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Offline synnea

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MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
« on: 28 July 2009, 15:25 »
Hi All,

I saw my first MK6 GTI yesterday on the road and it looked really well. I have one issue though. The DRL sidelights. When the standard golf MK6 came out I remember thinking they looked terrible. They are a stupid yellow colour. Now as the GTI is the flagship model I hoped VW would have upgraded the DRLs to a nice crystal white colour, Audi style. In my opinion I think the yellow look of the DRLs ruins the look of the car on the move.

For those of you with a MK6 GTI, or for anyone who knows, can the DRL bulbs be changed, if so what type of light bulb are they? I know the sidelights in the MK5 are W5W but I assume these DRLs are different as they are more powerful. Is the only way to turn off the DRLs through VagCom? Also, are the DRLs in the MK6 the sidelight, ie on the light control in the car there is now just OFF, Auto and Dipped beam?

Sorry for all the questions but hopefully some can be answered. Thanks  :smiley:

Edit: Ref below, the car I refer to seeing yesterday was on a GTI without xenons. I am yet to see a MK6 Golf of any variant with xenons so I am not sure how the DRLs on the xenon cars are....
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
« Reply #1 on: 28 July 2009, 16:13 »
Can i also add does anyone have the Xenon's on their car, does the DRL work with them?? I can see there is a little LED light bitty at the bottom, is this the daytime running light on them?

Im picking mine up in 2 seeks so i guess i might have to wait till then to find out.
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
« Reply #2 on: 28 July 2009, 17:02 »
Quote from: neilgcal on 28 July 2009, 16:13
Can i also add does anyone have the Xenon's on their car, does the DRL work with them?? I can see there is a little LED light bitty at the bottom, is this the daytime running light on them?

Im picking mine up in 2 seeks so i guess i might have to wait till then to find out.

I know you prolly just want to get your hands on it, But arnt u mad taking it now on an 09 plate?
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
« Reply #3 on: 28 July 2009, 17:09 »
Quote from: jdjd on 28 July 2009, 17:02
Quote from: neilgcal on 28 July 2009, 16:13
Can i also add does anyone have the Xenon's on their car, does the DRL work with them?? I can see there is a little LED light bitty at the bottom, is this the daytime running light on them?

Im picking mine up in 2 seeks so i guess i might have to wait till then to find out.

I know you prolly just want to get your hands on it, But arnt u mad taking it now on an 09 plate?

I cant wait! Its been 3 months now!! I have my own plate that i need to get transferred onto it though. When it comes to resale, either my dad or sis will take it off my hands so that fact its an 09 or 59 wont bother them. My dad and sis have just been battling it our for my current mkV that they can have in 2 weeks. My dad won that battle!!  :grin:
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
« Reply #6 on: 28 July 2009, 20:39 »
Do they look different if you get the Xenon's then?
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
« Reply #7 on: 29 July 2009, 17:05 »
Collected my car today and it has xenons the drls are on the outer parts of the xenons and look ok, they are definitely not yellow.
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
« Reply #8 on: 29 July 2009, 17:12 »
Quote from: gizzywizzy on 29 July 2009, 17:05
Collected my car today and it has xenons the drls are on the outer parts of the xenons and look ok, they are definitely not yellow.

Are you able to take a pic of them with the daytime lights?? Infact if you have a spare couple of minutes you could always treat us with a full body shot?  :rolleyes:

Well if you don't ask you don't get!  :smiley:
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Re: MK6 GTI Day Light Running lights
« Reply #9 on: 29 July 2009, 17:20 »
Well yeah but I am one of these poor buggers who is not totally computer literate and will need to find my way round photobucket and then posting pics on here, but also it is totally pissing it down at present.
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