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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: dfm on 25 January 2021, 19:24
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As per the title. Car has winter pack. Thanks
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Doesn't have the washers, suggests not.
Is it a UK car? In Ireland on a mk7 they didn't have xenon. Some Irish cars have been brought into Britain for resale.
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Thanks Fred. It's an approved used from a dealer in England.
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It does have the washers if you look closely. :nerd:
I think they probably are bi-xenon, as far as I know the imported GTi's I've seen that don't have bi-xenons don't have the red stripe through. Bit like this
(https://i.postimg.cc/brTYP1fv/OJX2i0Q.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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The only real certain way to tell is if you can see the build sticker in the boot and decode the build codes.
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It does have the washers if you look closely. :nerd:
I think they probably are bi-xenon, as far as I know the imported GTi's I've seen that don't have bi-xenons don't have the red stripe through. Bit like this
(https://i.postimg.cc/brTYP1fv/OJX2i0Q.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
I’ll bow to your greater wisdom but they look like halogens to me and I can’t see any washers!
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There were some imported from Malta that didn't have zenons.
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As per the title. Car has winter pack. Thanks
Yes, they are bi xenon
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Looks a bit odd... where is the indicator strip?
I can't see the washers.. they should be a rectangle just below the lights, are we saying that that large circle is the washer?
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Looks a bit odd... where is the indicator strip?
I can't see the washers.. they should be a rectangle just below the lights, are we saying that that large circle is the washer?
The circular cover is the towing hook cover.
The car in the picture that was posted by the OP in the first post for whatever reason isn’t showing now. That picture showed the front end of a mk7 Golf GTI with xenon headlamps with the ‘U’ shaped DRL’s, continuation of the red grille stripe into the headlamp units and the headlamp washer cover below the headlamps. The headlamps on that car were like this one;
(https://i.postimg.cc/cJH61FFm/A3-F5-FD78-5-F97-4205-A512-4-F2-D03694-D07.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
The picture posted by @Guzzle in reply #3 in this discussion thread is a non UK spec mk7 GTI with halogen headlamps, no headlamp washers, and no red stripe through the headlamp unit.
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Doesn't have the washers, suggests not.
Is it a UK car? In Ireland on a mk7 they didn't have xenon. Some Irish cars have been brought into Britain for resale.
Not entirely true. They weren’t standard spec in Ireland but were an option, most owners here specced them as I did.
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Thank's everyone - very helpful. Better photo here which shows the rectangles below the headlights. It doesn't state bi xenons on the VW advert so I'm think they may have missed it based on what you guys are saying.
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Yes, sorry I meant as standard.
Motorpoint imported a shed load of the Irish base spec ones into England though and flogged them off cheap.
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Yes that newer photo you can see the washers clearly.
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The headlights in that photo are 100% Halogen, not Bi-Xenon. Heres some images from the VW self training manual on the MK7.
Easy way to tell is that Bi-Xenons are not legally allowed to be installed into an open reflector, they must always be contained inside a lens that can accurately focus the beam to avoid blinding. I also believe, that if the car was ordered with winter pack, then even Halogen lights had headlight washers (mandatory on Bi-Xenon). I also understand the UK was one of the very few countries where the importer (VW UK in this case), never offered the option of lesser lights on the performance models, and all UK sourced cars were always Bi-Xenon, but other countries (Ireland, Cyprus etc. that also used RHD), were always a pricey option.
HALOGEN
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50877155652_a5aea6b059.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kvQHQQ)
BI-XENON
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50877155677_394ea749ce.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kvQHRg)
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Thanks for the information. Might have to compromise on the headlights then :cry:
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Ah not so fast... having re-read the thread, the car I was talking about was the white one on Page 1 - the only image that' showing. I never saw your original image, so if it's like the one at the bottom of page 1 posted by SRGTD, then yes, those are Bi-Xenon as you can see from the above graphics.
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As per the title. Car has winter pack. Thanks
Standard spec GTI UK xenon headlights with single LED "U" DRLs, with the washer covers visible on the bumper.....halogens NEVER get the LED "U" DRLs....thats the giveaway.
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Cheers. Not sure why the images I've posted are playing up. They are hosted on my Google photos.