I wish we can get it here... oh well. I think the CT is an underrated car. I love the car and this refresh is great looking...
Aftermarket tails are often garbage. Especially the ones found on ebay, which are generally knockoffs of Japanese aftermarket tails.
Not sure where you are getting your parts Nigel, but you are paying 40%+ more than you should. That is an astronomical price. I would recommend not ordering through whoever you are going through. Nengun is way cheaper and faster. Got from there last month.bumping this thread because I am going to attempt this now. I bought an outer taillight to fiddle with the turn signal because in the FB group we had a post that on the rear turn signal acting wonky or not working properly on the facelifted CTs' where the pre-facelifted CTS there were no issues. I figured out the wiring for the rear outter turn signal needs another 12v source to prevent hyper-flashing/not working right. So I am fairly confident that I can get this working...
Also apparently I can source / see the parts on the USA dealer sits so in theory you CAN order these bits. I'll have confirmation once I call Bell Lexus in a few hours.
But the taillights DO fit the rear end, you just need the middle garnish piece and obviously need to do some wiring in order to get things right since the wiring is different. Let me say though that just this outer taillight is sooooooooooo much nicer looking that the taillights we have. It's really beautiful. I had really no desire to do this mod due to cost but honestly it's going to be worth it. The headlights not so much to me because of the DRL burning out and the fact that I would not pass inspection in my state due to the front headlight not having a side marker LED in it, but doing a projector retrofit on my currently headlights with custom clear reflectors, and the face lifted tails is gonna be a nice combo and happy medium!
Anyways here are some pictures.
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crappy picture of brake light illuminated.
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just the parking light:
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turn signal on and not flickering or anything weird.
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part numbers:
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-Nigel
After speaking with a few others and talking to friends in Japan, this is the correct Jumper Harness pinout required for the 2014 - 2017 CT200h. I have everything sitting at home, been on business travel for the last month but should be installing and testing everything over the next few weeks when I get home.
Haven't seen a super helpful guide online for all of this so I put this together. Will update/remove if I notice a wiring error, but fairly confident in the correctness. Will make a separate post once I have everything together, plus a BOM on where I ordered everything.