Mk6 LED Taillights

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Originally Posted by hannson

Everything works well, but the fog lights and reverse lights are on opposite sites now. No issues in terms of operations though as we'd wired the harness to the appropriate fog/reverse lights.

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Yeah - this could be an issue in Australia. Does anyone know what the laws are about fog lights/reversing lights when there is only a single one of each?

I'm currently trying to communicate with a seller in Germany for the correct UK spec lights for Australia. The inner left & right part numbers are different to the rest of Europe. The parts needed for Australia with the fog light on the right are

5K0945093Q (Inner Light Left)
5K0945094Q (Inner Light Right)
5K0945095L (Outer Light)
5K0945096L (Outer Light)

Adapter cables are also needed as the R lights have a different connector to standard Golfs.

Coding with Vagcom will also be required. AFAIK the Kufatec box is only for LHD or European spec.

See here for more info http://www.mk6golfgti.co.uk/forum/in...opic,81.0.html

Now that I've got the car, I don't mind having the standard tail lights. They actually look pretty good at night. And I find it especially classy for the tail lights to slowly 'fade on & off' when the leaving home function of the head lights are enabled. The LED ones obviously cannot replicate this.

The oem one look nice front on, but the circular shape is a bit too much like Honda civic lights IMO.

Anyway hopefully everyone doesn't buy the R LED's.

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Originally Posted by G-rig

Anyway hopefully everyone doesn't buy the R LED's.

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Haha, I kinda doubt that -- especially at the price!

My GTI arrives 1 July, but for the past few months I've had those beautiful VW press shots of the white one as my desktop. It amazes me how "neat" the design is (and I'm a graphic designer) -- including the rear light clusters. The more you look at it, the more beautiful it becomes in its simplicity.

VW and Audi have certainly got their design act together lately. Great to see.

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Originally Posted by Johnson4

Haha, I kinda doubt that -- especially at the price!

My GTI arrives 1 July, but for the past few months I've had those beautiful VW press shots of the white one as my desktop. It amazes me how "neat" the design is (and I'm a graphic designer) -- including the rear light clusters. The more you look at it, the more beautiful it becomes in its simplicity.

VW and Audi have certainly got their design act together lately. Great to see.

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Glad to know I'm not the only one with the press shots on the desktop :)

What press shots are these? The R or normal GTI lights?

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Originally Posted by G-rig

What press shots are these? The R or normal GTI lights?

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The shot I use is from head on, but it's the normal GTI lights, not the LEDs.

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Originally Posted by elephino

The shot I use is from head on, but it's the normal GTI lights, not the LEDs.

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Cheers, they do look good head on.

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Originally Posted by coreying

Yeah - this could be an issue in Australia. Does anyone know what the laws are about fog lights/reversing lights when there is only a single one of each?

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Fog has to be in the middle or the right side (furtherest away from the kerb) and reverse on the left side (closest to the kerb). The ADR's spell this out very clearly.