#Spyder tail lights install#

Start by opening your trunk and removing the rear plastic panels closest to each tail light. Panel Remover (or Flathead Screwdriver): Check Price.All-in-all, you’re looking at roughly 10-minutes per side and another 3-hours of “accomplishment gawking”! Tools & Materials: has covered the removal and installation of tail lights on the site a variety of times, but it never hurts to have it all bundled in one location. Note: The installation process is the same for OEM or aftermarket. For this installation, we’ll be swapping out our AnzoUSA brand for the black Spyder tail lights. These come in three different finishes chrome, smoked and black. However, for those interested in these lights (or any of their products), reach out to more information. If you’re looking to buy a set of these tail lights from Spyder’s website, you may be surprised to hear that they do not sell directly to consumers.įor the past decade, Spyder’s operating model is your typical B2B wholesaler where all of their automotive products can be found through a variety of dealers. Take out your old tail lights, drop these into place, plug them in and you’re ready to go. The new Spyder tail lights are a true plug-n-play aftermarket replacement requiring no wiring, splicing or reprogramming to make them function. Then came Spyder Auto Group who took the redesign a step further and completely overhauled the interior, the design and the outer lens. These tail lights were the first we could find that had a complete interior redesign while still utilizing the OEM-style outer lens. All were decent, viable options until companies actually started completely redesigning the tail lights altogether.Ī few months back, we reviewed the AnzoUSA sequential tail lights and we were pretty impressed. Then enthusiasts started doing the “tail as turn” mod, DIY versions blacking out the chrome, retrofits with Baja Design S2’s, some just resorted to spray-on tint and even Lamin-X developed blacked-out film. But as things normally go in this space, if there’s an option to swap something out for a unique look, people will do it (guilty as charged). In fact, it was almost as if the market didn’t exist because the OEM-style tail light just worked.

#Spyder tail lights install#

Spyder Auto Group: Sequential Tail Lights Step-By-Step Install & Review for the 5th Gen 4Runnerįor the longest time, nobody was offering an aftermarket tail light for the 5th Gen 4Runner.Īfter the 10-13 tails went by the way of the dinosaur, the rebooted 14+ LED tails weren’t bad looking and they had a pseudo blacked out, chrome-accented Euro tail look that was oddly appealing.