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General => General discussion => Topic started by: OKENEMEM on 19 July 2012, 04:33
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hi all,
i currently have rear leds and xenon headlights with the drls installed on my golf gti.
i am considering changing the headlights to normal halogen lights, and changing the rear lights to normal bulb lights.
i wanted to know if this would be a complex job of installing them then coding , or a simple plug and play
thanks
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Why would you want to do that?
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Why would you want to do that?
.............x2????.Things most people want?.
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Hassle for no benefit!? It's not April the 1st :laugh:
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Reading through your previous posts, I'd guess your getting fed up with the retro fitted lights not working properly in your R lookalike.
It is possible to get them working, you just need to find someone that knows their way around the coding. There was mention of someone that had done this successfully in VW Driver a few months back. I'll look it out later.
If I was you, I'd stick with the lights. If you swap back to halogens, the car will look even more of a fake than it already is.
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actually i sold the r replica , and now i bought a gti with all the extras,
but i wanna go for that q car look
with no obvious signs that it is a gti
i have already debadged it and changed the monzas to vancoovers
so can anyone help ?
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actually i sold the r replica , and now i bought a gti with all the extras,
but i wanna go for that q car look
with no obvious signs that it is a gti
i have already debadged it and changed the monzas to vancoovers
so can anyone help ?
:shocked: :rolleyes:
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actually i sold the r replica , and now i bought a gti with all the extras,
but i wanna go for that q car look
with no obvious signs that it is a gti
i have already debadged it and changed the monzas to vancoovers
so can anyone help ?
You have your own style i'll give you that! Making a GT look like an R then making a GTI look like a GT.... Nuts! :evil:
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I wouldn't mind seeing this car any chance of pics.
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I wouldnt mind buying the front xenons if you are interested in selling?! Second hand now of course so would need to be reflected in the price :cool:
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The main problem will be the connector, as you can get a converter to take you from Halogen to Xenon but not the other way.
The manual levelling controller would need to be added and I'm not sure if the wiring would be there from the switch in the dash to the headlights.
The AFS controller would need to be coded out as it would throw up warnings on the dash.
The rear lights would also need the coding changed.
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It does seem an odd thing to do, but I would hang onto your original lights if I were you.
You ought to be able to buy a set of standard lights for not too much money, but it will really devalue your car when you come to sell it if you don't have the original lights to refit.
Personally I don't get it. Even with xenons and LEDs, the GTI isn't exactly a "look at me" sort of car. Most go unnoticed, even by people that think they know about cars.
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I'm shure a GTI owner with the ''standard'' lights would be more than happy to do a straight swap.If you want to really be non GTI you need the light off a bogo model as the GTI lights have the black surrounds & bogo models have chrome.
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Interesting decisions :huh:
Rear lights will be relatively easy to change and code
Fronts will take a bit more time to find the correct coding but is possible
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When I get my new GTi in September I want to make it look like a 1.2 Twist. :rolleyes:
So off come the Monzas in exchange for wheel trims.
The leather seats to be swapped for cloth.
Twin exhausts to be changed for a single peashooter. etc etc
Of course all of the interior spec would need to go too to really get the poverty spec look..........
Sorry, everyone to their own but I just don't get why you would want a GTi to look like something less :laugh:
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:rolleyes:
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And i thought mk3 owners were all a bit squiffy.
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And i thought mk3 owners were all a bit squiffy.
They are :lipsrsealed:
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When I get my new GTi in September I want to make it look like a 1.2 Twist. :rolleyes:
So off come the Monzas in exchange for wheel trims.
The leather seats to be swapped for cloth.
Twin exhausts to be changed for a single peashooter. etc etc
Of course all of the interior spec would need to go too to really get the poverty spec look..........
Sorry, everyone to their own but I just don't get why you would want a GTi to look like something less :laugh:
Brilliant! I don't get this de-dressing at all?
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WTF am i missing something :shocked:
Ill take your bits off your hands though :smiley:
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When I get my new GTi in September I want to make it look like a 1.2 Twist. :rolleyes:
So off come the Monzas in exchange for wheel trims.
The leather seats to be swapped for cloth.
Twin exhausts to be changed for a single peashooter. etc etc
Of course all of the interior spec would need to go too to really get the poverty spec look..........
Sorry, everyone to their own but I just don't get why you would want a GTi to look like something less :laugh:
:grin:
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The main problem will be the connector, as you can get a converter to take you from Halogen to Xenon but not the other way.
The manual levelling controller would need to be added and I'm not sure if the wiring would be there from the switch in the dash to the headlights.
The AFS controller would need to be coded out as it would throw up warnings on the dash.
The rear lights would also need the coding changed.
thanks ,
i guess i will keep the xenon head lights then , im just gonna change the rears
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Can't be bothered to read every post but can't resisters just be fitted to the feeds to the bulbs so the car thinks it's running the correct lights?.. for the rears at least anyway.
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The main problem will be the connector, as you can get a converter to take you from Halogen to Xenon but not the other way.
The manual levelling controller would need to be added and I'm not sure if the wiring would be there from the switch in the dash to the headlights.
The AFS controller would need to be coded out as it would throw up warnings on the dash.
The rear lights would also need the coding changed.
thanks ,
i guess i will keep the xenon head lights then , im just gonna change the rears
Well if you want some standard lights in a part ex drop me a message and we can do a deal :laugh:
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actually i sold the r replica , and now i bought a gti with all the extras,
but i wanna go for that q car look
with no obvious signs that it is a gti
i have already debadged it and changed the monzas to vancoovers
so can anyone help ?
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