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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: chris1h on 25 October 2014, 14:27
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Very touchy subject... :grin:
I am absolutely sick of my standard halogens..
Its £500+ for some new xenon headlights which from what i have seen arent even genuine vw and I have no idea how to fit myself..
Hids are my only option.. but what ones.. I have had trouble in the past with my previous car Seat Ibiza. They blew the BCM unit on it..(okay they were some cheapos off ebay). So the thing i am most worried is if they f*ck something up.. or and dont want to look chavy..
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As well as the legalities and dazzling oncoming cars due to light scatter, they will look about as chavy as lights can get.
I made the mistake of not holding out for a Passat with xenons. When I come to change it, I will make sure that the next car has them and in the mean time, just make do.
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Ive been looking around for the same, wished I had held out for one with xenons, but the one i was looking at was from a car supermarket and had a hard life.
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Put some Osram H7 off road bulbsin the main beam position. You wont dazzle anyone as you would go to dip beam anyway with oncoming traffic.
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Main beams are H15's. A dual filament main/DRL bulb. I'm not sure if there are any upgrades for them yet.
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I had some Philips Silvervisions in my first MK6 and they were just as good if not better than the factory xenons on my next car.
I like to see the road way in front of me when I drive (I do a lot of night driving) and factory xenons may look better but have a sharp cut off point for the light so on dipped beam I don't think they are all that great as a £1200 factory option compared to a set of £30 decent bulbs!
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I had some Philips Silvervisions in my first MK6 and they were just as good if not better than the factory xenons on my next car.
I like to see the road way in front of me when I drive (I do a lot of night driving) and factory xenons may look better but have a sharp cut off point for the light so on dipped beam I don't think they are all that great as a £1200 factory option compared to a set of £30 decent bulbs!
I agree with this. The mk6 xenons just have a flap that lets the beam up for main beam, so i think they are worse on main beam than a hologen with a decent bulb, with the mk5 you had the two together which worked really well.
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yeah spent all day looking over stuff.. no further forward. plus with the built in xenons you get led's
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yeah spent all day looking over stuff.. no further forward. plus with the built in xenons you get led's
These are the ones I have been looking at. But want to seem how they look and fit first.
http://www.xenonz.co.uk/store/p92/GOLF_MK6_GTI%2FGTD_STYLE_LED_DRL_PROJECTOR_HEADLIGHTS_.html
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if on a budget, I'd just get some high quality bulbs, I've used them before to great effect, if you need more get some xenons off xenonz uk like the link above, and have a high quality HID put in there, and have perfect vision :)
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These are the ones I have been looking at. But want to seem how they look and fit first.
http://www.xenonz.co.uk/store/p92/GOLF_MK6_GTI%2FGTD_STYLE_LED_DRL_PROJECTOR_HEADLIGHTS_.html
As I've said many times before, these lights have essentially an aftermarket HID kit in them, meaning they take a second or two to warm up to full brightness. Fine once they are on as the bi-xenon lamp serves both dip and main beam via a shutter behind the lens, but not so good when you need full power main beam to flash when the lights are turned off.
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I actually have those xenonz reps and 6000k HID's in. Looks the part! Even my local VW dealer loved em. Although what dubber said is right, takes about a second for the HID's to warm up and its damn annoying. Looks chav blue before it goes white!
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I actually have those xenonz reps and 6000k HID's in. Looks the part! Even my local VW dealer loved em. Although what dubber said is right, takes about a second for the HID's to warm up and its damn annoying. Looks chav blue before it goes white!
Where you from in nroth east jaygtd?
you got any pics of them mate? If there good think il get same as you.. :nerd:
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I actually have those xenonz reps and 6000k HID's in. Looks the part! Even my local VW dealer loved em. Although what dubber said is right, takes about a second for the HID's to warm up and its damn annoying. Looks chav blue before it goes white!
Where you from in nroth east jaygtd?
you got any pics of them mate? If there good think il get same as you.. :nerd:
Newcastle mate, work in cramlington.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=246903.1730
Here you go! Sorry, on my phone!
Here are some before with 4300k HID's. http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=267480.0
Jay
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I actually have those xenonz reps and 6000k HID's in. Looks the part! Even my local VW dealer loved em. Although what dubber said is right, takes about a second for the HID's to warm up and its damn annoying. Looks chav blue before it goes white!
Where you from in nroth east jaygtd?
you got any pics of them mate? If there good think il get same as you.. :nerd:
Newcastle mate, work in cramlington.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=246903.1730
Here you go! Sorry, on my phone!
Here are some before with 4300k HID's. http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=267480.0
Jay
spot on mate thanks for that! Im just down the road in Sunderland. work up in scotswood road like!
guna try change the halogen standard drl bulb to a led today see if that's looks better at all.. :rolleyes:
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I actually have those xenonz reps and 6000k HID's in. Looks the part! Even my local VW dealer loved em. Although what dubber said is right, takes about a second for the HID's to warm up and its damn annoying. Looks chav blue before it goes white!
Where you from in nroth east jaygtd?
you got any pics of them mate? If there good think il get same as you.. :nerd:
Newcastle mate, work in cramlington.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=246903.1730
Here you go! Sorry, on my phone!
Here are some before with 4300k HID's. http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=267480.0
Jay
spot on mate thanks for that! Im just down the road in Sunderland. work up in scotswood road like!
guna try change the halogen standard drl bulb to a led today see if that's looks better at all.. :rolleyes:
Local lad! Those DRL bulbs are really hard to reach haha, good luck! One word of warning though if you do go for the xenonz, they're really easy to fit but a pain in the ass to code. You even need to jump a couple wires if you want them working like OEM
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I actually have those xenonz reps and 6000k HID's in. Looks the part! Even my local VW dealer loved em. Although what dubber said is right, takes about a second for the HID's to warm up and its damn annoying. Looks chav blue before it goes white!
Where you from in nroth east jaygtd?
you got any pics of them mate? If there good think il get same as you.. :nerd:
Newcastle mate, work in cramlington.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=246903.1730
Here you go! Sorry, on my phone!
Here are some before with 4300k HID's. http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=267480.0
Jay
spot on mate thanks for that! Im just down the road in Sunderland. work up in scotswood road like!
guna try change the halogen standard drl bulb to a led today see if that's looks better at all.. :rolleyes:
Local lad! Those DRL bulbs are really hard to reach haha, good luck! One word of warning though if you do go for the xenonz, they're really easy to fit but a pain in the ass to code. You even need to jump a couple wires if you want them working like OEM
Yeah i tried few month ago to change them to leds but couldn't reach. going out to my motor now to have a go now.. think its just the sidelight i can change not the drl as its a h15 isnt it and thats the full beam bulb too..
had it in a vw dealer this morning there and they said for mirror puddle lights £50 for just fitting of them( me providing my own leds) obviously told them where to stick that.. just i have a feeling ill crack the mirror :cry:
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Yeah i tried few month ago to change them to leds but couldn't reach. going out to my motor now to have a go now.. think its just the sidelight i can change not the drl as its a h15 isnt it and thats the full beam bulb too..
had it in a vw dealer this morning there and they said for mirror puddle lights £50 for just fitting of them( me providing my own leds) obviously told them where to stick that.. just i have a feeling ill crack the mirror :cry:
I would like to introduce you to ebay :p actually aftermarket H15's have been available for a while now, I've seen em around on Golfmk6.com forum for a good half a year.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H15-Bulb-DRL-High-beam-white-5500k-AUDI-VW-SKODA-WHITE-/271603255381?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f3cd0c855
You can fit your puddles yourself! Go on, have a go! The area's even marked out under the wing mirror
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Yeah i tried few month ago to change them to leds but couldn't reach. going out to my motor now to have a go now.. think its just the sidelight i can change not the drl as its a h15 isnt it and thats the full beam bulb too..
had it in a vw dealer this morning there and they said for mirror puddle lights £50 for just fitting of them( me providing my own leds) obviously told them where to stick that.. just i have a feeling ill crack the mirror :cry:
I would like to introduce you to ebay :p actually aftermarket H15's have been available for a while now, I've seen em around on Golfmk6.com forum for a good half a year.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H15-Bulb-DRL-High-beam-white-5500k-AUDI-VW-SKODA-WHITE-/271603255381?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f3cd0c855
You can fit your puddles yourself! Go on, have a go! The area's even marked out under the wing mirror
you have those h15s like mate?
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Yeah i tried few month ago to change them to leds but couldn't reach. going out to my motor now to have a go now.. think its just the sidelight i can change not the drl as its a h15 isnt it and thats the full beam bulb too..
had it in a vw dealer this morning there and they said for mirror puddle lights £50 for just fitting of them( me providing my own leds) obviously told them where to stick that.. just i have a feeling ill crack the mirror :cry:
I would like to introduce you to ebay :p actually aftermarket H15's have been available for a while now, I've seen em around on Golfmk6.com forum for a good half a year.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H15-Bulb-DRL-High-beam-white-5500k-AUDI-VW-SKODA-WHITE-/271603255381?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f3cd0c855
You can fit your puddles yourself! Go on, have a go! The area's even marked out under the wing mirror
you have those h15s like mate?
Nah dude my DRL's are the LED's! I run xenons!
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just ordered a set of those h15 bulbs.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H15-Bulb-DRL-High-beam-white-5500k-AUDI-VW-SKODA-WHITE-/271603255381?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f3cd0c855
heres hoping there good! :laugh:
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I thought running halogens above 4300k was illegal?
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Can't wait to see the photos Chris!
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Can't wait to see the photos Chris!
Jay.. personally i think they look spot on not too blue and chavy
(http://i57.tinypic.com/ru4n03.jpg)