will the tail lights off a 99-02 4runner fit in my 98 4runner? i am assuming that they will, but i want to be sure before i order the led tail light housings.

 

Yes, they will fit and plug directly in with no problems.

 

SEARCH! But yes, they will.

 

i remember there being something different about the back up lights though?

 

Yes the 2001-2002 style tail lamp will physically perfectly fit the 1996-2000 model, but there are a few things that you will need to buy/change.

1) The wiring harness for the 2001-2002 style tail lamps is different because the reverse light bulb is a 921 instead of the 7440 that the 1996-2000 tail lamps use. If you do not want to purchase the wiring harness, maybe you can find Toyota style mini wedge bulb sockets at a junk yard and splice them in....just make sure the socket mates properly with the tail lamp housing first.

2) You will need to purchase 7440 AMBER bulbs for the 2001-2002 turn signal. The 1996-2000 use 7440 clear bulbs because there is an orange plastic shield built into the actual tail lamp.

 

If the taillights have the wiring harness and bulbs, its a plug and play setup.

The connector to plug into the main body harness is the exact same from 96-02. The only difference is the bulbs, but as an assembly with wiring, it will plug right in no problem.

 

yep im putting some 01-02 tails on my truck the cool thing is these clear corners i got came with some 194 bulb holders which fit perfect ill have to make the wiring work though ... as for the turn signals i went with some fancy led bulbs im waiting on ill have to make the socket fit though

 

When I ordered my new tail lights from Toyota, I had to order the tail lamp and wiring harness as two different items. They didn't come as one and they have separate part numbers. I initially thought that if I ordered just the tail lamp, that the proper wiring harness would come with it as well, but it didn't. As far as the bulbs go, you would think that Toyota would include the bulbs with the wiring harness, but they don't.

 

Toyota sells them seperatly, AND together as well.

One comes as a "lens only" and the other is a "taillight assembly"

The assembly comes with the wiring AND the bulbs, unless Toyota has changed it within the last week or so.

 

Hmm...It would have been nice to buy everything together! Thanks for the info. Next time I'm at my Toyota parts place I'll ask about it. I think the reason things are packaged differently might be because I'm in BC, Canada.

 

thanks dude. i thought that they were the same at the body harness.