Static cornering bulb suggestions

[Ian.C]

Hi there

Can anyone recommend some replacement bulbs for the static cornering lights in the GTI xenon units.....I would like the colour similar to the xenons if possible...

Thanks
Ian

[Misterp]

Try the h7 osram nightbreaker unlimited ebay have em for 17.99 a lot cheaper than the 40 quid other are charging

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=261307061766

I've ordered mine from here

[Jimble]

I went for Philips Xtreme xenon H7's, quite an improvement imo.

[Ian.C]

Thanks guys....

[Mark V GTD]

I will be changing them for Philips Bluevision when the time comes...

[Ian.C]

Its difficult to know which ones will be a reasonable match to the xenons....guess ill have to try some out and hope they are ok...

Thanks

[monkeyhanger]

You will never match the Xenons or LED for colour unless you want to reduce output a lot. Some of the bluer bulbs have quite a blue tint about them (more like a blue set of shades than a truly blue/white light output), really cuts back on the output though compared to the Osram nightbreaker series or Philips Extreme visons. Nightbreaker plus can be had quite cheap through one of the Amazon affiliate sellers or Eurocarparts, they are noticeably whiter than stock bulbs, but don't come that close to Xenons. For how long they're on for and output, Nightbreakers are fine.

[JamesR27]

I bought a set of these ready for when my car arrives

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0047N0B0U/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Needed a new set of bulbs for my mum's polo so got 2 sets. Can take a pic of the polo's headlights if you want so you get an idea? As though for amount of time they are on night breakers are a good price.

Other than that you could look into LED ones but not sure how good they will be or if they do error free coded ones.

[VWcezGTI7]

Just got my second dead bulb on the driver's side in less than 2 months. First time I changed it at the dealer's about a month ago and now the Phillips bulb they installed burned out. I really don't want to go back again so I got my own H7s with a whiter/blueish light and whenever I connect them, they work for about 5 seconds then I get an AFS error 30 seconds later.

Is there a way to reset the message without using VCDS? Do they need to be placed inside the cornering light casing for it to stop reading the error? Because when I installed them, I just left the bulbs hanging to make sure they work.

Any suggestions?

[Sootchucker]

I had the same issue when the car was new in that I replaced the standard halogen bulbs (as supplied by VW), with higher quality Osram Nightbreakers, but they only lasted a few months before I got the Cornering Light error in the dash and found out one of them had blown. Replaced it, and the second set only lasted about 6 months before one of them blew as well. Now back on the standard crappy VW ones and they have lasted a year or so with no problem.

I would still like to change them but would like to know why the others keep failing when the cheap VW ones don't, and which units have been working for a long time without issues ?