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Offline RocketRossUK

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #140 on: 23 June 2013, 14:39 »
Found these but just a pity they don't do smoked
http://www.larkspeed.com/index.pl?p=VW41L61&a=i

They dont look OEm at all, look a bit cheap in my opinion.

The only decent RHD ones are Hella, but £500 is steep

The car systems are RHD and are only £400 with the wiring adapters  :smiley:

Still an Extra £100 than i really want to pay  :sad:
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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #141 on: 23 June 2013, 17:36 »
Had another look at the lights tonight and it seems that ill have to replace the fitted clear fog light with a red 21 watt bulb, which will replace the dull 16watt fitted bulb, as for the reverse light im thinking it maybe a led that fitted as i cant find a bulb inside the fitting? Ive temporarily painted the fog light with red paint, and ive ordered a red bulb from the bay, these lights have definetaly been one of my best purchases so far!
Just wanted to let you guys who are thinking of getting these, that they are great quality and fit etc. hth

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Did you manage to get hold of a red 21w bulb? If so where from?

All I need to sort mine is a red lamp for the fog light as the reverse light is correct  :smiley:

Glad its an easy fix  :smiley:
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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #142 on: 23 June 2013, 17:43 »
ebay

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #143 on: 23 June 2013, 19:46 »
Found these but just a pity they don't do smoked
http://www.larkspeed.com/index.pl?p=VW41L61&a=i

They dont look OEm at all, look a bit cheap in my opinion.

The only decent RHD ones are Hella, but £500 is steep

The car systems are RHD and are only £400 with the wiring adapters  :smiley:

Where are these car system ones then?

I've found them but these aren't compatible with pre 2010.
On the lamps you've already purchased are the indicators led or do they have a bulb?
« Last Edit: 23 June 2013, 19:58 by Marshy »

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #144 on: 23 June 2013, 20:24 »
ebay

Was hoping to get to a shop today but didnt have time. Did you get a lamp or LED?
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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #145 on: 23 June 2013, 20:26 »
Found these but just a pity they don't do smoked
http://www.larkspeed.com/index.pl?p=VW41L61&a=i

They dont look OEm at all, look a bit cheap in my opinion.

The only decent RHD ones are Hella, but £500 is steep

The car systems are RHD and are only £400 with the wiring adapters  :smiley:

Where are these car system ones then?

I've found them but these aren't compatible with pre 2010.
On the lamps you've already purchased are the indicators led or do they have a bulb?

On the car systems website like mentioned earlier in the thread.

Not sure I think indicators are LED will look tomorrow.

Quite a few people on here have putchased these with no issues
« Last Edit: 23 June 2013, 20:49 by Obbzi »
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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #146 on: 24 June 2013, 13:46 »
Got a reply from the Ebay seller, so good news, well kind of. This was their reply:

"Hello,
We are so, so sorry for this mix up. We ordered these lights but we have ordered the wrong spec, which means they are indeed left hand drive. This is totally our fault, and we cannot be more sorry for this inconvenience.
The fog light is easily solved by getting a red bulb, but the reverse light is LED which means it cannot be changed.
We have tried to source the right hand drive version but they are yet to be imported, which means the only option is to collect them from you to exchange for a full refund.
Please can you name a day where somebody is available all day for collection?
Can you also kindly please put your eBay ID in the box, with a short note saying why they're being returned.
Please accept our sincerest apologies. Unfortunately there was one letter difference between both products.
"

So i will be sending them back, still on the hunt for RHD at £300, ive asked them if they will be getting RHD in. awaiting reply.
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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #147 on: 24 June 2013, 14:03 »
I've took a chance on the second set I listed earlier.
They are LHD but say reverse and foglamp are halogen so hopefully just a quick bulb swap.
They come from Romania but are made by dectane.

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #148 on: 24 June 2013, 14:33 »
I've took a chance on the second set I listed earlier.
They are LHD but say reverse and foglamp are halogen so hopefully just a quick bulb swap.
They come from Romania but are made by dectane.

I really dont think they are going to work, it look the exact same kit i got. It has the exact same black box adaptors, orange transformer and came with the same 3M sticky pads.

Well good luck, let us know how u get on mate.
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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #149 on: 24 June 2013, 14:57 »
For £239 delivered I'll sort something.