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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Jeni_R_ on 03 November 2017, 10:11
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Would anyone be so kind in telling me where i access the wiring for the interior ambient lights so i can swap the ends round to make them red as per previous post couple years back Cebbes (no longer active) did this and it worked but i am unsure where to access the wiring i have manage to source the Haynes Manual for my car but its like reading swaheely and i cant find a direct link on it to the wiring
Anyone know where i should be looking ?
TIA
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Not sure but pretty sure that you would have to remove the door cards.
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Not sure but pretty sure that you would have to remove the door cards.
great thanks i just needed to know that was the case thanks
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Got doot card off but fkd if i know what cables to swap around theres 3 blue brown and a white goes into the ambient light socket not got a scooby so stuck it bak on again
Bollox :sad:
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Got doot card off but fkd if i know what cables to swap around theres 3 blue brown and a white goes into the ambient light socket not got a scooby so stuck it bak on again
Bollox :sad:
Brown and white I reckon.
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Got doot card off but fkd if i know what cables to swap around theres 3 blue brown and a white goes into the ambient light socket not got a scooby so stuck it bak on again
Bollox :sad:
Brown and white I reckon.
How do u remove the wires ? Do they pop out ?
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Got doot card off but fkd if i know what cables to swap around theres 3 blue brown and a white goes into the ambient light socket not got a scooby so stuck it bak on again
Bollox :sad:
Brown and white I reckon.
How do u remove the wires ? Do they pop out ?
I haven't got a clue but I would think if they don't disconnect easily then I'd just cut them and strip back and swap them over.
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Got doot card off but fkd if i know what cables to swap around theres 3 blue brown and a white goes into the ambient light socket not got a scooby so stuck it bak on again
Bollox :sad:
Brown and white I reckon.
How do u remove the wires ? Do they pop out ?
I haven't got a clue but I would think if they don't disconnect easily then I'd just cut them and strip back and swap them over.
OK so NOWHERE shows what colpours to swap nor tells me what colour is what i gather
BROWN = LOAD
Blue = NEUTRAL
So what the hell is the white one ?
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Can you post any pics of the wiring/pins?
From Cebbes post: Ambient lighting in Doors are led, so this has two connection pin 1 and pin 2.
So when you switch the kabel with pin 1 to pin 2 and pin 2 to pin 1 you will get red lights. yust reverse
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Can you post any pics of the wiring/pins?
From Cebbes post: Ambient lighting in Doors are led, so this has two connection pin 1 and pin 2.
So when you switch the kabel with pin 1 to pin 2 and pin 2 to pin 1 you will get red lights. yust reverse
Below is the thread for someone fitting the emergency door light it shows the connections
http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13887
(https://s20.postimg.org/dh0pggekt/image.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/l9rd8fkjt/)
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Below is the thread for someone fitting the emergency door light it shows the connections
http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13887
(https://s20.postimg.org/dh0pggekt/image.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/l9rd8fkjt/)
Seeing as that's my picture & thread...
Look at the connector for the ambient wiring there is a groove/join line across the width hallway down...there will be a flap which is hinged at one end & that groove is the area where the loose end flips up...you just need to look carefully at the connector from the side...flip up the side & then the pins come out...or they might need a paperclip (straight) into the holes where the pin end on face is...
Brown is earth, blue is power to door handle light & white is power to ambient lighting....that's at the 32pin door control module...so the blue & white there has me confused..
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Below is the thread for someone fitting the emergency door light it shows the connections
http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13887
(https://s20.postimg.org/dh0pggekt/image.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/l9rd8fkjt/)
Seeing as that's my picture & thread...
Look at the connector for the ambient wiring there is a groove/join line across the width hallway down...there will be a flap which is hinged at one end & that groove is the area where the loose end flips up...you just need to look carefully at the connector from the side...flip up the side & then the pins come out...or they might need a paperclip (straight) into the holes where the pin end on face is...
Hurrah someone that knows their stuff :grin:
Came across this flap earlier tried to push the pins out and no budge :undecided: too dark when i get in now so will try again at the weekend
This is the flap i lifted earlier and underneatg i could see the metal of the wires i tried to slide them out but no joy
(https://s20.postimg.org/fcxn99ail/Screenshot_20171106-203858.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/40l1rh1tl/)
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Hurrah someone that knows their stuff :grin:
Came across this flap earlier tried to push the pins out and no budge :undecided: too dark when i get in now so will try again at the weekend
This is the flap i lifted earlier and underneatg i could see the metal of the wires i tried to slide them out but no joy
(https://s20.postimg.org/fcxn99ail/Screenshot_20171106-203858.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/40l1rh1tl/)
You are in the correct area....if you get the flap up & open that's the first unlock...just look at the pins from the end one..right side of connector in picture...you see sliver slot where the pin is, then two shiny black (looks white) squares to the right of it...the black bit in between is a slot to feed in a pin/paperclip to then press in a one way spring tag on the metal pin which also holds it in..
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Hurrah someone that knows their stuff :grin:
Came across this flap earlier tried to push the pins out and no budge :undecided: too dark when i get in now so will try again at the weekend
This is the flap i lifted earlier and underneatg i could see the metal of the wires i tried to slide them out but no joy
(https://s20.postimg.org/fcxn99ail/Screenshot_20171106-203858.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/40l1rh1tl/)
You are in the correct area....if you get the flap up & open that's the first unlock...just look at the pins from the end one..right side of connector in picture...you see sliver slot where the pin is, then two shiny black (looks white) squares to the right of it...the black bit in between is a slot to feed in a pin/paperclip to then press in a one way spring tag on the metal pin which also holds it in..
Right Golfdave u better be on here at the weekend ! Failing that do u live near Stirling :grin:
Will try it then see how it goes sods bloody law swapping the wires will be pointless and will stay white !
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Right Golfdave u better be on here at the weekend ! Failing that do u live near Stirling :grin:
Will try it then see how it goes sods bloody law swapping the wires will be pointless and will stay white !
I'll try to be....
& I live near to Inverness...so a couple of hours drive away...mind you I do have VCDS..& a couple of 3ton trolley jacks, & a load of tools...... :cool:
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Right Golfdave u better be on here at the weekend ! Failing that do u live near Stirling :grin:
Will try it then see how it goes sods bloody law swapping the wires will be pointless and will stay white !
I'll try to be....
& I live near to Inverness...so a couple of hours drive away...mind you I do have VCDS..& a couple of 3ton trolley jacks, & a load of tools...... :cool:
VCDS thats the obdeleven gubbins eh ? Could be worth the day trip :wink: :grin:
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Its just occurred to me when u take the door card off and unhook all the clips the ambient light clip attached to the door card and essentially the bulb, has 2 black and 1 red wire perhaps these are what i should be changing rather than the clip attached to the wire loom ?
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Its just occurred to me when u take the door card off and unhook all the clips the ambient light clip attached to the door card and essentially the bulb, has 2 black and 1 red wire perhaps these are what i should be changing rather than the clip attached to the wire loom ?
Could well be.....as you need to reverse the wires on the door card..as the wiring looms are the same, but the door cards are different depending on trim spec..so it might be the ticket...
OBD11 shmeven...
VCDS is a wee bit more powerfull...& I've lost count of the adaptions I've done to mine...mind you I recode the light in the hatch to switch when you open the tailgate..so the LED licence plate lights don't blind me...I have the estate, licence plate in hatch
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Quite glad i asked that now ! Its a similar connector with the flaps that lift showing the wires only dif is its got numbers 1 to 4 with one red and two black wires going into 1 2 and 3 will pm u on Saturday when i get in about it....if u dont mind that is :smiley:
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Quite glad i asked that now ! Its a similar connector with the flaps that lift showing the wires only dif is its got numbers 1 to 4 with one red and two black wires going into 1 2 and 3 will pm u on Saturday when i get in about it....if u dont mind that is :smiley:
No problems...
My thread on fitting the door warning lights is pretty good info for removing the door cards...& the connector as you say should be easy...
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So it would appear the following means that the LED in the door card is a single colour unit however there are 3 wires on the connector 1 red and 2 black, will it make any difference or will it be the case that it is just one colour its just there are 3 wires ? i just wonder as Cebbes said to swap the pins around so judging by the 3 wires there is clearly 2 neg and 1 positive will swapping 1 red and 1 black make a difference as there is still a negative ? or am i being daft it is quite possible :grin:
(https://s20.postimg.org/3zvbmdzj1/wires.png) (https://postimg.org/image/cuw5wwobd/)
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So it would appear the following means that the LED in the door card is a single colour unit however there are 3 wires on the connector 1 red and 2 black, will it make any difference or will it be the case that it is just one colour its just there are 3 wires ? i just wonder as Cebbes said to swap the pins around so judging by the 3 wires there is clearly 2 neg and 1 positive will swapping 1 red and 1 black make a difference as there is still a negative ? or am i being daft it is quite possible :grin:
(https://s20.postimg.org/3zvbmdzj1/wires.png) (https://postimg.org/image/cuw5wwobd/)
I'd try it as if you have 2 x neg & 1 x pos on the door card side of the wiring then basically they have two led circuits....pos to both but only neg to one which means the other one won't work as the circuit is not complete as no neg...
So disconnect the existing neg to disable that led circuit & connect the other neg to connect that LED circuit...
Simples...
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haaaaaaaaa simple aye nae bother :grin:
i shall send you a picture on Saturday :rolleyes: because even though i just read what you said 5 times i still dont know which neg is connected to the working connection the wee black box has numbers 1 to 4 on them and i am not sure what ones were connected strange why they would have 2 neg and 1 positive ....no ?
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Replaced footwell lights tonight and theyre really no bright at all ive got the slider to 100% any ideas ?
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(https://s20.postimg.org/ta9uecov1/Screenshot_20171107-191702.png) (https://postimg.org/image/80m83i8k9/)
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haaaaaaaaa simple aye nae bother :grin:
i shall send you a picture on Saturday :rolleyes: because even though i just read what you said 5 times i still dont know which neg is connected to the working connection the wee black box has numbers 1 to 4 on them and i am not sure what ones were connected strange why they would have 2 neg and 1 positive ....no ?
i think he's saying the live (red wire) should not be touched, it's the black wires that are the ones that decide the colour, so one black is to earth (making the circuit (white led)) and the other is not connected (not making the circuit (red led)), so swapping the two blacks over will make the red circuit and break the white circuit giving you a red glow
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Replaced footwell lights tonight and theyre really no bright at all ive got the slider to 100% any ideas ?
The footwell lights are not very bright on the Golf, at 100% they are the same brightness as the ones in my old CC were at 20%
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Replaced footwell lights tonight and theyre really no bright at all ive got the slider to 100% any ideas ?
The footwell lights are not very bright on the Golf, at 100% they are the same brightness as the ones in my old CC were at 20%
I put the blues in and they are slightly brighter :wink:
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Some LEDs are better than others ime. I've found the ones with larger smd tabs (squares) much better in terms of output than the ones with small smd tabs, even though the latter may have more tabs.
So for example these
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better than these ime
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171108/a73c5edae9edb184ff75cc41b64223a1.jpg)
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(https://s1.postimg.org/10e5puzcwv/20171109_183016.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/58tczoplp7/)
(https://s1.postimg.org/23dv0qstwv/20171109_183025.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/1b0zj0c86j/)
How do i get the pins out ? Anyone help
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You need a tool like
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F182857308529
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Well ive not got one and no patience left so alternatively ?? :grin:
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The other option is to try a hair clip, the type your gran would have had but the one think you don't want to do is pull too hard because if you pull the wire out without the pin then it is much harder to remove the pin.
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The other option is to try a hair clip, the type your gran would have had but the one think you don't want to do is pull too hard because if you pull the wire out without the pin then it is much harder to remove the pin.
Where do i stick the pin ?
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(https://s1.postimg.org/85rvgbavtr/Screenshot_20171109-190656.png) (https://postimg.org/image/1rd9kpsza3/)
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(https://s1.postimg.org/8289im0vu7/Screenshot_20171109-190957.png) (https://postimg.org/image/8y4qy2aka3/)
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Rather than taking the pins out and it not working, have you tried with a piece of wire joining what pins you are trying to join first to save you going to this bother in case it doesn't work?
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Old thread I know, but did you get anywhere with this mod Jeni ?
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Nah gave up have blue leds in footwells thatll do me grand :) hope u had a fab xmas and new year