AC's XLR
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Ok so I'm 27 years old but completely computer illiterate so please bare with me if I can't figure out a lot of things on this message board. I have a 2004 Cadillac XLR that I am currently in the process of customizing. I have had about 30 Cadillac's that have all underdone my customization, I am an artist at heart so this process brings me much joy! I have customized my Caddys from my 1959 all the way up to in the 2000's. Here is a list of things I have already done or am in the process of doing or thinking about doing to my XLR, all feedback is greatly appreciated!!! Re painted the GM Hot Lava color of the 2008 CTS.Brand new extremely soft leather Upholstry with perforated orange suede inserts, dash, rollbars, and orange seat belts. The Cadillac shield logo embroidered in orange very large on the head rests almost covering the whole thing, and the script logo also embroidered in orange on the section under the head rest but above the suede inserts. An iPad mini in dash as the infotainment system with a cd changer underneath with a screen for the rear view camera (all covered in the perforated orange suede) I didn't want to go with the mirror camera because I didn't want to lose my onstar and map lights, and in my line of work I still need a CD player in the car. Front parking sensors. Debaged the sides but kept the XLR logo on the right back but replaced the Northstar logo on the left with the Cadillac script logo from the 97-99 Deville's. A chrome mesh rear license plate grille that extends to the reverse lights originally made for the corvette. Halo head lights and fog lamps. Converted all lights to bright white led. Lamborghini doors. Painted calipers and engine cover to match the exterior (hot lava aka sunburst orange) corsa exhaust, rear sway bar, illuminated door sills (orange of course) that have the Cadillac script logo which is nice cause its directly above the XLR logo, so it reads appropriately "Cadillac XLR" the illuminated cadillac badge logo wind restricter with the break module, this one I got in red instead of orange so it matches the tail lights. Orange ambient lighting inside the vehicle and thru the grille. Drilled and slotted rooters, iPhone alarm system with remote start, almost limo tint all around the vehicle except for the windshield, but even on the roof to give the appearance of a large panoramic sun roof while the top is up, a suede headliner, rolls Royce carpet and Cadillac logo floor mats also made from the rolls Royce carpet, cold air intake, updated key fobs (maybe) Now there are two things I'm stuck on and I would LOVE some help with!! Rims and a grille!!! I currently have 22 inch all chrome Diablo rims on with low pro tires, but I want a change, there are three different types of rim that in a perfect world I could combine into what I feel would be the ultimate rim for my XLR, first off the brand new 2013 stock Escalade 22 inch rim, in aluminum and in chrome with that sexy Cadillac logo all big in the middle and it's sharp aggressive lines matching those of the XLR! I'm not at all worried about bolt pattern cause my guy can customize that no problem. I love certain things about the aluminum but also the bling of the chrome, I would love to have certain parts aluminum for the darker shading but chrome for the parts that need to stand out! But there is one thing that my XLR has now that I would NEED of my wheels which almost takes the escalade wheels off the table..... No lip! I LOVE a big fat lip on some staggered wheels and of course I can't have that with the escalade wheels (no lip at all) like a beautiful woman with no curves 
on the other hand I found these amazing Asanti wheels (which looks like the direction I'm heading in) huge lip and could totally customize the color along with the chrome any way I like it, with the huge Asanti lettering on the lip itself, of course I'm going to make the rim consist of chrome, brushed aluminum and the hot lava color. But sadly the Asanti nor any other wheel I could find has the spokes of this new escalade (almost like the Cadillac Ciel concept wheel) that I feel compliments the XLR so perfectly! And also no big bad Cadillac logo in the center of the wheel. Ok, now to the grille, first off let me start by saying I love and use my adaptive cruise control all the time and would never want to lose it. With that said I think that the lower mesh grille that fits in between the cruise control sensors looks too much like a license plate, and I have no front plate for a reason! I think it ruins the front look of the vehicle! So if I get the bottom mesh grille I will be painting it black. I did read however that someone had a mesh grille that covered the entire cruise control sensors and that the acc was still working perfectly fine. If that was the case then I'd opt for that. So now it's between the e&g grille or the Strut grille, and my question is this... Why is the strut grille literally 10 times the price? Literally! E&g grille $500, Strut grille $5,000. If it actually blings more in the sun or looks nicer I don't mind spending the extra money, but if the only difference is the name then I'd rather get the e&g and instead of putting the factory Cadillac badge logo in the center I'll get the Cadillac badge logo from the new escalade ext rear and slap that on the center grille so it takes up way more mesh real estate and gives it a much more dramatic look. A few other things I want to do like if I paint the lower center grille black I'd leave the left and right sides chrome and put the chrome XLR badge in the center of the black mesh. And just FYI I did like the Cadillac script logo better than the Cadillac badge logo for the windrestrictor but the script logo looks backward when looking at the vehicle from the front to whereas the badge is correct no matter how you see it. Thank you so very much for reading all this! I'd love to hear some feedback! It would all be appreciated! Thanks!!And just so y'all know I've been reading this site for quite some time now so although I'm new to all y'all, I'm quite familiar with most of your posts.
on the other hand I found these amazing Asanti wheels (which looks like the direction I'm heading in) huge lip and could totally customize the color along with the chrome any way I like it, with the huge Asanti lettering on the lip itself, of course I'm going to make the rim consist of chrome, brushed aluminum and the hot lava color. But sadly the Asanti nor any other wheel I could find has the spokes of this new escalade (almost like the Cadillac Ciel concept wheel) that I feel compliments the XLR so perfectly! And also no big bad Cadillac logo in the center of the wheel. Ok, now to the grille, first off let me start by saying I love and use my adaptive cruise control all the time and would never want to lose it. With that said I think that the lower mesh grille that fits in between the cruise control sensors looks too much like a license plate, and I have no front plate for a reason! I think it ruins the front look of the vehicle! So if I get the bottom mesh grille I will be painting it black. I did read however that someone had a mesh grille that covered the entire cruise control sensors and that the acc was still working perfectly fine. If that was the case then I'd opt for that. So now it's between the e&g grille or the Strut grille, and my question is this... Why is the strut grille literally 10 times the price? Literally! E&g grille $500, Strut grille $5,000. If it actually blings more in the sun or looks nicer I don't mind spending the extra money, but if the only difference is the name then I'd rather get the e&g and instead of putting the factory Cadillac badge logo in the center I'll get the Cadillac badge logo from the new escalade ext rear and slap that on the center grille so it takes up way more mesh real estate and gives it a much more dramatic look. A few other things I want to do like if I paint the lower center grille black I'd leave the left and right sides chrome and put the chrome XLR badge in the center of the black mesh. And just FYI I did like the Cadillac script logo better than the Cadillac badge logo for the windrestrictor but the script logo looks backward when looking at the vehicle from the front to whereas the badge is correct no matter how you see it. Thank you so very much for reading all this! I'd love to hear some feedback! It would all be appreciated! Thanks!!And just so y'all know I've been reading this site for quite some time now so although I'm new to all y'all, I'm quite familiar with most of your posts.
