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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: bindinbear on March 15, 2010, 11:55:07 am

Title: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: bindinbear on March 15, 2010, 11:55:07 am: :smiley:

Hi all,

Me again with another SFQ! Been reading through the forum with no joy. Has anbody recently been able to get hold of and fit successfully with no bulb out warnings the rear LED light clusters like red robins to the mk5. Tried some of the suggested suppliers and they either don't sell them or they have the reverse/ fog bulb on the wrong side for abroad!! I know Valeo make them.

Tried ebay with little success. Don't want to have to plastic weld the inners as suggested, i'm not that technical!

Not asking for much lol but preferably was after a darker set to suit the Ed30 (if they exist)

yours hopefully
Bren
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: Top Cat on March 15, 2010, 11:57:09 am: They only come in Euro spec so you need to do the lens swap yourself, which is quite simple. :happy2:

The colour of the unit is the same shade red as the ED 30 units.
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: cmdrfire on March 15, 2010, 01:42:45 pm: It's a simple enough job and took me half an hour. You'll need a knife and a hot glue gun (or a plastic welder if you prefer).
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: Hurdy on March 15, 2010, 04:42:21 pm: I have the Valeo ones on my ED30 too. Very happy with them and I think they are a good safety upgrade for the rear too :happy2:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fhurdy_album%2FRear_lights%2FP1020222.jpg&hash=a05765fdc5898e8f72a13e3c477e39e007ff26b4)
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: u01atc8 on March 15, 2010, 04:53:41 pm: HURDY!

Your parked awfully vlose to that wall :scared: :surprised:
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: boe3 on March 15, 2010, 07:11:02 pm: love these lights would like a set for mine could anybody point me in the right direction for a web site or link would be cool must be the valeo ones ps hurdy that is amazingly close to that wall!!! :congrats:
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: Hurdy on March 15, 2010, 07:23:44 pm: Always do park that close, otherwise I can't get out the driver's side :laugh:
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: boe3 on March 15, 2010, 07:30:16 pm: ha ha looks like you got it down to a fine art good work think i would end up taking the side out of mine if i tried
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: winrya on March 15, 2010, 07:35:54 pm: Look great on all the lighter coloured cars, not sure they work on black cars :surprised:
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: bindinbear on March 17, 2010, 01:08:16 pm: Is there any additional wiring required or are they canbus friendly as in no bulb out warnings on the dash due to the different resistors?
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: markymark on March 17, 2010, 01:12:57 pm: Quote from: bindinbear on March 17, 2010, 01:08:16 pm
Is there any additional wiring required or are they canbus friendly as in no bulb out warnings on the dash due to the different resistors?
Straight forward plug and play! :happy2:
Title: Re: LED rear light clusters for an Ed 30
Post by: cmdrfire on March 17, 2010, 01:28:02 pm: Quote from: bindinbear on March 17, 2010, 01:08:16 pm
Is there any additional wiring required or are they canbus friendly as in no bulb out warnings on the dash due to the different resistors?

There are no resistors and they are CAN enabled; it's a drop in replacement. I understand it was offered as an upgrade option on EU Golfs at some point.