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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: FroGTI on 06 October 2009, 17:50
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Over on the MkVI board, we are being encouraged to come out of our cosy little world and take part in other boards, so here goes... :smiley:
Does anyone here know how to get at the little lights in the door mirrors. They are sometimes referred to as 'puddle lights' and I think they are probably very similar on the MkV. Specifically, I am looking to replace the bulb with a white LED to match the interior LED lighting which I have just installed.
Thanks for any help :wink:
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There was a 'how to' for changing the clear indicator lenses to smoked ones and it showed how to disassemble the wing mirrors but alas that how to no longer seems to be in existance.
You could try and have a look here
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=54324.0
and find the appropriate manual for the mirrors.
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Many thanks for your help. I managed to download the appropriate PDF file after a bit of messing about (you can only get at them via the homepage - in Russian - the link on here didn't work), now it's just a question of whether I dare apply enough leverage on the mirror glass to remove it without shattering it :undecided:
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If you right click on the link and save target as (using IE not firefox or any other browser it should work?).
Those who have done the indicator lens swap reckon its easier than it looks but I would agree that levering glass in any situation is a nerve racking experience!
Good Luck.
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I didnt think the mk5 came with puddle lights?? :huh:
the wing mirrors seem quite different from the mk6. Well done Frog!! you pick the one part that isnt the same :tongue: :grin:
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I didnt think the mk5 came with puddle lights?? :huh:
Part of the luxuary / lighting pack weren't they :huh:
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I didnt think the mk5 came with puddle lights?? :huh:
Part of the luxuary / lighting pack weren't they :huh:
Yes, I've got them and was thinking about repalcing the bulbs with LEDs, but read too many reports of them not working correctly.
Are plug and play LEDs available yet?
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I got error messages when I tried putting LEDs in the front lights and the rear number plate, but all the interior lights were P&P (except, weirdly, the glovebox which required a new holder). I am assuming, perhaps wrongly, that the OBC is too lazy to monitor the puddle lights :smiley:
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Well done Frog!! you pick the one part that isnt the same :tongue: :grin:
I hope VWKev doesn't see your post :wink:
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Well done Frog!! you pick the one part that isnt the same :tongue: :grin:
I hope VWKev doesn't see your post :wink:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I got error messages when I tried putting LEDs in the front lights and the rear number plate, but all the interior lights were P&P (except, weirdly, the glovebox which required a new holder). I am assuming, perhaps wrongly, that the OBC is too lazy to monitor the puddle lights :smiley:
Do you have any links to these bulbs?
Thanks!
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Here's my DIY on the MkVI board: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=131188.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=131188.0)
It contains more or less all the information you need. It's really a very easy mod', you just pull the stock bulbs out and push the LEDs in. The overall effect is like this MkV:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/darkneo2k1/DSC_0056.jpg)
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Cheers :)
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I didnt think the mk5 came with puddle lights?? :huh:
My Mk5 has puddle lights - but I had to spec them as an 'options pack' (can't remember which one though :embarassed:)
And they are 'kin good too. :afro:
the wing mirrors seem quite different from the mk6. Well done Frog!! you pick the one part that isnt the same :tongue: :grin:
LOL
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Well done Frog!! you pick the one part that isnt the same :tongue: :grin:
I hope VWKev doesn't see your post :wink:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
^^ x2 :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: