[2001] Crossgolf's build thread

I added three extra trunk lights and upgraded all the interiour lights to LED. Except the reading lights in the front. They would have been too bright.

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The three trunk lights I uses are of a Volkswagen Golf MKIII. But everything else will fit. Hooked them all up to the normal trunk light.

The LEDs I used are all "warm white" in color.


The headlights are almost finished !!! Thank god this project is coming to an end.


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They are not in order but I hope you enjoy them anyways. This was the biggest project so far for this car. I worked half a year on these. With lots of week long brakes inbetween of course.

The projectors are Mini D2S and I used the S-Max shrouds.

I used Morimoto ballasts from TRS. An old version that I bought in 2011. The old versions are too big to go inside.

I tried to fit smaller Chinese ballasts in there like you did but I was worried that they could interfere with the electric height control. So I used the stock mounts underneath the headlights. This is one reason why I used the EU/JDM back housings.

With the ballasts mounted there I can still take out the headlight without taking anything else off the car.

The relay is for a later project. It cuts off the high beam shutter from the halogen high beam whenever the low beam is off. I did this because I would like to add DRL to the high beam bulb with a PWM.

The wiring outside of the headlight is totally stock. All the plugs are stock as well so it only takes minutes to take the headlights out. I am not too worried about the stock harness because this car had HID low beams in Japan and I assume the wiring is the same.

First I thought that the black lens holder looks cheap but when I saw it in the headlight with the black bezel surrounding it I thought it matches quite well.


Regarding the trunk lights:
Sorry I don't have a part number. I took three identical lights from three Volkswagen Golf MKIII that I found at the salvage yard. . BMW uses similar lights that are just a little bit longer. Actually almost everything works. There is quite a bit space behind the carpet in all three spots.

I tapped the wiring into the original trunk light in the headliner. I didn't really look for another power source but all the fairing came off really easy. This project took less than two hours over all.
The trunk light has two wires and one ground. So it is best to get the power directly at the bulb because than all the other lights switch at the same time.
[Door/On/Off]-Settings work on all lights simutaneously. Unfortunetly I did not take any pictures of it but it is really easy to set it up.