I like the broken up LED of the older one. It looks better to me. But the 2023 style is not bad either. As for compatibility. It's hard to tell. But the 2023 headlights look narrower at the grill and bumper part.

 

Both are great... the 2023 is more sleek (and easier to do an amber delete!) however, the pre-23 is more unique.

 

The headlight turn signals on the 2023+ Corolla wrap around the top of the lamps which give it a unique look. You'll see people doing the sequential mod on them soon.

 

I created my own

 

I prefer the '22 headlights, but only slightly. I'm wondering if '23 lights actually use the LED strip as the DRL. If that's the case it might sway my vote lol

 

I can confirm a big fat no to that one. It uses the headlights as DRLs. It also turns the respected headlight off when you have the turn signal on. Not sure why Toyota chose to do this.

 

That's dope, love it.

 

I'm not a fan of the claw-shape front headlight housing design in general, or the exaggerated, overstyled look of it (which is common on newer designs these days). It looks pretty awful from certain angles IMO, & was one of the things I liked the least about my 2020 SE sedan. The taillight housings also had a somewhat cheap/budget look to them (Same with the new Corolla Cross). Toyota could have done a lot better on both.

My older-school 2015 Yaris SE had better looking headlights & taillights (IMO) & that was even with the US version front/back light housings being less-spectacular than the European/Asian market version Yaris (which happens a lot for some reason when comparing North American version vehicles to other-market siblings). But, as with everything subjective, "Eye of the Beholder" I suppose.

 

I re wired my LED "J's" to operate as my DRL's as seen in the vid above

 

Oooo....write up please 🙏🏾
Lol

 

That's a vote for the newer design from me.

 

They both kinda look ebay social gimmicky to me... but If I had to vote id go with the newer one... slightly more elegant gimmicky

 

I’m biased, but I genuinely prefer the older “J” design headlights. The combination of that headlight design, and the LED strip below makes for a very cool and unique look.

The newer design is attractive also, but comes off as a little more cost cutting to me.


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Newer 2023 shut off headlight when signal is on, and for that I vote 22 and earlier. That's the dumbest design I've ever seen. Think all dodges do that enough said

 

While i have to agree it looks stupid - if i had to guess maybe its a way to make the signal more noticeable in a situation such as when the headlights are shining bright at night, the signals might get washed out by the bright leds causing more of a potential hazard.

..or they just did it to look cool which obviously backfired.

 

It's only DRL that turn off not headlights when headlights are turned on....

 

I'll have to check my car later with headlights on as apposed to DRL on. I'm pretty sure I've never seen a pre 23 corolla turn off either with signal on but I might be wrong.

 

You can control whether the headlights remain on after exit through the "audio touch screen" under "Settings-vehicle customizations-lights.....

 

Is that the lever on the left side and you switch to "DRL off"???
I will have to check the manual. I cannot tell if the DRL's are on. At least there is a switch to shut down all lights. I do have trouble engaging the fog lights because there are two settings for the headlights. i am not even sure what the DRL' look like. The fogs are so tiny and I believe it is that top switch to turn on but the headlight switch must be in a certain position for those fogs to work. At least I know how to shut off everything. There is also an "A" on the lower left corner next to the dash illimination dial. Is that for auto highbeams?

 

I created my own

Materials and tutorial????

 

Installed a 1.5 years ago with no issues. Very easy install for both:

Amazon.com

Amazon.com

 

The IIHS rates the 2022 non-adaptive headlights as "mediocre", and the 2023 as "good". Regardless of aesthetics, and being firmly in the "old guy" phase of my life, I prefer lights that help me see better. So I'd prefer the 2023+ design. Alas my 2020 SE has "mediocre" headlights with the J-LEDs which I consider totally useless given that the main beams are also the DRLs. I've helped them a bit by aiming them very slightly higher. Even stock they're better than the halogens on our Golf Sportwagen.