how to change headlight bulbs?

[TRDblueyaris]

i took the front bumper off and the headlight cluster out. too much work for a light bulb. does anyone know what that peanut bulb under the main headlight bulb is for?

[bobolinko]

Originally Posted by TRDblueyaris

i took the front bumper off and the headlight cluster out. too much work for a light bulb. does anyone know what that peanut bulb under the main headlight bulb is for?

That is the Parking light bulb

#168 lamp

[Exiwolfman]

Originally Posted by bobolinko

That is the Parking light bulb

#168 lamp

194 bulb i use led 6000k and they look and work awesome .

[nookandcrannycar]

Changing the bulb without touching the bumper is all about hand size. The bulb has been replaced twice on each side on my 2007. Re the first replacement, I tore some skin trying to change the first one, until I realized my hand was too big. I took it to a local Toyota dealer, and I believe they charged me $16.00 to put the bulb in. I've also taken the car there for the last three bulb changes (all four times, I bought the bulb elsewhere) and they either didn't charge me for any of those three...or may have charged me $16.00 for one of the the three. Someone has always been available who has a small enough hand.

[07liftback]

Just got done changing my 07 Liftback's lights and I must say, it was taking forever as I initially gave up after the first 5 minutes. After a bit of research, I'm surprised no one posted any service manual pics on here of how the retaining clips worked. There was no need to pull the bumper cover and remove the headlights. My hands are relatively large and I too initially had an issue pulling the retaining clips together to release the headlight.

The bigger issue that wasn't mentioned here was the fact that the boot seal was seized onto the headlight bulb with the devil's grip. People on other forums said to use a screw driver to pry it off but I couldn't even get the screw driver angled correctly to pry the boot off.

What I did was I reached behind the boot cover and pulled one side of the retaining clip to release that side but had trouble releasing the opposite side. So I grabbed my house key and jammed it between the headlight housing and the other side of the retaining clip to release it.

Now all I had to do was pull the boot cover out with the attached headlight bulb.

This all took maybe 5 minutes total regardless of how lengthy the process may have sounded. I'll attach the pictures from the service manual on this post to show you guys how the retaining clips work as well as how to remove the bumper cover for those who choose to go that route.