I mentioned in my initial review of my R, that I found the interior a bit lacking in colour. Well today I have rectified that a little.
Swapped the white footwell standard LED lights for some blue ones. Because the standard ones are sealed units and you can't just swap the bulbs over like you could on the Mk6, I ordered 2 LED Glovebox light units (TPS – part no. 7L0 947 415 @ £11 each). Thanks muchly to JBGTI on here for the info.

I opened them up, removed the tungsten bulbs and replaced with blue LEDs from ebay. As with this type of LED you need to check you have the polarity correct before closing up the light unit again, so try it connected up and if the bulb doesn’t work one way, turn it round and try the other way.
The driver’s side was very easy, 2 minute job. The electrical wire on the drivers side is quite long so easy to access. The passenger side, however was more tricky. The wire is extremely short and the connector sits just inside the hole, but there is no scope at all to pull it further out. It’s fine getting the original light unit out but getting the replacement unit back into the connector is very fiddly and needs two hands. Helps if you have slim fingers, but if you have chunky digits, you may struggle. You could always remove additional trim (I didn't). And because it’s so tricky, I strongly recommend testing the passenger LED out on the driver’s side first BEFORE putting it in the passenger side.
A few installation pics:
Remove standard white light LED unit

Fit Replacement light unit and blue LED





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The result (with footwells set to 80%)


These are daytime pics but should look really good at night. Will post a night shot later.
I know loads have done this mini mod (did it on my 6GTI), but IMO, I think it really adds to the ambience and injects adds a bit of much needed colour.
