LED Ignition Light DIY

[J_Lynn]

I can't find it anywhere - am I missing it?! I know someone had to have done a write-up on this.... I need to do this install this weekend before I get lazy and put it off for another 18 months. Does anyone know where I can find the DIY? Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase and thank you :biggrin:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hmmm, I'm too lazy to search, but I could have sworn there was one here and possibly in the MI forums too.

[OTA'sTOY]

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9480&highlight=led+ignition

if not maybe ask GARM :iono:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Just for you Jinni, I stopped being lazy and searched ;)

http://www.microimageonline.com/forums/showthread.php/903-MI-LED-ignition-light-kit?p=10356&viewfull=1#post10356

[J_Lynn]

I LOVE YOU !! Thank you :) :)

[J_Lynn]

Oh hell. This is too much electrical for me :( I'm scared to death of electrical work, so I guess this is something I am going to have to get someone to do for me - this is where I tap out lol I thought it would be easier than that *sigh* Well, maybe I can get it done next weekend. :)

[CTScott]

If you have a 2010, then it won't fit, due to the antenna coil for the transponder key.

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[47_MasoN_47]

Bring it down here and I'll hook it up for you if there's not someone closer.

[J_Lynn]

If you have a 2010, then it won't fit, due to the antenna coil for the transponder key.

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SERIOUSLY?!?!? Ugh. I wish the site said that :( Does Garm know this? I know when I bought it, it didn't say it wouldn't fit the 2010 (I bought this with my badges the first week I got the 2010) so if it doesn't say that I'll let him know so he can add it to the page.

That was a waste of money :( Oh well, looks like it will be going on the for sale thread.

[J_Lynn]

Bring it down here and I'll hook it up for you if there's not someone closer.

Thank you! But it looks like it won't fit :( So I'll be selling it. Booooo. :frown:

[47_MasoN_47]

Dang that's a huge shaft.

[CTScott]

SERIOUSLY?!?!? Ugh. I wish the site said that :( Does Garm know this? I know when I bought it, it didn't say it wouldn't fit the 2010 (I bought this with my badges the first week I got the 2010) so if it doesn't say that I'll let him know so he can add it to the page.

That was a waste of money :( Oh well, looks like it will be going on the for sale thread.

I don't remember when this discussion first happened, but I'm about 90% sure that someone tried it and it didn't fit since the ignition switch body is larger in diameter on the Yaris with the engine immobilizer.

[yaris2010RS]

slight modification to make it fit? if thats the case this wont fit any canadian yaris (cars sold here after 2004 require immobilizer)

[J_Lynn]

Yeahhhh I see what you're saying, even with modification, it doesn't look like there is enough clearance for it. I guess this just sucks :(

Just to say I at least tried, I am going to go out and make sure that's the case. But since it's coming from you and you're 90% sure; I am already 99.9% I can trust that it won't fit LOL

[J_Lynn]

It's actually on the last two pages of the DIY that Laz posted the link to; it doesn't fit. That sucks. I'm gonna ask Garm to put that up on the page so that no one else with the engine immobilizer buys it; it's only $39 - but that is almost 1/2 of what the foglights are, so I could have bought the foglights instead :P

[why?]

see if garm will take a trade for the foglights for you.

[J_Lynn]

Alright, so Scott said the difference between the ignitions was about 1mm - so I ran out, took the steering over off and tried it out; it didn't work. It is too small. *BUT*, do you think it's possible to snap off the piece surrounding the ignition and mount it somewhere else in the steering area and still have it work? Or does it *have* to be around the ignition itself for it to work as designed? I'm not sure really how that whole thing works, so it's a shot in the dark - but I figured I'd throw it out there.

Here's pictures of what it looks like:

[J_Lynn]

It comes off ..... ok, this may work .... maybe ..... we shall see ....



............nope, it won't. lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I LOVE YOU !! Thank you :) :)

Love ya too :tongue:



Sorry to see that it won't work. :frown:

[J_Lynn]

Meh, its ok - you win some, you lose some. lol

[CTScott]

Alright, so Scott said the difference between the ignitions was about 1mm - so I ran out, took the steering over off and tried it out; it didn't work. It is too small. *BUT*, do you think it's possible to snap off the piece surrounding the ignition and mount it somewhere else in the steering area and still have it work? Or does it *have* to be around the ignition itself for it to work as designed? I'm not sure really how that whole thing works, so it's a shot in the dark - but I figured I'd throw it out there.

Here's pictures of what it looks like:

That makes sense. The no engine immobilizer ones have a shoulder in the ignition switch body that the ring slides down onto.

[47_MasoN_47]

This is coming from someone that still hasn't put a lot of skill points into automotive work, but could you swap the ignition switch for one from an 09?

[CTScott]

This is coming from someone that still hasn't put a lot of skill points into automotive work, but could you swap the ignition switch for one from an 09?

No. The engine immobilizer is a function of the ECM (it needs to see a response from the transponder in the key to allow the engine to start), so you really can't change the keyswitch without changing the ECM as well.

[47_MasoN_47]

Shaft.

[why?]

Shaft.

great movie.

[OTA'sTOY]

you could also get a duplicate key made
regular metal non immobilizer
remove the pickup ring and relocate and tape (if you still have the valet) immobilizer key to it and tuck in column cover

i removed the chip from my valet and siliconed it to the ring
$6 metal key compared to $60 for original

[47_MasoN_47]

you could also get a duplicate key made
regular metal non immobilizer
remove the pickup ring and relocate and tape (if you still have the valet) immobilizer key to it and tuck in column cover

i removed the chip from my valet and siliconed it to the ring
$6 metal key compared to $60 for original

That's a pretty sweet idea.

[J_Lynn]

That is a sweet idea. But way too advanced for me, I don't take risks with stuff like that because I don't want to mess something up and not be able to fix it :)

[47_MasoN_47]

If it's not broke, fix it until it is broke :)

There are still a bunch of pieces of my interior in my closet somewhere that haven't been on in nearly a year because I'm always dinkering around with the wiring in my car.

[OTA'sTOY]

here's a pic of where i siliconed the chip on the pickup ring
if anyone was interested in
http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/masaokame55/13.jpg