Missing Fog lights

[I wanted a GTi]

Local dealer checked with their HQ. No (cost effective) way to retrofit the PX2/ fog lights.
Said it required different wiring loom etc. Also labour charges etc, etc.
Whether it is accurate, or not, it seems that VW believe folks will buy the car as is.

I managed to get 11.8% discount plus the usual GAAP, Tyre, Alloy, Scuff/ dent insurance at cost. £488 v £1599. Also 2-services (PCP offer).

What about getting them fitted without wiring them in, seeing as they are not needed except for looks although I have mine set to come on with coming/leaving home lights together with the DRL's.

[Avallon]

Yes I know, I drew the same conclusions previously. But if you look at the current leasing deals rather than on a purchase then disposal basis the opposite seems to be true.

I'd imagine every VW salesman in the country would exude the Golf's virtues as a resale prospect, however it seems this doesn't translate into lower leasing prices.

A Leon FR or an Octavia vRS can currently be had for about £6.5k on 10k per annum as a 6+23. That includes metallic paint at some outlets. Cheapest GTD offer I can find on the same terms is £8.5k.

My GTI DSG is £6.5k on a 1+23 / 10k p/a. No metallic though. Rumour has it similar offers will be available next month...

[Guzzle]

Yes I saw those deals, they were extremely limited though (sold out in a day) and were only for the GTi, not the GTD.

I also heard the rumours of them being repeated next month, however those same rumours were floating about last month for special deals at the start of May, that didn't materialise. So I suppose time will tell.

[dubber36]

Local dealer checked with their HQ. No (cost effective) way to retrofit the PX2/ fog lights.
Said it required different wiring loom etc. Also labour charges etc, etc.
Whether it is accurate, or not, it seems that VW believe folks will buy the car as is.

What about getting them fitted without wiring them in, seeing as they are not needed except for looks although I have mine set to come on with coming/leaving home lights together with the DRL's.

It would be really easy to make a relayed harness that bypasses all the Can-Bus gubbins. We all fitted spot/fog lights in the 80's. All you'd need is the correct headlight switch to provide the trigger feed. The dealer won't do it tho' as the retro fit loom would not use VW parts.

[I wanted a GTi]

Local dealer checked with their HQ. No (cost effective) way to retrofit the PX2/ fog lights.
Said it required different wiring loom etc. Also labour charges etc, etc.
Whether it is accurate, or not, it seems that VW believe folks will buy the car as is.

What about getting them fitted without wiring them in, seeing as they are not needed except for looks although I have mine set to come on with coming/leaving home lights together with the DRL's.

It would be really easy to make a relayed harness that bypasses all the Can-Bus gubbins. We all fitted spot/fog lights in the 80's. All you'd need is the correct headlight switch to provide the trigger feed. The dealer won't do it tho' as the retro fit loom would not use VW parts.

I had two Cibie oscars and two Cibie super oscars on my XR3i, they made the night like day or it seemed like that at the time. I would love to go back now and see what they were like compared to modern lights.

[SRGTD]

I also had the full consignment of lights (including Cibie fogs) on one of my XR3i's. At the time, I thought it looked the dogs danglies  .

[I wanted a GTi]

I also had the full consignment of lights (including Cibie fogs) on one of my XR3i's. At the time, I thought it looked the dogs danglies  .

It did look the dogs..... but not so sure how it would look now on modern cars, just wrong I guess. Although the modern equivalent now is led light bars.

[gtiaps]

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It did look the dogs..... but not so sure how it would look now on modern cars, just wrong I guess. Although the modern equivalent now is led light bars.
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I have a pair of 70w 12" light bars on the rear of my 45ft trailer and TBH they are spot on for reversing lol however they are prone for water getting inside

[dubber36]

My last spot light adorned car was a Mk2 Cavalier LXi with 4 Hella Rally 2000's on Theta brackets in 1988. I changed that for a Mk2 SRi 130. That had factory fogs, so I complimented them with a Hella spot light grille kit.

My cousin has a Defender that did have a pair of Roo Lights. They were easily better than modern bi-xenons on main beam, but he's just changed all that for LED headlights and a light bar. That combo really does turn night into day.

[I wanted a GTi]

I often have thoughts of getting a Defender and making it look all Lara Croft with loads of light bars but then I think about how bad they are to drive and the fact that they are so slow that it would take an age to get the end of the beam lenght.