What the hell is up with these??? HELP!

[Cupra Turbo]

Look at these images

http://www14.brinkster.com/gti16v/Bulbs.jpg

http://www14.brinkster.com/gti16v/fogs.jpg

(copy & paste em into ya browser address bar)


Ok, the first one: -

The connector with the orange bulb is my NEW connector from my smoked indicators.

Look at the shape of the connector... SQUARE

Now look at the shape of the connector that was already in OVAL

So I CANNOT connect my new smoked fogs up cos the existing connectors wont fit to the old ones...

also, i cant change the bulbs over, cos the pins on the orange bulbs are off-set and my clear bulbs pins are directly above each other!!!

...

Now look at picture two.

The yellow circles are the areas to concentrate on.

The left circle shows the OVAL (ish) connector that fits my OVAL connector from my bulbs (see pic 1) ... so I CANNOT connect the new smoked foglights up!!! ...

The right hand side yellow circle is the "fog light adjuster" ... this seems to be holding my fogs in although the screws have been removed. I looked at the haynes manual and it doesnt even mention the adjuster.. it just says "remove screws and fog light comes out"... this isnt the case.


... can ANYONE help me with this? I wanted my new stuff put in tonight but they dont seem to fit... even tho I went to the VW garage and STATED

GOLF GTI 1997 MK3


... anyone?

 :'(

[Overseer]

i had the same prob on my old polo, i put clear indicators with orange bulbs in.. originally it was white bulbs, with orange shells.

i had to hacksaw the newer (i think oval) ones to get to the pins and put spade connectors on the cables and connected those to the indicators

[Cupra Turbo]

im not hacking these to bits... if they dont fit, there going back and ill have my hard earned... (ok my earned) cash back!

[Overseer]

if you cant get the right fitting with the right colour bulbs (i have a hunch you wont) the other option may be to buy the right connectors too.. but.. i found that what cable was there wasnt very long.

[Cupra Turbo]

im not rewiring indicators... the haynes manual shows SQUARE connectors.. like my new smoked lights... but my current ones are OVAL... I wanna know why and i want OVAL ones ordered!!

[Overseer]

wwell the thing is.. you cant have smoked ones without orange bulbs.. and orange bulbs use the other type of fitting.. so either you hack em up like i did, put on new connectors, or send em back.

holla back with how u get on.

[Cupra Turbo]

it CAME WITH these orange bulbs...

[Overseer]

yeah i know.. no need to shout


but they're diff shapes for a reason.. i.e. the diff bulb fitments.. i think you wont get one the oval shape that'll take orange bulbs..

[Cupra Turbo]

sorry mate didnt mean to shout. ... i was proper pissed off last nite.

so... this connector has orange bulbs and wont fit a sqaure connector'd car...

so what car comes with square connectors? and why change them?


anyone know what shape their car connectors are?

[Overseer]

I'll check me polo later too coz they look the same (its a '96)