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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: ANT_1 on 12 February 2006, 14:07

Title: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: ANT_1 on 12 February 2006, 14:07

Dont like the yellow look of my sidelights but dont know what bulbs to go for to replace them with... there are some LED ones on ebay... but they are for golf xenons... are they what i have, or are they what the R32 has?

cheers guys

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: GazB on 12 February 2006, 14:35

I got leds in mine, look loads better, not easy to change tho :angry:

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: Sugar79 on 12 February 2006, 18:29

ive got these and they are the nuts!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/501-W5W-VOLKSWAGEN-VW-PASSAT-XENON-SIDELIGHT-BULBS-HID_W0QQitemZ8035469577QQcategoryZ72233QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: ANT_1 on 13 February 2006, 14:18

any pics of them in?

how hard to fit gaz...  :shocked:

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: ANT_1 on 13 February 2006, 14:21

also, do those little ones fit my standard MK4 gti headlights?

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 13 February 2006, 16:00

They are classed as "501" bulbs, and are pretty straight forward to fit, the problems is all the bloody plastic that swaps the engine bay now and the position of the battery is a bit of a bugger too.

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: GazB on 13 February 2006, 18:11

I can't change my sidelight bulbs without removing the light unit, main beams are a piece of pis tho

http://home.nycap.rr.com/brandonc/headlight/

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: ANT_1 on 15 February 2006, 11:24

so to get the headlights off... i have to take my whole front bumper off!  :angry:

ive got my set now, 3 sets, 1 set of H7 xtreme white (4000k)... but worrying is the fact that the word "blue" has been scribbled out....

one set of 501 w5w extreme white sidelight bulbs i think...

and one set of H1 55w extreme white bulbs...

my bulbs at the mo have a kind of cap over the tip... when i take my lights apart will i need to remopve this and put it on the new bulbs?

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: ANT_1 on 15 February 2006, 11:24

all for £15.99 by the way.

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: ANT_1 on 15 February 2006, 16:36

done it! bout an hour start to finish, easy job really. and finished just before it tipped it down!

gonna go for a little drive tonight and see if they are better... look loads better now!

cheers guys

ANT

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: Hobnob on 16 February 2006, 14:03

did you have to take the front bumper off then?

I was ineterested in buying some Philips Blue Vision from www.powerbulbs.co.uk as you get free sidelights and I hate teh yellow ones I have as standard...

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: ANT_1 on 16 February 2006, 15:53

yeah bumper has to come off, but its so simple, just follow that guide... its obvious once youve popped the grille up and taken the girlles off the bumper. then just unscrew, pull out and away. the hardest bit i found was getting the spade connector off the highbeams! needle nose pliers had to be used.

:)

ANT

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: Hobnob on 16 February 2006, 16:45

here was me wanting a nice easy way to do it... I think SWMBO will kill me if I start to dismantle the whole car just to have a blue sidelight instead of yellow..

especially when I should really be painting the house   :grin:

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: GazB on 16 February 2006, 21:04

Quote from: ANT_1 on 16 February 2006, 15:53

... its obvious once youve popped the grille up and taken the girlles off the bumper.
:)

ANT

You have girls on your bumper ant, nice :grin: :grin:

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: *Dubby* on 16 February 2006, 21:17

Don't get them from Halfrauds - their shelf-edge guides are f**king lies and you end up with the wrong bulbs  :undecided:

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: Hobnob on 16 February 2006, 21:29

aye tell me about it I ended up buying a full beam bulb instead of a main beam one as halfords shelf guide was wrong... however the guys behind the counter tend to know the right ones

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: GazB on 16 February 2006, 21:34

Halfords offer free fitting, if you buy thier bits, I went there, got a sidelight bulb, said fit this :grin:


They told me to feck off, my car is excluded :angry:

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: Hobnob on 17 February 2006, 09:22

I might try that one  :)  sure I can find a halfords that will do it although it does sound like fun doing it myself

I know the LED's are technically not road legal but how many people have them / been stopped for them?

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: ANT_1 on 17 February 2006, 12:12

mine werent from halfords, from autobulbs or sumthin on ebay. they are sweet for £15.99!

halfords shouldnt have exclusions... its not fair :(

and no, i dont have girls on my bumper.. but im washing and waxing the car today so mite attract a few later.

i found another parking mark when i took my bumper off though, somone has scraped my arch in a car park! thats like the 5th time!!!!

Im trying to get hold of a spoiler and anniversary kit at the mo so when thats sprayed up im gonna have to get all the marks sprayed up aswell :(  = muchos dollar $$$$

Title: Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
Post by: GazB on 17 February 2006, 14:18

I've had led sidelights for well over 12 months and never had no trouble, and passed MOT :smug: