MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: BurakGTI on March 09, 2019, 10:48:03 pm

Title: Skyline mod, little problem..
Post by: BurakGTI on March 09, 2019, 10:48:03 pm

Hello dear GTI riders,

Today I have performed the "skyline MOD" on my Golf 5 GTI.
I used LED rings.

Now I have the following problem, when I have my car on contact, the LED rings burn nicely.
As soon as I start my car start, the LED rings start to flash.
How do I ensure that the LED rings stay on?
Should there be a resistance / relay between them?

Who can help me with this?

(https://i.ibb.co/X4NSLLH/F5074057-74-F1-4-C73-A646-4-D5-DF3-FE388-A.jpg)

Title: Re: Skyline mod, little problem..
Post by: absolute on March 13, 2019, 01:49:11 pm

Sounds like your car is sending a current through to the bulb to test them.

It's called cold diagnostics. Not sure of the backlights but people recommend Canbus Error Free bulbs, they have a circuit built into them sometimes with a driver.

Anyway, you might be able to fix the flashing by turning off cold diagnostics with VCDS in Central Electrics.

Title: Re: Skyline mod, little problem..
Post by: BurakGTI on March 17, 2019, 07:28:48 pm

thank you, problem has been resolved, I have connected the cable to the rear lights, they were previously on the license plate light, that was the problem.