Bulbs in the Jetta

[ch0p]

ordered bulbs from ebay 2 weeks ago, waiting...
got canbus ones as the bulbs were cheap ~$9-10 , standard was about 7-8 dollars.

[frozze]

What did you get if you don't mind me asking? LED DRL?

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[ch0p]

Yeah I got LED DRL and LED fogs from ebay,
The main H7 front lights I'm going to buy Philips DiamondVision 4300k from autobahn/repco as too many fakes floating around and rather pay the extra $30-50 for the real product!

[frozze]

Keep us posted! I'm planning on doing the same when my Jetta comes in. Pretty much the first thing I'll do.

Any links for the LED DRL and fogs?

[ch0p]

Changed the bulbs in the new car today, Got Philips H7 4300k for main fronts and wedge bulb, LED DRL and LED fogs.

LED DRL was the most painful, hand got scratched pretty bad, spent like 30 minutes trying to fit my hand in the small hole; but it was worth it!!

heres a pic, not sure if you can see the LED:

[frozze]

Changed the bulbs in the new car today, Got Philips H7 4300k for main fronts and wedge bulb, LED DRL and LED fogs.

LED DRL was the most painful, hand got scratched pretty bad, spent like 30 minutes trying to fit my hand in the small hole; but it was worth it!!

heres a pic, not sure if you can see the LED:

Any pics with the main beam +, LED DRL/fogs turned on together?? Does the Philips 4300k bulb match with the LED DRL and LED fogs, in terms of the colour temp?? I'm definitely swapping mine! The LED DRL looks great.

Did you get any errors after changing the bulbs?

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[ch0p]

Heres a better look of the DRL led in place:



And the Fog LED:



Here is a colour shot, you can see that the philips 4300k is still quite yellow compared to the LED, I'm not sure how to turn on the DRL at the same time as mains and fogs, ..... I can only see a way to turn on the DRL by itself...




oh no CANBUS bulb out ERROR! after a few days!


Looks like I got scammed on the fogs for being 'canbus' ok!

[frozze]

Anyone else changed their bulbs?

Looking to pick my Jetta up this weekend. Will probably swap some bulbs immediately!

[ziggyboy]

Am I able to replace the main bulbs with any H7's? Or are there certain types I should avoid. Got my eye on the Philips DiamondVision 5000k! Thoughts?

frozze did you manage to change yours?

[frozze]

Am I able to replace the main bulbs with any H7's? Or are there certain types I should avoid. Got my eye on the Philips DiamondVision 5000k! Thoughts?

frozze did you manage to change yours?

Probably any H7 bulbs.. There are tons of brands out there. I went with Philips Crystal Vision 4300k. I don't like the bulbs being too blue (i.e. Diamond Vision 5000k). Also, the higher the temp, the dimmer it becomes. Plus, it gives out a bit more blue'ish tinge. Lotsa stock HIDs are 4300k, IRC.

My Crystal Vision came with some T10 parkers. So I swapped them too. Looks better but I think LED is the way to go. I've ordered some already.

Changed the fogs to Crystal Vision as well to match with the main beams. Changed the DRL to some LEDs too. Looks great! Works without throwing an error code.

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Not the best pics but here's an idea for the LED DRL, same bulb (and seller) as ch0p (thanks!)