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Offline ANT_1

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* What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« on: 12 February 2006, 14:07 »
Dont like the yellow look of my sidelights but dont know what bulbs to go for to replace them with... there are some LED ones on ebay... but they are for golf xenons... are they what i have, or are they what the R32 has?

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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #1 on: 12 February 2006, 14:35 »
I got leds in mine, look loads better, not easy to change tho :angry:
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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #2 on: 12 February 2006, 18:29 »
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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #3 on: 13 February 2006, 14:18 »
any pics of them in?

how hard to fit gaz...  :shocked:
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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #4 on: 13 February 2006, 14:21 »
also, do those little ones fit my standard MK4 gti headlights?

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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #5 on: 13 February 2006, 16:00 »
They are classed as "501" bulbs, and are pretty straight forward to fit, the problems is all the bloody plastic that swaps the engine bay now and the position of the battery is a bit of a bugger too.
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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #6 on: 13 February 2006, 18:11 »
I can't change my sidelight bulbs without removing the light unit, main beams are a piece of pis tho

http://home.nycap.rr.com/brandonc/headlight/
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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #7 on: 15 February 2006, 11:24 »
so to get the headlights off... i have to take my whole front bumper off!  :angry:

ive got my set now, 3 sets, 1 set of H7 xtreme white (4000k)... but worrying is the fact that the word "blue" has been scribbled out....

one set of 501 w5w extreme white sidelight bulbs i think...

and one set of H1 55w extreme white bulbs...

my bulbs at the mo have a kind of cap over the tip... when i take my lights apart will i need to remopve this and put it on the new bulbs?
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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #8 on: 15 February 2006, 11:24 »
all for £15.99 by the way.
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Re: * What bulbs to use for sidelights? *
« Reply #9 on: 15 February 2006, 16:36 »
done it! bout an hour start to finish, easy job really. and finished just before it tipped it down!

gonna go for a little drive tonight and see if they are better... look loads better now!

cheers guys

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