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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: lincolnmk5 on 23 April 2008, 13:26
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What are your opions of these . My car came with them , the dealer said "they are cheaper to replace than a £200 unit" , but I feel they dont look so good . What do you think , should I remove them or keep them on? Anyone else use the ? Thanks all
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....A Warm Welcome to the forum. What do I think? - What do they look like? Photos? :smiley:
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as above, photos, ps you dont have xenons do you ?
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as above, photos, ps you dont have xenons do you ?
Not appropriate for Xenons. My dealer would not fit them - due to extra heat generated.
Pleased actually - didn't really like them but part of protection kit, so I got a refund :smiley:
Cass
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I saw these at the dealers yesterday and thought they looked :sick:
I used to fit these to most cars I had, but found them ugly and a pain to keep clean. In my 17 years of driving I've never smashed a headlight through driving. When headlight lenses were made of glass I suppose they made sense.
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Sorry , could someone explaine how to get a picture from my pictures to the post , thanks
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hi, and welcome.
regester at photobucket.com
the upload your pics, under the pics you will get 4 lines with what look like web address, just simply copy and paste the bottom line into what you are posting. oh you may need to resize first if you have a high quality camera, if using a mobile then shount need resising unless its a 5 mp :smiley: hope you understood this :embarassed: :tongue:
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Hey
In my opinion they look terrible. Are these the ones you are talking about? You can sort of see them on the right hand side light.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x255/08micsta/PICT0320.jpg)
Excuse the pic. Its a random R32 that was parked next to the pub at my school :undecided:
Mike
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Take its not those Scuzzy chrome rims doo dahs! eeee Uuuuuu :sick: I have a pair (inherited honest) for a MK5, if anyone wants them PM me and I will send them to you for the postage costs.
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Take its not those Scuzzy chrome rims doo dahs! eeee Uuuuuu :sick: I have a pair (inherited honest) for a MK5, if anyone wants them PM me and I will send them to you for the postage costs.
:grin: :grin: :grin: must look real good!! :laugh:
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lol...http://www.gpastyling.co.uk/search/details.asp?product=244&page=1§ion=22
each to their own I suppose :rolleyes:
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OMFG they are rank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: 5* sickness!!
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If you stay the recommended distance from the car in front you shouldn't get any stones flicked up and chip your lights or windscreen?
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he he...to be fair to the previous owner Mark_Eire he had the good sense and taste to remove these and other such poofery..such as chrome door handles :sick: and extra GTi badges on the side of the car :sick: :sick: :sick: FFS!!! not to mention the neon blue interior lights :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:
sorry, post hi-jack...will butt out... :smiley:
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Welcome to the forum Lincoln :cool:
I can only reflect on what most of the other members who have posted on this thread have already said.
Best thing to do is start a quick poll on who has/hasn't had damage to their Golf headlights before. I bet it isn't many. :wink:
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as above, photos, ps you dont have xenons do you ?
Not appropriate for Xenons. My dealer would not fit them - due to extra heat generated.
Pleased actually - didn't really like them but part of protection kit, so I got a refund :smiley:
Cass
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i know there not, but is heat the only reason they gave you for not having them LOL
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as above, photos, ps you dont have xenons do you ?
Not appropriate for Xenons. My dealer would not fit them - due to extra heat generated.
Pleased actually - didn't really like them but part of protection kit, so I got a refund :smiley:
Cass
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i know there not, but is heat the only reason they gave you for not having them LOL
Just damned lucky I guess :shocked:
Cass
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as above, photos, ps you dont have xenons do you ?
Not appropriate for Xenons. My dealer would not fit them - due to extra heat generated.
Pleased actually - didn't really like them but part of protection kit, so I got a refund :smiley:
Cass
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i know there not, but is heat the only reason they gave you for not having them LOL
Just damned lucky I guess :shocked:
Cass
no i mean they dont fit them to zenons because it affects the light they emit therefore safety etc, i doubt its about heat from them
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Basically. Minor dust particles or dirt particles on the lens can actually cause the light beams from the xenons to glare off at different angles which could affect an on coming driver. Hence why the headlight washers are law in the UK.
Not only is the lens cover about a cm away from the light (which already changes the aspect ratio of the beam) there is also a possibility of dirt becoming trapped under the lens cover which will as said, make the dirt particles refract and cause misery to oncoming drivers.
Heat apparently is not an issue with regards to the Xenons.
Thats about all I remember from a Post that Teutonic Tamer wrote up. Dont believe everything I say purely because I cant remember exactly what was said.
Mike
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no i mean they dont fit them to zenons because it affects the light they emit therefore safety etc, i doubt its about heat from them
on the MK5 you can't have them becuase of the heat from the xenon full beam(thats the VW reason anyway), i've got the protectors on my MK4 xenons, and personally i'd say they are a must, the xenons on mine are £400 each (and are glass) so i'd rather spend £30 on a protectors than £800 on two new headlights
if you've got halogens (cheaper head light to replace) then i guess you could risk getting a stone chip
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Basically. Minor dust particles or dirt particles on the lens can actually cause the light beams from the xenons to glare off at different angles which could affect an on coming driver. Hence why the headlight washers are law in the UK.
Not only is the lens cover about a cm away from the light (which already changes the aspect ratio of the beam) there is also a possibility of dirt becoming trapped under the lens cover which will as said, make the dirt particles refract and cause misery to oncoming drivers.
Heat apparently is not an issue with regards to the Xenons.
Thats about all I remember from a Post that Teutonic Tamer wrote up. Dont believe everything I say purely because I cant remember exactly what was said.
Mike
And they look gash :sick: :sick:
The ones I saw in the stealer yesterday had nasty silver edges, changing the whole look of the headlight! Nasty IMHO
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tbh lately, id be more worried about what comes from behind you rather then your light lenses!, the ammount of accidents over the last few days with GTi's involved :angry:
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tbh lately, id be more worried about what comes from behind you rather then your light lenses!, the ammount of accidents over the last few days with GTi's involved :angry:
Yeh scary stuff! I've been glancing nervously in my rear view mirror every time I stop recently :shocked: