LED Door Warning Lights - Review

[MC71]

what about if you was to get these OEM ones and put LED bulbs in them? Would that work the same way?

http://www.my-gti.com/2150/adding-door-warning-lights-to-the-volkswagen-golf-and-jetta-front

IMO there is no point in using the OEM housings (not sure if the LED will fit anyway) and placing the LED strip inside as the price to do this compared to buying the LED (which come supplied with non OEM housing when you buy them) units with mini loom is negligible.

The link you've posted is the one I originally posted in this thread and is very helpful. Make sure you know which door controller you have as the wires will go in different places for Gen 1 & Gen 2 compared to Gen 3. I would recomend contacting one of the forum "wizards" such as Eddie-NL or Golfman to assist.

[RetroRaz]

^^

Thanks mate :)

i saw on another thread that the parts for OEM housing, repair cable and with some W5W Leds are under £30. But as you have said it depends if the LED light will fit into the housing.

[MC71]

^^^^

1K0 947 411 A (1K0947411A) - Door Warning Light (1 per door) are around £10 each
1J0 971 972 (1J0971972) - Connector Housing (1 per door) are around £1.00 each

Then some W5W bulbs - from anywhere for about £0.50p each (or single and multi W5W LED's can be bought from eBay from £1 each.

Some repair wire and Robert's your Dad's Brother.

So with a bit of hunting around and a trip to your local dealer you could do this (or very similar) for around £25 per pair.

(Or spend a couple of quid more and get them form BoldSport.com)

 

[RetroRaz]

^^ Thanks dude 

Just did a price conversion on the ones from BOLD and its around £39 posted.

Did you have to pay tax on yours?

Cheers


Raz

[MC71]

^^^^ No tax (import duty) is due on any item bought from this region in this price band, I believe it's over £100 so no worries.


From my OP.......  


For 1 pair (for a 2 door car)   £40.95  inc P+P via the cheapest shipping method available.
For 2 pairs (for a 4 door car) £70.52 inc P+P (prices exclude fitting)

[RetroRaz]

Wicked! Will order a set soon

Thanks for your help and a great review :D

[RetroRaz]

Just got mine . Here there are.












Will fit them over the xmas holidays from work

[MC71]

^^^^ nice one. You'll love em, great little mod for the money. Post some pics up after you've fitted them.

[stubert]

So the only difference between the Bold-Sport kit and building it from the dealers is that you can have LED from Bold-Sport and you'd need to buy some wire if you built the kit yourself and lose out on the connector?

[MC71]

^^^^ yeap, all in the review! 

[stubert]

Granted, but if its cheaper to buy from VW UK then why arn't people doing it?  Is the connecter with the Bold kit essential?  I presume you cant work with bare ended wires?

[MC71]

Granted, but if its cheaper to buy from VW UK then why arn't people doing it?  Is the connecter with the Bold kit essential?  I presume you cant work with bare ended wires?

It's a choice. The review is not for VW OEM Door Warning Lights but for LED aftermarket Door Warning Lights but i have posted in the review that alternatives are available if you so choose.

 You may decide to do this "mini mod" yourself with parts (I've provided the relevant Part Numbers for the OEM parts in my review) and save some money, if so, all is good.

And the connector is a few pence so I wouldn't.

 

[stubert]

Thank you for summing that up 

[andybon]

Going to do this to mine in the next few weeks. Just wandering if the rear doors are just plug and play or is there extra wiring required for them?

[marko]

just need to plug two wires (12v and earth) into the door controller...
easy stuff mate