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Just a few photos of a simple retrofit to my wife's little Corolla. Sold as the Auris in most parts of the world outside of Australia I believe. These things are everywhere over here but their OEM halogen headlights leave a lot to be desired.
For this retrofit I've kept it simple and opted to use Morimoto D2S 5.0 projectors. I also needed to replace the two clips which hold the headlight assemblies into the car as they self destructed upon removal of the lights. Toyota part number 53271-44010.
The housings are perma-sealed shut but some gentle heat with a heat gun and a pair of screwdrivers had them open without too much drama. Gouging all the perma-seal out to replace with butyl rubber took more effort.
A little bit of measuring later and I had a mounting bracket drawn up which would accept any G5 mounting pattern projector. Three 8 mm ball mounts attach it into the OEM housing.
Mainly just posting these photos so that others have something to reference if they're planning to try something similar as I struggled to find any information on these lights. Hopefully this helps someone out!
For this retrofit I've kept it simple and opted to use Morimoto D2S 5.0 projectors. I also needed to replace the two clips which hold the headlight assemblies into the car as they self destructed upon removal of the lights. Toyota part number 53271-44010.
The housings are perma-sealed shut but some gentle heat with a heat gun and a pair of screwdrivers had them open without too much drama. Gouging all the perma-seal out to replace with butyl rubber took more effort.
A little bit of measuring later and I had a mounting bracket drawn up which would accept any G5 mounting pattern projector. Three 8 mm ball mounts attach it into the OEM housing.
Mainly just posting these photos so that others have something to reference if they're planning to try something similar as I struggled to find any information on these lights. Hopefully this helps someone out!
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