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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: RedRobin on 20 May 2008, 23:01
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I'm currently in discussion with Hella in Germany and am expecting/hoping to replace my standard fogs with their round LED DRL's. There is also a possible option of a smaller than Audi S6 straight strip of LED's, but no conclusions yet.
No pics available yet. I guess I can't contain my enthusiasm and felt I had to tell someone!! :nerd:
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If you did this would it be a matter of trying to convince the cops its legal everytime they stop you for having what they will refer to as fog lights :undecided:
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....No problem - They will be marked in the lens and I would carry an official document in my glovebox. Their light and hence appearance is quite different from a foglight anyway. :cool:
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Yeh they are quite a different light so you have a point - just pointing out on the fog light option as I am sure your aware of how the police can be.
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....You have a good point too, neg :smiley: - The police may well stop me, thinking they are fogs on unnecessarily, although that doesn't seem to happen much in this neck of the woods.
In some European countries (Poland?) it's illegal NOT to have DRL's!! In 2010, all new cars in the UK will have to have them too.
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yea id be interested in this aswell!! :cool: i like the look of the standard lights too much to change them for ones with LED's, although hurdys do look :cool:
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That sounds great RR. I'd be interested in the replacement fogs if you could supply details once you've made a purchase :wink:
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That sounds great RR. I'd be interested in the replacement fogs if you could supply details once you've made a purchase :wink:
....I'll keep you guys informed via this thread.
Just to be clear : - These LED DRL's are NOT foglights and you would no longer have fogs as such, but I find dipped headlights fine for fog and these LED's would aid you being visible in fog anyway. They fit in exactly the same location as the standard GTI fogs.
I'll post pics when I can get hold of some. It's a mod which is very low-key and 'stealth'.
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Sounds good keep us informed RR, I may be interested in this :smiley:
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That sounds great RR. I'd be interested in the replacement fogs if you could supply details once you've made a purchase :wink:
....I'll keep you guys informed via this thread.
Just to be clear : - These LED DRL's are NOT foglights and you would no longer have fogs as such, but I find dipped headlights fine for fog and these LED's would aid you being visible in fog anyway. They fit in exactly the same location as the standard GTI fogs.
I'll post pics when I can get hold of some. It's a mod which is very low-key and 'stealth'.
Exactly what Im after. Like the idea of DRL's but don't want to hack at the car to make them fit. Also need to be wary of looking to Chav/Saxo and having them fit into the existing fog light aperture sounds spot on to me :smiley: :smiley:
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Here's some pics on a different car : -
(http://freenet-homepage.de/golfmadison/tfl_led2.jpg)
(http://freenet-homepage.de/golfmadison/tfl_led3.jpg)
(http://freenet-homepage.de/golfmadison/tfl_led4.jpg)
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8294/dscn9853800x600oz0.jpg)
....Not dazzling and not chavvy in my opinion.
Cost to be confirmed but expected in the region of €200 / £160 excluding shipping. No electrical problems and can be connected to auto switch on with ignition or manually switch same as fogs+sidelights.
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Hmmm the memories of one of those almost rolling outside the hostel :lipsrsealed: :lipsrsealed:
The lights look great. But I saw a GTi the other day in town with built in lights that looked OEM.
He prob thought I was insane as I was waving at him on my bicycle to pull over. He kinda just went faster. Silly man.
Mike
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The lights look great. But I saw a GTi the other day in town with built in lights that looked OEM.
He prob thought I was insane as I was waving at him on my bicycle to pull over. He kinda just went faster. Silly man.
Mike
Like these :wink:
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd286/dfbarr/CIMG0953.jpg)
I have replaced the standard sidelight bulb with an LED one (still road legal) so the DRL strip under the headlights is all LED now. I'll try and get some pics in the dark.
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No No
They were in the bumper. Looked awesome. The places where the headlight washers come out (South Africa dont get them) had a strip of LED's in them but it looked so OEM with the Vortex bodykit.
Mike
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....If your GTI/Ed30 has Xenons, you simply don't have the option of fitting the headlights with DRL's built in like Hurdy's and Komenda's (unless you are prepared to dump your expensive Xenons).
The LED strip alternatives look cool but would involve bodywork hacking in some form or another. But the round Hella LED's should fit our foglight openings perfectly. Hella UK have been useless and I had to bully them to give me a contact in the parent company in Germany - By contrst, he has been enormously helpful.
The light from LED units looks quite different from fogs and also the beam is different. These by Hella will function as fully approved DRL's, will look cool, and will look oem. I've had another email late this afternoon and I'm expecting to get a pair in the next few weeks and will report with pics. My VW dealer and/or affiliated bodyshop will fit them for me.
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I've just been offered a 20% discount so cost is € 159.90 + € 14.90 shipping to UK.
If anyone is SERIOUSLY interested (i.e. extremely likely to buy), please PM me urgently and I'll see what I can do about getting you the same discount, but only PM me if you are serious - I don't take kindly to being mucked about and don't want to muck Hella about either. Thanx!
My understanding (in writing) from Hella themselves is that it's a simple installation without electrical complications. My VW dealer has just told me he can fit them in the same session as my forthcoming 50k Service (with new tyres and carbonfibre boot badge).
Whoopeeee!!!! :smiley:
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RedRobin... Do you know yet how you will switch these on without having your normal lights on at the same time. I have read on another forum about having the ability to turn off / on foglights as DRL's via VAG.com
I suppose the only other way would be to have them linked up via the ignition swicth, so as soon as you turn the key they would light up...
Whats your thoughts on this please....
Martininwillerby
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There is an option in VAGCOM to have the Fogs/DRL's switched on with the ignition.
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RedRobin... Do you know yet how you will switch these on without having your normal lights on at the same time. I have read on another forum about having the ability to turn off / on foglights as DRL's via VAG.com
I suppose the only other way would be to have them linked up via the ignition swicth, so as soon as you turn the key they would light up...
Whats your thoughts on this please....
Martininwillerby
....The standard way (as in Hella's boxed instructions in English and German) is to connect so that these DRL's automatically switch on with the ignition. They also switch off automatically when you switch on your headlights. In some countries (Germany, I think) it's illegal to have DRL's and headlights both on at the same time. However, I'm sure my dealer can connect them up so that I could switch the DRL's on/off in exactly the same way as the fogs. But I wouldn't want to fall foul of the law while driving in Europe, so I think I'll stick to the default operation.
I know it's only my personal opinion but I think these round 'stealth'/oem-looking LED DRL's will look uber cooool on the GTI :cool:. What's the betting though that some folks will still call these round DRL's chavvy! :rolleyes:
Btw, I'm expecting to recieve them early next week :smiley: