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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.

Thanks for the offer Picasso, but I'm going to use the built in wiring etc. and therefore no need for any extra control units etc.

I'm embarking on a foglight adventure with my 2009 Vellfire, many thanks to all who have contributed so far in this thread. I've picked up some relays and checked the fuse is present, will try a round LED in the towing eye cover hole that is in my bumper already as it'll cover that up hopefully, if not I can look into the expensive Valenti options. Liking to make life difficult for myself, I've picked up an indicator stalk from a UK Prius, a 42110 rather than 42080 which is setup for the stalk to live on the left side as is more common in UK cars these days. The connector for this is wired back to front to reflect the reversed nature of the stalk so I'm going to have to do some extreme repinning of that lead. I have seen an auction since that has a short lead connected and terminated at a second white connector - anyone who's already stripped down their steering column taken any photo's of these leads? Even better , know what the part numbers are so I can try and get hold of one and repin at my leisure rather than after I've pulled the steering wheel off! The Wiper stalk from the Prius wasn't suitable for my Vellfire, so I'm awaiting a Auris wiper stalk to arrive, fully expecting to have to do a repin of this connector too. Eventually I'm hoping to have working lights/wipers and rear foglight with the stalks reversed to match the Skoda I share with the wife - may reduce the wear and tear on my wiper blades! 🙂 My MoT is coming p due soon, so just incase all that repinning seems too much to achieve before that, I've bought a basic 'Toyota' copy rear fog switch to fit into a blank on the dash - already butchered that to remove the latching mechanism so it's now a momentary switch like to factory stalk ones, and I can splice in just the two wires needed to trip the relay. No idea when I'll get peace enough to pull the car apart to do this, but hopefully soon - will update if I get any progress!

Dazman, I'm doing a bit of thread resurrection here, hopefully you're still around and enjoying the head unit. I have exactly the same unit and have been learning a lot of info while I try and decide whether to retain it, augment it or replace it! Mine does automatically connect on Bluetooth BTW, it can remember multiple Bluetooth connections but you can tell it which phone is the primary and that will auto connect. The SD card requires a specific Panasonic card reader/programme on a computer to copy music on the correct format. I'm still trying to find out what that is, but if you have audio cd's it will copy those to its hard drive as you play them. I'm starting to work out all the myriad of tear connections with a lot of help from some Russian forums. There are connections on the rear for extra cameras, iPod interface (old style 30 pin ones) and a composite video AV in. Using a combination of these in contemplating getting a raspberry pi that I have laying around to do carplay/android auto to allow Waze or Google Maps to show up. Chris has wired up a dedicated box for this successfully which gave me the idea. I'm hoping to find where the ETC device injects it's audio feed as that can shout over the top of music or radio that's playing so I can have navigation prompts while listening to radio broadcasts.

Resurrecting an old thread here, but I'd also like to know the answer to this

Cheers for that, it's a different fluid for the 2.4 CVT, presume a different process too?

Interested in this too, been a while since the topic started and I'm sure a few more will have done conversions since. I've a 2009 Vellfire with 2.4 engine, but I think something must have changed in the layout under the bonnet. There's no space behind my battery for a second one. Considering a lithium one too, or maybe just a removable battery pack.

I have an 8 seater Vellfire 2009 20 series (or Gen 2) - the 20 series has 3 point proper harnesses for all eight seats unlike the earlier 10 series. The middle row of three will comfortably take three adults and the rear most seats will still get decent leg room after you slide everything about to get boot space, etc. sorted. I recently drove back from Stevenage to Edinburgh with six adults and luggage on board with pretty decent comfort and plenty of power. Same trip I had eight adults on board for a short hop from hotel to wedding venue, the very back seat is a squeeze for the 'middle' seat and although it has a proper 3 point seat belt the seat has the join between the two folding chairs and the back of it is made of two folded up arm rests, so I'd guess it wasn't that comfy. With eight adults on board, steep dual carriageway slip roads did need a bit of welly to get up to a decent speed too. I'd say that an 8 seater is fine for up to 7 people and the 7 seater will do 6 in comfort. wee kids will probably easily fit in.

Apologies to anyone if it seems I'm making any negative comments on this ad, my intention was only to help the two parties get in contact - I never ended up seeing it but from the pictures etc., it looks like a great buy still. The main reason I didn't end up buying was I ended up buying a petrol Vellfire elsewhere. I'll butt out now! 🙂