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A nice simple upgrade for your passenger window switches. Use illuminated ones from a 1st gen Lexus GS300. Dead simple mod, all it needs is a wee bit of cable joining.
Go to your local breakers and get the passenger window switches (the driver cluster is different) and as much of the switch looms as you can (1" is enough, but the more the better).
Take the surf switches out of the cowls and fit the Lexus ones, they snap right in. Then, cut the Surf plug off (leave about an inch of cable so that you can re-fit if something goes wrong) and fit the Lexus plug.
The wire colours are different, so connect them as follows:
Positive - (Surf) Blue/Red to (Lexus) Blue
Down - (Surf) Blue/Yellow to (Lexus) Red
Up - (Surf) Blue/Green to (Lexus) Green
Negative - (Surf) Red/Yellow to (Lexus) Green/White
Negative - (Surf) Red/Blue to (Lexus) Red/Blue
Job done. I'll change the green LEDs for blue ones at some point.
The Driver's door cluster on some Surf's has all 4 window switches illuminated, but most don't seem to be. Dead easy to swap over if you can find a Surf one with 4 lights. If not, get a 1st gen Avensis one, it's a straight swap.
Only thing I want to find now is an illuminated mirror adjuster switch. Any ideas?
Not done the passenger switches yet, I ran out of blue LEDs!
Go to your local breakers and get the passenger window switches (the driver cluster is different) and as much of the switch looms as you can (1" is enough, but the more the better).
Take the surf switches out of the cowls and fit the Lexus ones, they snap right in. Then, cut the Surf plug off (leave about an inch of cable so that you can re-fit if something goes wrong) and fit the Lexus plug.
The wire colours are different, so connect them as follows:
Positive - (Surf) Blue/Red to (Lexus) Blue
Down - (Surf) Blue/Yellow to (Lexus) Red
Up - (Surf) Blue/Green to (Lexus) Green
Negative - (Surf) Red/Yellow to (Lexus) Green/White
Negative - (Surf) Red/Blue to (Lexus) Red/Blue
Job done. I'll change the green LEDs for blue ones at some point.
The Driver's door cluster on some Surf's has all 4 window switches illuminated, but most don't seem to be. Dead easy to swap over if you can find a Surf one with 4 lights. If not, get a 1st gen Avensis one, it's a straight swap.
Only thing I want to find now is an illuminated mirror adjuster switch. Any ideas?
Not done the passenger switches yet, I ran out of blue LEDs!
....good idea about the switches, just went down the priority list tho as the rad went at lunch 
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