MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Cosmetic/Interior Modifications => Topic started by: gadge on June 03, 2009, 08:15:07 pm
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I'd like to buy one with them already but if i cant find one, can they be easily fitted afterwards?
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Yes they can, ask JPC, he's did it on his GT :happy2:
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ok, thanks. Didnt know if they where like AFL on the astras, big no no to retro fit and got to connect to steering wheel loom.
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Plug and Play adapters are available from www.kufatec.de so you can plug them straight in.
You won't have the auto leveling or headlight washers unless you want to send big bucks :happy2:
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thats pretty much it, a few clicks with vag com, adaptor looms and xenons headlights. fit them and your done! ;)
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Are the self levelers and washers needed to pass an MOT?
Also I am looking to buy some from germany. Will I be able to change the beam pattern so it is exactly like UK versions of the xenons?
Thanks
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Yes, washers and autolevellers are needed to MOT.
Autolevelling from kufatec is 390 euros, wiring only is 90 euro.
I have just installed the autolevelling, not that hard to do.
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Have you Dan? ^ - Any pics at all fella?
Might pick your brains via PM if you don't mind please :)
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Just pick all you want :happy2:
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Hi guys, as you can see from some of the pics of my car i work beside VOSA and asked the questions about autoleveling and washers. As long as its set to the correct level job is done. Headlight washers are not part of the MOT even when you have xenons.
So no requirement to have either and thats from VOSA staff direct.
Hope this helps
Iain
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Hi guys, as you can see from some of the pics of my car i work beside VOSA and asked the questions about autoleveling and washers. As long as its set to the correct level job is done. Headlight washers are not part of the MOT even when you have xenons.
So no requirement to have either and thats from VOSA staff direct.
Hope this helps
Iain
suits me!
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Hi guys, as you can see from some of the pics of my car i work beside VOSA and asked the questions about autoleveling and washers. As long as its set to the correct level job is done. Headlight washers are not part of the MOT even when you have xenons.
So no requirement to have either and thats from VOSA staff direct.
Hope this helps
Iain
I believed this was correct! thanks mate! Alot of people on alot of forums swear that they are needed!!!
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Hi guys, as you can see from some of the pics of my car i work beside VOSA and asked the questions about autoleveling and washers. As long as its set to the correct level job is done. Headlight washers are not part of the MOT even when you have xenons.
So no requirement to have either and thats from VOSA staff direct.
Hope this helps
Iain
I believed this was correct! thanks mate! Alot of people on alot of forums swear that they are needed!!!
....They are probably confusing headlight auto-levelling with headlight alignment re MOT.
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thats pretty much it, a few clicks with vag com, adaptor looms and xenons headlights. fit them and your done! ;)
But they will NOT be legal!
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Are the self levelers and washers needed to pass an MOT?
Also I am looking to buy some from germany. Will I be able to change the beam pattern so it is exactly like UK versions of the xenons?
Thanks
Won't have the correct beam pattern for the UK - at best, they will have just a flat beam on dip - which will defo fail an MoT
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Nope they wont be legal but the beam pattern is fine.
you can change the beam pattern from LHD to RHD quite easily IIRC too.
The flick up changes from left (rhd) to the right (LHD)
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Do you know if it cuts the beam or it actually converts it JPC? :happy2:
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Right, rather than open a new thread, I thought I would add to this. I have a donor car, that I can have the xenons off. However I will have to convert this back to normal lights. SO I have to swap both ways. I will source a standard set of lights(ie not GTI) for the donar car. I know I need leads from kuftec, but how easy is it to take the levellers etc, is all the wiring there already? And how easy to convert the GT back to standard lights?
ANy help much appreciated, and I just want to know if its worth the bother!
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Oli it would be far easier to take the levelling sensors and control box off and buy the loom from Kufatec,
For the simple reason the wiring will be very hard to trace back from the sensors and control box you could also take the washers off aswell and again buy the loom which is 40 euro's from kufatec.
If you do it get an how 2 up for the rest of the forum, although there is some excellent write ups on the net for all this.
Darren
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Right, rather than open a new thread, I thought I would add to this. I have a donor car, that I can have the xenons off. However I will have to convert this back to normal lights. SO I have to swap both ways. I will source a standard set of lights(ie not GTI) for the donar car. I know I need leads from kuftec, but how easy is it to take the levellers etc, is all the wiring there already? And how easy to convert the GT back to standard lights?
ANy help much appreciated, and I just want to know if its worth the bother!
If you have a doner car, can't you use the same Xenon leads? Why do you need the Kuftec ones?
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^ x2.
Or... Can the leads be purchased from VAG perhaps?
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there arent any "leads" on a car fitted with xenons from the factory.
There is a 12 pin plug for the xenons connected to a massive loom that would just be a nightmare to take out.
On a halogen car, there is a 10pin plug. The plug is a different shape.
you NEED to get the Kufatec Looms, or you can make your own, but it would a lot easier to buy the kufatec looms
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The hardest part would be to get the Xenon Car to Halogen.
Hope this helps
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bit of a thread revival......
has anyone here ever added the auto shutter option to the xenons on a midline cecm???
i have a gt model which i think hasnt got a highline cecm but i want the high beam xenon to work....
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do you have front fogs?
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yes i do eddy??
standard fit
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you then have a high version cecm
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legend...thanks for great info eddy!!!