Reverse / Reversing light/s

[blutopless2]

you can always change the foglight one to a reversing one.. just buy a euro taillight assembly.
I want to do this with my jetta... think it looks better and rear foglight doesn't get used anyways.

[geoff_gti]

you can always change the foglight one to a reversing one.. just buy a euro taillight assembly.
I want to do this with my jetta... think it looks better and rear foglight doesn't get used anyways.

Assuming the wiring loom is the same on both sides! Otherwise you'll have to engage reverse, and flick your rear foglight switch on for it to work

[Corey_R]

So the 'did you know that one of your reversing lights is out' comment lives on.

Yeh - that's SO annoying! Grrrr

[blutopless2]

Assuming the wiring loom is the same on both sides! Otherwise you'll have to engage reverse, and flick your rear foglight switch on for it to work

sorry i didn't explain the whole deal here....
you have to obviously change the wiring as the loom is not the same for oz and euro cars.
all you need to do is loop the wiring from the existing rear fog light over to the other taillight assembly.
i did this on our nbc so it has two reverse lights and no rear fog light. imho it looks much neater on the rear of the car.

[geoff_gti]

Ah well done. I was wondering if the loom going to both sides may have actually accomodated both circuits but only one was connected etc depending on LHD or RHD. Assume you just ran it through the inside of the panel work under the boot lid then.

[maca]

Yeh - that's SO annoying! Grrrr

I get it about twice a week.. Along with the "You've left your lights on"..

I don't understand why they have this set up. 2 reverse lights would be much better..

They could've just done this. They've got the space to have both, they should've used them (Like they did on the Touareg).

[blutopless2]

Ah well done. I was wondering if the loom going to both sides may have actually accomodated both circuits but only one was connected etc depending on LHD or RHD. Assume you just ran it through the inside of the panel work under the boot lid then.

unfortunately the loom is not all there for LHD and RHD cars so you cant just unplug the fog and plug in the reverse to its wiring. pity tho.
with the beetle the reverse and fog lights are down on the rear apron section of the bumper... so i just tucked the wiring up into the rear of the bumper under the inner panel. cable tied it all etc to keep it from falling out and to neaten it up.

with sedans or hatches you would need to remove some of the internal panels and run the wiring in there.
hardest part of the job would be getting the correct taillight.
for the beetle it is only a lens cover that needs replacing (approx $70) so pretty cheap change... but for sedans and hatches it would need a complete taillight assembly (euro one) and i would guess this would be up around the $400-500 mark.

[geoff_gti]

but for sedans and hatches it would need a complete taillight assembly (euro one) and i would guess this would be up around the $400-500 mark.

yep that's it...there were some polo euro-spec clusters for sale in another thread a couple of weeks ago. one of the guys over here bought a set which got me thinking about it.

[Maverick]

Clever by them if the lights turn off when you open the boot though! I wouldn't have thought of it

Rear wiper is also disabled when the hatch is open. Same with the front wipers, you can't operate them with the bonnet up.

[davewave]

Hi All,
Just need a straight answer seeing as the dealer here is useless.

I have a golf MK6 2009 (november) with the comfortline model 7 speed DSG TSI.
When in reverse it appears I only have one reverse light on the one side. Are there supposed to be two lights?

Thanks in advance.
David