Volkswagen Xenon LED Headlights & LED Taillight OEM Retrofitted Quality check

**Guest001** · 17-05-2016, 09:10 AM

The ADR rules state that if your HID lights are under a certain light level like 2000 lumens they dont need the full enchilada.

However at that level they are scarcely better than the Phillips high intensity bulbs and therefore probably not worth the extra money

From the RACQ site
Queensland legislation

HID headlight conversions are not permitted under Queensland legislation. If you’re in another state or territory, you should check local requirements.

From Australian Standards

All vehicles fitted with headlamps (including HID) producing over 2,000 lumens (a measure of light output) must have a self-levelling system and headlight washers

**Euro Car Upgrades** · 17-05-2016, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by AdamD

Of course, there are risks to be weighed up.

Yes, retrofitting HIDs without the full ballast/auto-levelling and washer system will technically render the car illegal. Although such an omission is unlikely to result in a defect (unless you're actually blinding oncoming traffic when the car is loaded up - which is actually the point of the ballasts/levellers in the first place), there's always the possibility of your insurance company finding out should you have an accident. Any modifications that render the car non-compliant can give an insurance company an opportunity to refuse a claim.

How much to supply and fit all additional parts (levellers, washers etc) to make the car 100% road legal in Australia?

The #1 Thing to remember is that Washers & Levelling can be installed no problem at all at Euro Car Upgrades and we have done this before as per 2 of our videos.

Can also be after the installation in the unlikely event you get a defect:

**DV52** · 17-05-2016, 09:59 PM

Hm......... thanks hillbilly and Adam for explaining the legality so succinctly and emphatically!

The advantage of forum communities like this is the facility to separate the hype from reality.

From a buyer's perspective, the #1 thing isn't so much that the supplier of enticing, super-bright headlamp fittings can also up-sell the purchase by also providing levelling and washer infrastructure. No, the #1 thing (even before a dollar is exchanged), is that the buyer makes an informed and well-considered decision.

Of course there can be no argument that caveat emptor applies to these purchases - If the buyer has HIDs installed which subsequently causes a serious accident because of a blinded driver in the other direction, there will be only one person accountable for potentially very significant consequences. In an extreme scenario, an argument by the buyer in a coroner's court that the "reality is that people around the world have done it for many years without major hiccups. As much risk as crossing the street." will be facile in the extreme as both a defence before a Judge and as an excuse to the family of the injured party!

Buying and having these fittings installed is a risk management exercise with the odds stack against the buyer from the get-go (because of the legal situation). True, there may be no consequences, but the down-side consequences appear to be far greater than the up-side advantages (IMO)!

Don

**sillygogo** · 22-05-2016, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Euro Car Upgrades

Same Deal, or GTE Full LED

at $2999 or Golf R Xenons with LED indicators at $2750
GTE RHD are on its way to us, brand spanking new, this will be a Gem and FULL LED Operation

are the prices supply only or fitted? if not what would be the fully fitted prices? are the Full LED street legal?

**Euro Car Upgrades** · 22-05-2016, 05:08 PM

Prices are for lights only, fitting is extra.
Email us with your details and which option for the light you like.
At the moment, we have a cheaper option without DRL LED so just Xenon at $1599 and Full LED at $2999

**kaiserky** · 12-06-2016, 07:15 PM

The Xenon's certainly look the goods.

Ky

**R_LINE** · 08-11-2016, 02:27 AM

Please find us led taillights for wagons... why no one manufacturered these as yet I still don't understand.

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**csingh** · 31-10-2017, 12:54 PM

Reviving an old thread.

Did anybody ever find LED tail lights for the 2015 R Wagon?

I know you can retrofit the 2018 lights but they don't have the dynamic indicator like the hatch.