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Offline FroGTI

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Sold my stock rear lights
« on: 10 March 2010, 11:00 »
For those thinking about retrofitting a set of LED rear lights, I just sold my stock lights to a TDI owner for £150.

Total cost therefore was £380 (LEDs sourced in Germany, adapter cables, OBC reprogramming by dealer) less £150 = £230

...and the best part is that my wife hasn't noticed :grin:

A quick reminder of the end result:

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Offline VWKev

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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #1 on: 10 March 2010, 11:01 »
Getting £150 is a pretty sweet deal. Did you just ebay them ?
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Offline Das Auto

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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #2 on: 10 March 2010, 11:03 »
is it hard to fit the LED lights ??
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Offline FroGTI

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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #3 on: 10 March 2010, 11:07 »
Quote from: VWKev on 10 March 2010, 11:01
Getting £150 is a pretty sweet deal. Did you just ebay them ?

I did try them on eBay, but there was little interest so I put them on another French classifieds site and found a buyer in Paris quite quickly...

Fitting them physically is a piece of cake (not even a 15-minute job). The tricky part was getting my dealer to do the reprogramming (especially as I hadn't bought the lights from them). For more details, see this long thread from about page 30 onwards: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=131404.0
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Offline Das Auto

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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #4 on: 10 March 2010, 11:12 »
does the fact I have a right hand drive affect the process at all think i heard it cant be done if you have RHD ????
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Offline FroGTI

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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #5 on: 10 March 2010, 12:14 »
Quote from: Das Auto on 10 March 2010, 11:12
does the fact I have a right hand drive affect the process at all think i heard it cant be done if you have RHD ????

I don't really see why it would make any difference, other than the fact you would obviously need a set of RHD lights to ensure the reverse and fog lights were on the correct sides...
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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #6 on: 10 March 2010, 19:24 »
No its no different for RHD all you need is the RHD inner lights (so the reversing light and the foglight are on the correct sides)
SteveP's how too: http://mk6.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=81.0
« Last Edit: 10 March 2010, 19:26 by Snoopy »
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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #7 on: 10 March 2010, 20:24 »
I also sold me via ebay, also to a GT owner but for £5 less than the Frog  :smiley:
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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #8 on: 10 March 2010, 21:10 »
 
Soooooo preeeeetttyyyyyy!  :drool:
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Re: Sold my stock rear lights
« Reply #9 on: 11 March 2010, 07:25 »
Quote from: FamilyDub on 10 March 2010, 21:10

Soooooo preeeeetttyyyyyy!  :drool:

Thanks. I must admit that when I see other Mk6s on the roads now, especially ones with the basic bright red lights, I can't help feeling they look really old fashioned.
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