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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: FroGTI on 10 March 2010, 11:00
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For those thinking about retrofitting a set of LED rear lights, I just sold my stock lights to a TDI owner for £150.
Total cost therefore was £380 (LEDs sourced in Germany, adapter cables, OBC reprogramming by dealer) less £150 = £230
...and the best part is that my wife hasn't noticed :grin:
A quick reminder of the end result:
(http://www.golfgti6.com/ledsout.jpg)
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Getting £150 is a pretty sweet deal. Did you just ebay them ?
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is it hard to fit the LED lights ??
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Getting £150 is a pretty sweet deal. Did you just ebay them ?
I did try them on eBay, but there was little interest so I put them on another French classifieds site and found a buyer in Paris quite quickly...
Fitting them physically is a piece of cake (not even a 15-minute job). The tricky part was getting my dealer to do the reprogramming (especially as I hadn't bought the lights from them). For more details, see this long thread from about page 30 onwards: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=131404.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=131404.0)
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does the fact I have a right hand drive affect the process at all think i heard it cant be done if you have RHD ????
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does the fact I have a right hand drive affect the process at all think i heard it cant be done if you have RHD ????
I don't really see why it would make any difference, other than the fact you would obviously need a set of RHD lights to ensure the reverse and fog lights were on the correct sides...
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No its no different for RHD all you need is the RHD inner lights (so the reversing light and the foglight are on the correct sides)
SteveP's how too: http://mk6.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=81.0
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I also sold me via ebay, also to a GT owner but for £5 less than the Frog :smiley:
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Soooooo preeeeetttyyyyyy! :drool:
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Soooooo preeeeetttyyyyyy! :drool:
Thanks. I must admit that when I see other Mk6s on the roads now, especially ones with the basic bright red lights, I can't help feeling they look really old fashioned.
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Soooooo preeeeetttyyyyyy! :drool:
Thanks. I must admit that when I see other Mk6s on the roads now, especially ones with the basic bright red lights, I can't help feeling they look really old fashioned.
I'll 100% agree with that. Just cant afford to take the plunge for them at the moment or I would have. Darn holiday to pay for this year too so gotta split the spare cash for that :sad:
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For those thinking about retrofitting a set of LED rear lights, I just sold my stock lights to a TDI owner for £150.
Total cost therefore was £380 (LEDs sourced in Germany, adapter cables, OBC reprogramming by dealer) less £150 = £230
...and the best part is that my wife hasn't noticed :grin:
A quick reminder of the end result:
(http://www.golfgti6.com/ledsout.jpg)
......lovely that is exactly how my car is gonna looklike .. :cool:.
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I'll 100% agree with that. Just cant afford to take the plunge for them at the moment or I would have. Darn holiday to pay for this year too so gotta split the spare cash for that :sad:
Hang on in there, Kev. Holidays are for the whole family, whereas these LED lights are a selfish and totally unnecessary acquisition for car-nerds like us :grin:
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I'll 100% agree with that. Just cant afford to take the plunge for them at the moment or I would have. Darn holiday to pay for this year too so gotta split the spare cash for that :sad:
Hang on in there, Kev. Holidays are for the whole family, whereas these LED lights are a selfish and totally unnecessary acquisition for car-nerds like us :grin:
:grin: exactly.
I'm hoping to maybe buy them around May.
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I'm hoping to maybe buy them around May.
I'm not trying to put you under any pressure you here, but if you're thinking of selling your stock lights to offset the cost of the LEDs, bear in mind their market value is going to fall quickly as base model Golf owners get to hear about the LEDs... That's one of the reasons I did mine now. Now lie awake in bed at 3 a.m. and think about that :laugh:
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I'll 100% agree with that. Just cant afford to take the plunge for them at the moment or I would have. Darn holiday to pay for this year too so gotta split the spare cash for that :sad:
Hang on in there, Kev. Holidays are for the whole family, whereas these LED lights are a selfish and totally unnecessary acquisition for car-nerds like us :grin:
:grin: exactly.
I'm hoping to maybe buy them around May.
...the thrill is in the hunt :wink:
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Been told by dealer car should land around mid to late April. Spec it red,rcd 510 with dynaudio,sunroof and monzas just ordered GTI mats and door sill trims to be fitted as well but wanting to Led's rear lights does anyone know a uk supplier or would I have to source from outside Uk
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Im also looking for a link to a good supplier, Ideally wouldn't want to be paying more then £350 - £400 all in
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How much are VW dealers charging for them in the UK?
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dont think you can order them for dealer :sad:
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dont think you can order them for dealer :sad:
Yes you can :smiley:
List price is around £400 + VAT for the lights and £50 for the parts for the adapters.
I have a reasonable discount negociated so if your interested let me know :wink:
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cheers Steve have you got any pics of them on yours? definately interested :drool:
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Have a look at the link i posted on page one to Steve's how too earlier in the thread. Theres a video of them too there. :wink:
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thanx snoopy! should have read the thread :grin:
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thanx snoopy! should have read the thread :grin:
SteveP is probably too modest to post a link to his own thread/forum, but here is THE reference on retrofitting LEDs: http://mk6.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=81.0 (http://mk6.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=81.0)
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^^^ Cheers Frog :smiley:
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thanx snoopy! should have read the thread :grin:
SteveP is probably too modest to post a link to his own thread/forum, but here is THE reference on retrofitting LEDs: http://mk6.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=81.0 (http://mk6.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=81.0)
I think Bentonado found this link :wink: as i posted it earlier in this thread on page1 :grin:
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just had email back from dealer saying that indeed they can supply them quoted £420 plus Vat for parts but didnt know how much labour costs would be!
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just had email back from dealer saying that indeed they can supply them quoted £420 plus Vat for parts but didnt know how much labour costs would be!
Honnestly, if you know what a screwdriver is, then you can fit them yourself. Armed with SteveP's code, my dealer took 10 minutes to recode the OBC to avoid the error messages, so I would have thought 'labour' would be just a few quid.
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Im getting tempted just have to go camping this year instead of abroad! sure the missus wont mind that I have blown our holiday money of some new LED lights :angry: has anyone got any images of LED rear lights on a red GTI just so I can convince myself that doing the washing and ironing until December is going to worth it! :grin: at least I can drive to a camp site :wink: