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Mk5 Jetta - Time for a spring clean.....
chrisr763:
Would you be looking to sell your current front end? PM me?
Polo6n1600i:
--- Quote from: Squeeguk on November 06, 2012, 06:10:18 pm ---I stand corrected on this, but the LED's are wired differently to the halogen bulb units. I know that when the guys in the US change over to Euro LED's, they need to change / add / cut some wiring to get them working.
What do the Jap spec rears look like and why are you going away from LED's? One of the best points of the Jetta imo.
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The jap spec ones look the same as these, but they have the foglight & reverse light the right way round for the uk
I thought about fitting the inner ones as is, but removing the outer lenses and fitting them over the std uk lamps with the LEDs??
I'm usually pretty good with things like this - I was the first to fit mk5 polo tail lights to the mk4 & put the wiring guide and how to on club polo.
You options?
Squeeguk:
Removing the outer lenses and then putting them on the LED lights probably won't work as you have to break the outer lenses off and they probably wouldn't fit so well on the other lenses because of this.
Not sure of what they look like inside, but maybe your best option would be to cut the backs off in exactly the same place and then transplant them over into the JAP lights? No idea how practical or feasible this would be though.
Are you trying to replicate the all red, bar the centre bit look? Why not tint your existing LED tails? Probably save you headaches in the long run. I am looking at doing some lamin-x on mine, but the lighter tint.
Polo6n1600i:
I've already tried the red laminx on the inner lamps, it's got lots of blisters and lots of creases (first attempt!) but when I tried the outers they looked awful. Definitely not the easiest shape to tint! Which is why this jap spec + led idea came to be!
I may just buy a spare rear lamp to take apart and see how it goes, if its anything like taking the golf ones apart (in the skyline style tail lights guide) then it maybe pretty easy to do.
Squeeguk:
This is what you want then:
http://www.ecstuning.com/News/Volkswagen_Jetta_MKV_Tail_Lights/ES1306715/
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