MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: MatthewRuddy on February 23, 2016, 11:04:05 pm

Title: OEM Led Number plate lights question
Post by: MatthewRuddy on February 23, 2016, 11:04:05 pm

Currently I'm running these number plate LEDs (http://www.ebay.ie/itm/161819751454?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT), but finding them a too bright for my taste so hoping to change.

Looking to purchase these OEM LED number plate lights instead: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271497461648?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT. Seem more subtle. Aware these will throw bulb-out errors, so looking to get resistors to match rather than resort to VCDS.

My current set of LEDs came with resistors, so could I use those resistors instead of purchasing something separate? I'm not the best on the topic of electronics, so unsure if different LEDs might require different resistors (guessing this could be related to number of LEDs in each).

Title: Re: OEM Led Number plate lights question
Post by: r5gtt on March 04, 2016, 09:41:01 pm

Hi the second link posted doesn't throw any error code up and has been recommended by other members

Title: Re: OEM Led Number plate lights question
Post by: Golf_GT_TDI on March 05, 2016, 08:07:54 am

Yep confirm no errors on the OEM ones, the only thing on vcds is to turn off cold diagnosis to stop them flickering when car runs bulb check after turning on ignition