Rachids XLi to GLTSJDMi+ project

wow nice work

Very nice car.

I dont read the thread because I am on my phone, but where do you find the mesh grill and do you custum you tweeter on the mirror or is OEM? How do you do that? I want to put tweeter but I dont want to cut on the door panel and I want a clean job.

Wow, those are some bright corners. They look good though.

Hey mate,

The mesh grill is home made, not so tough and I think I could do better now... but I won't since I have way too many projects going on nowadays

The tweeter is not all my work, can't take the credit on most of it... the owner before me made them globally, I'm just finetuning now. You could buy OEM ones, but I recon that'd be pricey...

You could just try abit on some spare covers with polyester though, they shouldn't cost that much I presume.

Oh I forgot to mention, I wired both of the bulbs in the corners to parking light... and actually quite like the look of it! A bit Volvo-ish, but.... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better!

As for Dave, yeah I got some nice and bright LEDs for the T10 holder! Love it!

Oh wow, those are LEDs in your corners? They match almost perfectly with your headlights. What kind of bulbs do you have in your headlights?

Can you post a picture in daylight? Which headlights do you have?

Awesome Rachid, I'm loving it M

Thanks all, and yes David those as LEDs, I've attached a pic below:



As for the headlights, I have bi-xenon 6000K HID bulbs in 'em Never want to drive without HIDs again!

And the headlights I have currently on are my (painted) black OEM STD H4 headlights.

Will try to get some pics up in daylight

How much smd? 20? Mine have 5 smd.

Can you take big shoot of the tweeter pod plz and of the grill? What material do you use(and colour) and how do you do it? I see the DIY of Chris. Its the way to go?

In Indonesia,this AE101 very rare....nice car 'bro.....

Looking good Rachid! The new corner lights look awesome. Can't wait to see the air purifier installed!!

^ hahaha me three Scott, me three! I do need to make a new shelf board out of MDF... since the OEM one is way too weak (and needs to be replaced anyways)... Will probably be a project for next summer. (Or at least when the weather gets better)

As for daylight pics, just shot some with my phone...

So fresh and clean. Looking good buddy

I really want too get an FX bumper!
I found one in a junkyard, just waiting for a reply.

Corolla Sound wrote:

So fresh and clean. Looking good buddy

Thanks mate! but still think it would've been nicer if it was a saloon

And Yankee, hahaha, yeah that bumper rocks indeed

looks super cool rachid

Cars looking really good.

Ahh I love your car... it looks better every day haha.

Hey mate, the car's looking top notch! Very clean.

Whatever happened to your custom head light project lol?

And those aren't US corner lights? I've only seen them in the US, especially with the orange reflector and lit up with the head lights.

Those are definitely not US corner lights. The US lights are flushed with the amber reflector and doesn't have a light bulb for it. The amber on his new corner lights flares out and has a light bulb in it and I believe it's a turn signal too.

Thanks mate, yeah I didn't see the bump at first, and it does appear to have 2 bulbs in each light.

Yeah those are the JDM corner lights. I was the one who sent them to him . The turn signals are built into the raised orange section.

car is looking nice bro em glad u got it fixed

gold94corolla wrote:

Hey mate, the car's looking top notch! Very clean.

Whatever happened to your custom head light project lol?

Thanks Mate! And dr Sheh, haven't fixed it fully yet tho.... still saving up for the paintjob

My custom headlights Chris are waiting for budget to pump into it, still want the Retrofit kit III or IV, but iirc the III specs fit my goal better. It is happening, no worries however nowadays I'm in doubt as I want power adjustable headlights.... so might just merge the JDM black housings with my EDM power adjustable unit. Ambitious? Nah, just setting goals

Its good to have a goal, especially when the other team scores less.

Goals are how things get invented