the power controller. Google "Auxbeam 8 Gang Switch Panel RGB AR-800". You will find them on Amazon. All of these mods would work fine in an SE. I didn't get the "tech package" in my SE. It would have gotten me video rear view mirror and power inverter. (Didn't want the panoramic moon roof anyway so that worked out.). I think the Android Mirror is much more useful than the video rearview Toyota would have had. And I am adding an Inverter anyway. All for a fraction of the cost of the "tech package". Again, thanks for your videos on the mods you did.

@@DocMicrowave That Toyota Badge light, I take it that you spliced it into the rear brake lights and goes it come with a blue hybrid backing? Or you just took out the old emblem and it's a direct replacement....Can you put a link somewhere you bought it from? I might try that out... looks nifty. Thanks.

@@jt2quick There is a little story to the Toyota badge. The new LED rear trim did not come with a Toyota Badge. You were supposed to remove it from the old trim and glue it on the new. I tried to remove the badge from the old trim but it was glued on pretty tight. It felt at times I would break it trying to remove it. Not to mention damaging the original trim which i wanted to keep intact if I ever needed to put it back on. So I looked up replacement badges and discovered the LED backlit versions. Here is the link to the Site: www.raymaxgear.com/collections/radiant-emblem/products/toyota-led-emblem-dual-color There are three wires. Ground, Positive, and color change. Put 12 volts on the positive lead and it lights blue. While lit, if you apply 12 volts to the color select lead it turns red. Remove voltage to that lead and it goes back to Blue as long as power is still being applied. I wired the ground and power to the license plate light circuit. So when it comes on, so does the badge in blue. Tapped and wired the color select lead to the brake light lead going to the LED trim bar. This way braking triggers the color change. You don't have to go for the change if you prefer the color to be static. To keep it blue, don't connect the color change lead to anything. To keep it red, tie the color change lead to the same source as the power lead. They also sell Emblems that are single color only. I went for the dual color one. If I didn't like the change I would have just nailed it to one color.

@@DocMicrowave Thanks....for the info..I'm gonna look it up and see what I can do.

@@jt2quick You're quite welcome. Thank you for all your informative videos.

Saw your video. Looks real good! I like the visibility from the sides. Lol, yeah! I did mod the rear a couple weeks ago. I'll post a video. Looks to be a similar model to your rear animated lights. I added an LED back lit Toyota emblem to the rear trim. Lights up Blue when lights are engaged. Turns red with brakes. Also did some mods on the interior. Added HAM and CB radios. And headrest android screens. Last thing I put in last week was an Auxbeam 8 button controller panel to control some of the add-ons. Unfortunately I did not shoot video of the installation process. Was focusing to much on not breaking anything.

@@DocMicrowave Post what you can. I'd like to see how it looks, especially the LED back lit Toyota emblem on the rear trim. Think that would look cool. Headrest android screens? Like the strap on type?

@@jt2quick Sure. Let me see what I can do about posting. The headrests are a permanent install. They came with a special bracket that latches onto the seat posts that supports the monitors. The monitors are actually complete self contained wifi capable touchscreen tablet computers. I fished the connecting cable down throw the seat to the floor where they run to the cargo area cigarette lighter along the floor trim panels for power. The connection was a temporary one as I wanted to get them up and running in time for family summer road trips. Now that I have the power control panel installed, I plan to hook the screens up through it for power. I have had the monitors for a few years now and had installed them in a minivan I traded in to get the Prime. Pull them out and put them in the Prime. Got them from Ebay. They run Android, can play music and video, play downloaded games, have AV inputs for connection to a DVD player or video game console. I may change them out next spring for something slightly smaller for the Prime. They are 11 inch screens. May go for some 9-10 inches. You can check some out on ebay searching for "Android Headrest".

@@jt2quick Finally got back to modding. Jut been too busy with 'life'. Taking advantage of the long holiday weekend and nice weather. I have started hooking the AuxBeam controller up to some of my mods. (Finally got some cable through to the engine compartment.) Also am putting in the inverter. Got it hooked up and tested. Just have to finish mounting. In the rear. I might have my mod for the backup sound in by tomorrow or tuesday. It too will be switchable from the control panel. Got a crazy idea for the horn upgrade. I may do it, BUT keep the original horn as well. Using the control panel to select between the two. Why!? I don't know. Wanted to see if I could do it I guess.

@@DocMicrowave I hear ya, buddy. Same here, after all "LIFE" just keeps up busy. Haven't posted any lately myself even though got the vids, just haven't edited it yet: All weather tires, Android box for the Infotainment system, best seat covers if found, etc... Anyways.. the inverter mod sounds interesting and I thought about putting in TRUCK HORNS myself, but of course that would require some extra juice. Dude..I saw this one MOD where you can make the car sound like a Ferrari or a Lambo or anything else you want. Like the real mccoy. but the product was like $2500 and it was in Germany... CRAZZZYYYY. Anyways..take care

Lol, thanks. My Dad had passed away few years ago and I did want his numerous 8mm films of his travels and family to just disintegrate. Kind of a rush job at the time to see if I could do the transfer. I really need to go back and add some music. Wasn't sure what would be appropriate to use that wouldn't cause a YT strike.

@@DocMicrowave there's quite a selection of royalty free music out there that people have released specifically for these circumstances; google knows where. :-)

@@G2_Shane I'll check it out! Thanks. You guys ok?

@@DocMicrowave We're doin good! Still healing. The podcast is cancelled but there will be RWBY content.... as soon as I buy a new PC capab le of actually rendering a video. LOL

@@G2_Shane Good to hear. No worries. Take your time. UA-cam isn't going anywhere.

Fun!

Its very good actually. I use the lowest setting most of the time. I still get some resistance as well as encouragement to peddle harder if I want to pass another rider or car in traffic.

Feels great I have the same kit on my hard tail but full front suspension bike and it great you can program the controller and make it really smooth so you actually get a work out and having fun while doing it but if you don't wanna pedal then hit the throttle or bump up the pedal assist and then all you will be doing is GHOST PEDDLING but it does go much faster or if you need extra help that steep hill which sometimes I do my self' As for resistance your tires rolling resistance has alot to do on how easy it is to pedal the bike regardless of the gear your in ( yes first gear is easy) but other gears like 3 and beyond starting out is where the rolling resistance comes in at and also affects your top speed as well.

@@pharrohku5922 When going full out raw power, no PA, at the highest settings, what is the highest speed you were able to achieve on your rig?

@@DocMicrowave 41 on my Ultra bike and 32 on bbshd but I have changed the chain rings to get more touque when playing in the trails so now BBSHD is 24.6 and ultra 31

@@pharrohku5922 Same here, averaging in the low to mid 30's. I may have gotten to 40 once on a down slight downhill and a tail wind. Otherwise I top out around 34 when conditions a neutral. (No extra resistance and no gravity or wind assist.) Not saying I am a speed demon. I think I am rather conservative in my riding despite having the power available.