Need advise pls

[SIXSEATER]

Hi guys,

I will be converting my el gli front section to a el xr6 front and besides getting the actual bar, lights indicators and bonnett, is there anything else required?
My q is, do i need to change the left and and side guards or will my gli ones be fine?

thanks in advance.

[skewy_33]

yeh you will mate the xr indicators are different shape to the gli 1s

[SIXSEATER]

ahh ok.

well does anyone have any xr guards that they dont need?

[67rce]

Wrong skewy. You don't need different guards. Just the front bar and bonnet are the only panel differences

[FOR.0EL]

im keen on this mod too.. i remember reading sometime back a tutorial on fordmods maybe? about this conversion.


i think there is a bit of wiring and such involved but not 100% sure?

[67rce]

There is, Nathan, if you do it, send smoke_ a PM. He knows first hand what is needed to be done, NUT347's brother owns his old EF GLI that he put an EL XR front on

[SIXSEATER]

I dont think wiring is involved as i was told the xr lights wiring connector should just plug into the original gli heeadlights wiring?

[skewy_33]

my apologises just thought it would be different where the indicators sit again the front quarter panel

[krisisdog]

Make sure you get the reo with the front bar.
Wiring AFAIK isnt plug n play either...

[FOR.0EL]

if anyone has a/the link to the tutorial which is somewhere, i dont have any idea where..

that would fix all this

[bentls]

the indicators are different

[SIXSEATER]

Make sure you get the reo with the front bar.
Wiring AFAIK isnt plug n play either...

Hi mate, whats a reo?
Would i also need to pull out the wiring off the el xr aswell?

thx...

[SIXSEATER]

could someone pls hlep me out as to what a reo is?

thx

[glenneaux]

reo is the reinforcement that goes behind the plastic nose cone

[SIXSEATER]

oh right. thx mate.

I know you have to change the reo bar when coverting to a el xr6 bar to a ef falcon, but do the el gli's reo bar need to be changed over aswell or are they the same as the el xr6 bar?

[krisisdog]

The reinforcement behind the plastic front bar.

[SIXSEATER]

all i need to find out now is if a reo bar is required for a falcon gli or if they are the same as i know the ef reo bars are different...

[krisisdog]

EF/EL reo is the same, different from other models.

[SIXSEATER]

right? i thought the reo bar in my el gli it would have been the same reo bar in an el xr6, but if the ef and el happen to have the same reo bar's than i guess i have to buy a new reo aswell??

[krisisdog]

XR bars are completely different in shape and style to EL bars of any sort... They're close to EF futura/GLi bars, but the reo is slightly different because of the lighting arrangement.

[SIXSEATER]

thx for your help champ.