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Offline weston

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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #10 on: 27 May 2010, 11:00 »
...No luck with the photo's yet, not sure what i'm doing

Be good to see them.

This will sort you out - http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=85911.0

Thanks:

http://s944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/chrisyweston88/Golf%20LEDs/?action=view&current=golf.png

Hope this works!

These were the best photos i could get on my phone, they look better in real life
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Offline AlanD

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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #11 on: 27 May 2010, 12:16 »
lol close. You need the link with the [.IMG] code ;)


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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #12 on: 27 May 2010, 13:03 »
lol close. You need the link with the [.IMG] code ;)



What a moron.  Take 2:


















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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #13 on: 28 May 2010, 21:35 »
Rear LEDs arrived today from Germany, 1 day after dispatch :) will fit them tomorrow and add pics!

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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #14 on: 28 May 2010, 21:53 »
Don't forget to swap the reverse and fog lights over :wink:

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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #15 on: 28 May 2010, 22:41 »
Don't forget to swap the reverse and fog lights over :wink:



That looks great! Are they easy to swap?

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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #16 on: 28 May 2010, 22:43 »
Easy swap - took me less than an hour on my own and that included taking all the hatch trim off :smiley:
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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #17 on: 28 May 2010, 23:01 »
Easy swap - took me less than an hour on my own and that included taking all the hatch trim off :smiley:

Is there a how to for this? I saw one before I ordered them but can't find it now grrr?

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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #18 on: 29 May 2010, 00:59 »
Dremel out ready to go and made sure to cover the worktop from all that plastic dust.

A view of the rear of the light and how it has melted plastic studs keeping the inners together.

After taking the tops off the plastic studs with the Dremel.

The two inner lights disassembled and ready for the next stage...cleaning up all the plastic dust is a good thing to get out of the way here as it gets everywhere and you don't want any in the inside of the light housings.  :smiley:

The reverse and fog light casings are dremelled to remove the outer sections. This is done because the plastic studs will not poke through to the bulb housing after dremelling and they need to stand proud when re-assembled to give the glue purchase.

The parts all ready to swap over and re-assemble.

First bit going back in.

I used a hot glue gun to stick everything together. Another member gave me a warning about using superglue as over time it "fogs" the lenses to give a milky appearance. The glue gun should ensure everything stays where it should be without any "milking"

Clear outer lens in place.

Red inner lens in place on the SAME light cluster.

This last picture is key. It is very awkward to fit the plastic studs back in place as they are loose inside the light housing and a tight fit in the bulb housing holes. To get around this I dremelled out the Bulb housing holes with a small reaming fitting. I then turned the light housing upside down, so that the plastic studs dropped down from the light housing and popped the bulb housing back into place with the studs sitting proud of the bulb housing. I then hot glued the studs to the bulb housing and left them to set.

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Re: MKV GTi LED's
« Reply #19 on: 29 May 2010, 19:35 »
Managed to switch lenses fine and fit the passenger side unit. Drivers side will not plug into the connector, but the old one fits fine. Any ideas??