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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Bazzer on 14 February 2006, 16:09

Title: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Bazzer on 14 February 2006, 16:09

I'm sure my car used to have this - when you put your sidelights on (the high beam sections have a little 5w bulb for this) the headlights come on really dim at the same time.

Anyway, mine's not doing it now. I can't see any reference in the old Haynes manual diagrams either...

Whose does it then? and whose doesn't?

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: monzablue16v on 14 February 2006, 17:14

It's the dim dip coil under the airbox (front left hand scuttle panel as looking at the car ;)

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Bazzer on 15 February 2006, 08:55

How come there's no mention of the little sucker in the Haynes manual then??  :smiley:

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: vwagain on 15 February 2006, 22:16

Mines only ever lit the 5w bulbs in the full beam lights when i put the side lights on. But then, mine could be faulty as well i suppose!!!!  But i think they look nice that way so il keep mine as they are :cool:

edit,    I just read this in the handbook. "On vehicles for some export countries when the side lights are switched on with the ignition switched on, the dipped headlights also come on with reduced intensity"   Hmmm, i might have to nip out and check this. But maybe the UK wasnt one of the countries that needed this by law???

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Dom Mk3 on 15 February 2006, 22:59

mine doesn't have this/it doesn't work either...

but seeing as my quad conversion arrives tomorrow - who cares  :laugh:

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Dom Mk3 on 03 April 2006, 12:43

ok so I finally fitted the quad conversion and I want it now!

Does anybody know the offending part? seeing as it works on my driver and not on my gti, I want to swap the offending part over!

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Bazzer on 03 April 2006, 13:14

well funnily enough I looked for this coil last week and couldn't see it! so any help would be great.....

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Dom Mk3 on 03 April 2006, 13:26

ok time for some investigation... taking bets on this:

http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/GO/1994/121/57/1279715/

no. 17 (eventually) describes a relay for models with dim-dip headlights, but doesn't say where it goes. Might have to read the manual!

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Dom Mk3 on 05 April 2006, 13:42

found it, part 10!

http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/GO/1994/121/57/1285469/

behind the front bumper apparently  :cry:

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Bazzer on 05 April 2006, 13:47

you beauty!! now just gotta find the sucker and see why it's not working....  :sad:

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Mk1Mad J - 16v on 05 April 2006, 14:42

Wouldn't this just be for countries like sweden where they have to have their lights on all the time by law  :nerd:

Title: Re: Dim-Dip? Or just plain dippy?
Post by: Dom Mk3 on 05 April 2006, 15:51

no that's daytime running lights or something else...  :nerd: :nerd: