Rear light units - Stock or LED upgrade

[Pld118]

Hi,

Aside to the "it's your car do what you want" approach, is there a view amongst the VW cognoscenti as to whether it's best to leave a 2010MY, immaculate and "unmolested" or to do some arguably subtle upgrades, such as the replacing - IMO - the actually quite smart originals to the very smart rear 'L' shape LED lights?

if there are views on this, I would be very interested to find out what the consensus is please.

Thanks.

[Booth11]

Yes to rear LEDs. 

I'm not one for modding (apart from a few minor cosmetic things) and like the oem look, but this is definitely a worthy upgrade.  Though the older style rears are ok, they are looking rather dated now and the addition of LEDs elevates the look of the car.

[Snoopy]

Took me a while to move to the R LED ones as i was happy with the normal ones. It took me a while to decide to do it but im happy with them since I did.

[dubber36]

I've got them and mine isn't even a GTI. I didn't like them at first due to me not liking change, however now I'm really glad I have them. I've still got my stock lights, so they could go back on at any time, but probably won't now until I sell the car.

[JayGTD]

Mine came standard on my GTD. was one of the must-haves on my list when i was shopping around for a GTD. They make the back end look so nice!

Jay

[seabrook132]

Like Jay it was a must have option when I bought my car, they improve the look so much imo 

[Pld118]

Do people just buy them from VW main agent Parts Depts and what's the cost?

What about the headlights... Do people tend to do front and rear?

Thanks

[Mattyj]

I'm keeping mine standard just because so many people are changing theres you can get aftermarket ones a bit cheaper eBay is a good resource for second hand genuine one's i'm personally not a fan of the front's i think they look tacky

[ajmoir36]

I did the rears, never looked back they look fab.

Before:

Normal Rear Lights Before by Techie_Ali, on Flickr

After:

LED Rear Lights by Techie_Ali, on Flickr

[Peter W]

Do it, they look great !