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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Toon on 14 February 2010, 22:24

Title: Rear lights
Post by: Toon on 14 February 2010, 22:24: I noticed whilst reversing the other day that my Mk 6 only has 1 reversing light and only 1 rear foglight too. Is that right?

I would expect that on a entry level Clio or a Corsa but a GTI? Or have I blown 2 bulbs already?

Come on VW....... you can do better than this. It looks naff too.
Title: Re: Rear lights
Post by: Jimble on 14 February 2010, 22:37: They only have one of each mate, in this country anyway, it's definately the same on the mk5 but i'm not sure about earlier models.
I totally agree they do look a bit poop! :laugh:
Title: Re: Rear lights
Post by: am1w on 14 February 2010, 22:49: Quote from: Jimble on 14 February 2010, 22:37
They only have one of each mate, in this country anyway, it's definately the same on the mk5 but i'm not sure about earlier models.
I totally agree they do look a bit poop! :laugh:

Poop, that is an understatement! :angry:
Title: Re: Rear lights
Post by: Ess_Three on 15 February 2010, 05:25: One foglight is so you know if the driver is braking, or is a fur-lined, ocean going, fu*kwitt driving about with their fog lights on.
With one high power rear light, it's fairly obvious.

As for reversing lights...how many do you need to see?

Is this really an issue?

Hell, VWs have been like this for decades.
Title: Re: Rear lights
Post by: RickS on 16 February 2010, 09:25: I think you'll find that virtually all cars only have a reversing light on one side, as someone else already pointed out, how many do you need to see? It's not as though you drive around with reversing lights on, so aesthetics is not an issue.
Title: Re: Rear lights
Post by: ErikGTI on 16 February 2010, 11:40: ....maybe in the evening/at night (e.g.with a rear camera in use :cool:) it can be helpful to get as much light as possible. :nerd:

With the MK V I had a couple of times people telling me one light was broken... :huh:
Title: Re: Rear lights
Post by: DDRFan on 17 February 2010, 00:23: an old place i used to live we had this garage, and due to the narrow street it was always required to reverse into the space, and doing it in the dark was awkward because there was no light in the garage. inevitably the one reverse light on the car wasn't really bright enough to see, so i would often turn on the rear fog lamp too, although it did make the garage very red. but it was better than crashing into the back wall.

ive been told most reverse light circuits can cope with a second light added on - dunno how true this is, never tried it myself
Title: Re: Rear lights
Post by: flc1962 on 18 February 2010, 07:37: The funny one is the static conering front fog lights had a few "hay mate one of your fog lights is broken" :wink: