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I can't quite recall, but I *think* this is a difference between a 10 series facelift and a 20 series - the 20 series is just a stalk and plug and play as the white connector is sitting there ready to use. Maybe the facelift 10 series needs the extra loom bit. One item I'd love to sort out, my dash warning lights for cruise don't illuminate so I have to use it 'by feel' - I wonder if there's a difference in the resistance or something for some stalks over others?

Not that fuse box, it's a relay in the one tucked up under the dash near the passenger door hinge area

Sorry, thought I'd replied on my phone, but it didn't seem to submit. Not quite. There's two LEDs in most aftermarket switches, one to illuminate the fog light symbol so you can find it in the dark and one to show that the fog light is on. As I wired mine to use the in dash tell tale, I wasn't bothered about the one in the switch and I was too lazy to sort out the illumination LED too. There could be one or more earth, depends on the switch you buy. As I stopped mine latching the built in tell tale wouldn't work anyway, all I wired was the wire that is actually switched to the steering wheel loom and another to earth.

Yes there's is both a socket and matching plug tucked up below the drivers side rear lights cluster. Bumper will need removing to access.

Not sure if I'm understanding you correctly. Are you referring to the aftermarket fog light switch wiring or the wiring in the stalk? Assuming you are talking about the aftermarket switch, then it needs to earth the wire I extended from the stalk connector briefly to trigger the light on or off. Most aftermarket fog light switches latch on or off, so I had to butcher mine to no longer latch so it became a momentary switch. I used a test tool to determine which off the switch wires did what. I presume they spare wires light up the switch icon when the headlights are on, something I meant to do, but have never got around to yet.

Also, if you are missing the dynamic reversing lines on the screen, or just feel it needs better fine tuning, go to here and run it through Google Translate: http://allion-club.ru/index.php?topic=10111.0

Sadly English firmware seems to have never existed for these models, so remembering the key Japanese buttons is the only way! I did have the daily welcome announcement disabled for a while until I did the foglight work. Disconnecting the battery for that obviously reset the whole thing and I've yet to find the site that has the instructions on how to silence those sorts. Navigation won't work on the unit as it is built for Japan only, it can't see the satellites let alone have a map for the UK. I would like to get a way to feed carplay/android auto in to display on the screen, but my wife prefers to listen to FM radio and data signal outside the city isn't always that good for streaming apps. Using the AV inputs gets it on the screen easily, but doesn't pass touch through and all audio needs to come from the phone. In an ideal scenario, I'd have a spare unit to dismantle and try and find a way to remove the factory navigation circuits and feed carplay/android auto in that way using the correct AVC-Lan protocols. But I know I'll never find the time! 🤣

Sort of! I still have it in the car and I'm getting fairly used to it. Spare time to try stuff out always limits me (as do my capabilities!) I haven't progressed far on getting anything using the AV connections, I did source a lead from Ali Express to connect up AV input, it uses the spare blue connector at the back of the radio - although, depending on trim levels you may already have AV inputs at the back of the centre console. My Vellfire is base spec, so my centre console is just a box with a flip top lid, nothing fancy! Shamelessly copying from a Russian site, this is what the back will look like although there are a number of variations! Mine has a wider (16?) pin connector instead of the ones labeled VTR-1 and the black one to the right of that, this comes to a break out connector where a specific iPod connection lead can be plugged in to allow old 30 pin iPod's to work. I also don't have the brown USB connection, but a grey one, as I don't think mine has a USB input. I gave up wondering about the ETC audio input as I think that's all part of the AVC-LAN connection so it's not a simple audio input sadly.

I think the plug looked a little different on mine, but Toyota nicely left both halves on the connector under the bumper. My 2009 20 series didn't have the relay fitted, but fuse was.

@Chris.ac You are a total legend! Fog light in, working on original loom with tell tale light in dash being illuminated. Thanks for all your help, really appreciate it. For anyone else looking to do this it's not that hard and you can do it without removing the steering wheel if you're not changing the stalks. All that needs removing is the cowl behind the wheel so you can get access to the lighting wiring. This needs two clips releasing that you can see once the steering wheel is rotated out of the way. Then use a trim tool to pop the two sections and drop the lower part out off the way. The lighting stalk connector has two rows of wiring, the lower row is nearly fully populated, the upper has three wires only. The rear fog one is the blue wire in that upper row nearest the steering column. In the picture I've already depinned that blue wire and run a lead from it to a Toyota rear fog switch fitted to one of the blanks. The other side of that switch needs to be connected to earth. I dismantled the switch to disable the latching mechanism so it became a momentary switch like the factory stalk. Not sure why I chose that particular blank! With a relay fitted in the passenger footwell and the lights and front foglight turned on, pressing this switch makes the relay click and the tell tale light illuminated on the dash. Final step was to access the connector behind the rear bumper. Listen to what Chris said above, it's so, so much easier to remove the bumper than it seems and taking off the wind baffle is indeed no good for access. The connector fitted has the female side plugged in for you already, all you need to add is the correct pins. I forgot to photo the actual plug but it was different from the one I bought in eBay but the pins were exactly what was needed. For now, to get an MOT sorted I've fitted a round smoked LED light where the towing eye cover should be as that was missing anyway. I don't think the light will last too long, but I might get a winter if I'm lucky. I'll get the proper ones from Japan next time. Doesn't look terrible, but not the nicest. But it does light up! So thanks again to everyone, especially Chris.ac.

Another thought - I haven't obviously taken the bumper off yet, I bought a connector, but having concerns that a) it might be the wrong one and b) not sure which part of the connector I need to fit onto the new light! The connector I bought is this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225787446786 Would be nice to wire that up in the comfort of the shed while I'm 'listening' to meetings at work 😀

I'm putting a round led light where the towing eye cover should be as mine has always been missing one in the driver's side anyway, so the reflector is allowed to stay for now. Having seen the quality of the wee round led light though I expect I'll be getting the expensive Japanese reflector replacements before next year!

Cheers for that Chris, I was assuming the one wind baller would be easier to remove than the whole bumper. I'm working on the car parked in the street and was worried I'd drop and damage the whole bumper. I'll get a set of those clips ordered up and put on my big girl pants and get that rear bumper off!

Started having a look at the car today, managed to remove the steering wheel to access the wiring to the stalks, but I've realised I need better a depinning tool, so waiting on that to arrive. Swapping the stalks will be quite the job so I think I'll try just extending the rear fog wiring to a temp switch for now to get through the MOT. I also tried to access the wire connector under the rear bumper, but wasn't sure how the clips holding the plastic part in my way came off. Anyone able to advise on that? Would rather not snap something by being clumsy! Photos of the two clip types attached below.

That chat is what inspired me Chris! Having pulled apart an indicator stalk I can see that the main connection block is directly linked to the mechanical wipers within the stalk, such that to retain the wiring routing below the steering wheel Toyota had to reverse the pin outs when the stalk was moved to the other side of the steering wheel. Therefore knowing a) from the above, I would have to repin the connector and b) that Toyota reuse components on many vehicles I started fishing about in the parts supply companies to try and find vehicles that share the same stalks as the Russian GGH20L etc. I now have one UK Lexus IS220 stalk set that definitely has what seems to be the right lighting stalk, but I failed to check the wiper side out properly. An IS 220 doesn't have a rear wiper, so I have added an Auris Wiper stalk to my set. The clockspring etc. in the middle will also cause some issues I have no doubt to make sure I have the right wiring in place and proper indicator cancellation by the steering wheel rotation. If I get it all to work properly I will happily share the process for others. In the meantime I have to get the rear foglight working before the MoT which is due end of next month, so initially I think I'll just find the trigger wire and route it via a monetary switch placed into an existing dash blank.