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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: mikemk4gti on 02 December 2009, 19:31
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Decided to have a go at doing a DIY W8 mod with a few LED's fitted into the standard light.
So I got some 3mm red LED's off ebay. Tried to remove the interior light today but broke the bl**dy thing :angry:
Anyway, glued it back together for now and fitted the LED's (note that the earth wires are soldered to the wrong place here, they should go to the brown wire going into the light)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/mhar737/02122009512.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/mhar737/02122009513.jpg)
You can see where its been glued :sad:
I was going to put them into the lens part but decided not to in the end. I'll put it into the car soon and see what its like. I did try it on a battery and it did look good :smiley:
If I like it I'll get a new light and do it properly, So if anyone has a spare interior light let me know please :wink:
Mike.
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as luck would have it i have my one i removed when i fitted my w8 light boxed with my spares :wink:
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still after a spare if anyones got one lying around as northeasts is beige and I need the light grey one.
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as luck would have it i have my one i removed when i fitted my w8 light boxed with my spares :wink:
I have a grey one from when I fitted my W8 but I have a sunroof!
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Finished off by fitting the light today and running the wire to get the feed from the headlight switch.
Really pleased with how it looks and it can be dimmed using the normal dimmer like the rest of the lights. :smiley:
Have took a pic but didn't come out to well.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/mhar737/03122009514.jpg)
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I have one mate
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they look good mate, wish i could do them myself lol, but not that clever when it comes to stuff like this lol
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looks cracking that mate! :smiley:
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they look good mate, wish i could do them myself lol, but not that clever when it comes to stuff like this lol
Its REALLY easy to do mate, 2 x 3mm LED's off ebay, a drill and a 3mm drill bit. about 1.5m of cable and a few connectors.
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they look good mate, wish i could do them myself lol, but not that clever when it comes to stuff like this lol
Its REALLY easy to do mate, 2 x 3mm LED's off ebay, a drill and a 3mm drill bit. about 1.5m of cable and a few connectors.
Sounds like you should do a write up for the how to section matey :cool: . I assume it worked out a lot cheaper than buying an actual W8 light?
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your light is on it's way to you mate :smiley:
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Sounds like you should do a write up for the how to section matey :cool: . I assume it worked out a lot cheaper than buying an actual W8 light?
Yea, put a how-to up. :cool:
Is there any soldering involved for those tiny LEDs, if so count me out. :grin:
Looks nice tho.
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It should of worked out costing me £1.89 as thats how much I paid for 5 led's even though I only used 2. But As I broke the light removing it I had to get a new one (from wazzzer).
I should of taken more photo's really to do a proper how to. I soldered the joints but its not neccesary really. The led's I got came prewired, There is 3 wires going to your interior light, the brown one is earth so you need to connect the black wire from the led to this, then run a wire from your headlight switch to the red wire on the led - job done. I'll take my headlight switch out over the weekend to get apic of which wire it connects to as theres loads.
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these are the led's I used, if you look in his shop theres different colours and sizes available.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350228635958&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
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looks good,goin to have ago at doin this,how are the bulbs held in place?
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Looks spot on mate, goin to have go of mine on Monday
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looks good,goin to have ago at doin this,how are the bulbs held in place?
If you have a look at the link to the led's you can see they have a sort of collar so if you push them through the 3mm hole that you drill from the back then use a bit of super glue they should stay put.
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thought that was the way to go,just wanted to make sure,cheers :wink:
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I have another light now, (thanks wazzzer :wink:) So I might do it different the next time by putting the leds in the smoked lens so you can't tell there there until there on.
heres the pic of the headlight switch to show which wire to connect to
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/mhar737/05122009516.jpg)
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Was it much of a job running the live feed wire to the headlight switch from the interior lamp? Where did you run it to, through the headlining. :undecided:
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Was it much of a job running the live feed wire to the headlight switch from the interior lamp? Where did you run it to, through the headlining. :undecided:
When I fitted my W8 light, I ran the wire over the headlining and then down the door seal to the dash. Once the interior light is out and the door seal is pulled away it's quite easy to run the wiring :wink:
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yeah, once the light was out I pulled the drivers door seal off at the A pillar, then pushed the wire through from the light side till it came aout near the top of the A pillar then ran it inside the A pillar and behind the dash.
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ah right, so pull light out and push wiring through under the headlining till it pokes out by top of door were the seal would sit? If its as easy as it sounds then i will defo be doing this next weekend :smiley:
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have now done a how to for this:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=137032.0