Author - Pim25

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Each of our cars has a rear license plate lighting.

The installation is on the rear bumper and consists of two chrome lamps. Undoubtedly, they are an emblem of their time and together with the bumpers create a suitable retro ambiance.

However, in the electrolytic couple «chrome-iron», as known, iron oxidizes. Therefore, in most cases our lamps are rusty and do not cause any aesthetic delight :)

Meanwhile, the chromed bumper itself can be in decent condition and look good.

There is a way out of this situation.

Firstly, you need to buy this auction lot:

This is a replica lighting for Corolla.

In terms of design it has some differences from our lamp lights. First, it's slightly higher.

Second, as known with us, there is through mounting - bolts that we screw into go straight through the transparent plastic diffuser to the bumper:

While on purchased lamps everything is implemented via an intermediate mount:

And secondly. The distance between threaded holes in the bumper does not match the mounting points on purchased lamps. It's a bit (a matter of several mm), but different. We resolve this mismatch by resinking holes in the lower plate of the lamps exactly to our holes in the bumper.

Moreover, we also had two types of license plate lighting - longer and shorter. Consequently, and threaded receptacles in the bumper are at varying distances from each other. By my data, new lighting covers original holes with its body, but it's worth confirming this by preliminary measurements.

Quality of manufacture is average (unfortunately not STAINLESS), but better than deteriorating originals. In the kit go rubber gaskets and bulbs.

As for connectors, unfortunately I do not remember - in my opinion, I switched them from original lamps.

Moreover, I replaced all bolts and nuts with stainless ones.

True, since it's «chromie» - nobody is insured against new rust.

However, the cause - original shape with recesses - is eliminated, and water no longer lingers there :)

Nevertheless, increased attention to this node - as well as to all others in our not-so-young cars - won't hurt.