LED Vw logo fitted on my 45

[king monkey]

Good to see you’re still kicking about here Michele, and I really like the illuminated logo.
The mk8 front looks a bit gappy without the roundel lit up.
I saw a how to by an American owner some time ago, there was a bit of wire splicing involved.

BillSan, please do stay, and maybe you’ll return to VW ownership one day.
I’m a big fan of the BMW straight 6 Diesels. Lovely brawny power-plant.
I bet that one doesn’t sneak under the £40k VED though??

Hi Andy! Good to hear that me posting didn’t make you run a mile! I agree that I think the gap looks a bit odd on the mk8. I used that guide by the American owner in part but had to change a new bits as it wasn’t entirely accurate. Probably down to spec differences in euro and US models. Great starting point though.

[king monkey]

Sadly not Exonian. As a three year old car however someone else has paid most of it. I'll have to pay it for two more years and it's £610 this year. First time for me but seemingly we'll all be paying it very soon.

I love the LED badge King Monkey.  It looks especially great on your white GTI.  Could be a bit too much on a darker car, but each to their own.

Glad to hear you like the badge. I honestly think it’s one of those things that people will love or think it’s awful!

[WelshGolf]

Wasn't all the sensors in the the badge on the 8? That's why they moved the sensors down the bumper in the 8.5 because of the illumination?

[king monkey]

Yeah. When you take the badge off the ACC sensor is underneath. Just have to be careful not to move it.

[WelshGolf]

Yeah. When you take the badge off the ACC sensor is underneath. Just have to be careful not to move it.

ah ok, and the sensors still work with the new illuminated badge? Are you telling me they didn't have to put a big ugly black box in the bumper for the 8.5?

[fredgroves]

Yeah. When you take the badge off the ACC sensor is underneath. Just have to be careful not to move it.

ah ok, and the sensors still work with the new illuminated badge? Are you telling me they didn't have to put a big ugly black box in the bumper for the 8.5?

I don't know what the reason was for that actually.

There were thefts of the sensor, but not sure that the mk7 style "box" was any less or more nickable.

I suspect it was a cost cutting measure - the badge based one was too expensive vs the box.

[JoeGTI]

I'd be very cautious / hesitant about messing with the front VW badge on the MK8 tbh! As we know too well on these forums, these cars are hypersensitive to the most minor glitch in its multitude of sensors, so I think you're taking a big risk of getting into bing-bong hell for the sake of an illuminated badge.

For example... my Dad's Tiguan was driving him crazy for months, steering wheel replaced twice, dealers had his car for weeks at a time. Eventually they disassembled the front VW badge and found it was full of spider webs! Cleaned it out and finally the errors cleared. Also, 2 friends of mine with MK8 GTI's have had to get parking sensors replaced on front bumpers - allegedly these sensors will throw errors if they get the slightest damage (e.g. from a stone chip).

[WelshGolf]

Yeah. When you take the badge off the ACC sensor is underneath. Just have to be careful not to move it.

ah ok, and the sensors still work with the new illuminated badge? Are you telling me they didn't have to put a big ugly black box in the bumper for the 8.5?

I don't know what the reason was for that actually.

There were thefts of the sensor, but not sure that the mk7 style "box" was any less or more nickable.

I suspect it was a cost cutting measure - the badge based one was too expensive vs the box.

Odd. I'd say the box is more nickable as it's obvious, also feel it's prone to getting damaged more easily. Best things they did on the 8 was get rid of it, and now it's back. humph.

[SRGTD]

Also, 2 friends of mine with MK8 GTI's have had to get parking sensors replaced on front bumpers - allegedly these sensors will throw errors if they get the slightest damage (e.g. from a stone chip).

There’s been quite a few forum members over on www.seatcupra.net forum who’ll attest to that. They’ve had no luck claiming under warranty either as false errors triggered by a stone chipped parking sensor is deemed to be damage [to the sensor] by an external influence.

[fredgroves]

For example... my Dad's Tiguan was driving him crazy for months, steering wheel replaced twice, dealers had his car for weeks at a time. Eventually they disassembled the front VW badge and found it was full of spider webs!

I'd never seen how exactly the radar was behind the badge, but from a video i saw on how to take the badge off...



So its basically the same "box" thing but just hidden.

My concern with the illuminated badge would be whether it was as radar penetrable given that its not designed to be