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Offline SteveS

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« on: 01 May 2008, 10:12 »
touching on what Altered Carbon started. I want to change most of the lights to a white rather than a tacky yellow.
Im going to use LED lights, will i get a bulb warning light or anything?

1 Interior Courtesy light (are these the long ones or 501 bulbs?)

2 Puddle light (501?) 12v, w6w63(dont think that means much)
> to remove, rush wing mirror fwd (back to front of car) and it shows a screw, remove and prise out.

3 Side light (501 again?)
> Im also not sure what kind of light should be put here. a fwd facing light or an all round one, as when you look at the headlight when on, it seems to reflect all the way round the headlight?
> getting to the side light is a biatch, cant get in the hole at the back to twist it out... !!
« Last Edit: 01 May 2008, 13:07 by SteveS »
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Re: lighting
« Reply #1 on: 01 May 2008, 11:12 »
dunno but i just got my white lights (with free blue side lights), (didnt bother fitting them) and the difference is unreal!! why the hell VW use those tacky yellow lights, i do not know :lipsrsealed:
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Re: lighting
« Reply #2 on: 01 May 2008, 11:14 »
what ones did u replace?
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Re: lighting
« Reply #3 on: 01 May 2008, 20:02 »
I swapped my side light bulbs for a pair of Phillips Blue Vision bulbs. What a change much better. Much whiter, not blue at all.  I got them free when I ordered a set of Phillips X-treme power for the wifes car.

Before ( old side light bulbs)




New side light bulbs.



Just had to move this out of the way to get to the off side bulb. It makes the job much easier.

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Re: lighting
« Reply #4 on: 01 May 2008, 20:18 »
nice. im looking at xenon bright white ones:

i tried getting my hand in and i couldnt turn the bulb out. was cold out mind you
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Re: lighting
« Reply #5 on: 01 May 2008, 21:32 »
Leds don't work. You get a bulb out on the MFD.

To get the bulbs out get hold of both wires at the base and pull.
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Re: lighting
« Reply #6 on: 01 May 2008, 21:34 »
hum............. i really want leds....  will the wing mirror lights offect it?

i might pull one out and see what happeneds
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Re: lighting
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Re: lighting
« Reply #8 on: 02 May 2008, 10:26 »
busy topic hay....

i emailed various people including crazyleds.co.uk and they all said there wont be an issue, crazyleds even said they had put them in a mk5 golf... but yet i read places saying they will cause error... so i dont know whats the right answer....?

do the wing mirror lights affect the blown error circuit?
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Re: lighting
« Reply #9 on: 02 May 2008, 12:04 »
Guys, Iv got upgraded ones (side lights and parking lights) in my MK4, H7 (I think!!!?) will these fit on my shiny new MK5?

Iv got the same ones you guys are talking about, the Phillips blue vision ones, got them from that bowerbulbs website.
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