Guide: B7 Passat footwell lights

[enixsr]

I did it!! Took me a while to fully understand the guide but it is all worth it. Thanks for the write up!

[passat123]

Did you use LEDs or the standard halogens? Can you upload clear pics if they're LED? I'm thinking to swap mine but not sure..

[dopey]

Man, I've had the kit for front & rear foot well lights with LED bulbs sitting here since October 2012... I'm such a procrastinator haha

[booba]

haha, same here. I had my front/rear kit since october 2012 as well. finally installed about 6 weeks ago and they look mint.

i have the boldsport kit with 8 led modules. so bright, much better than the stock ones in the new golf r.

Man, I've had the kit for front & rear foot well lights with LED bulbs sitting here since October 2012... I'm such a procrastinator haha

[seanmau5]

I did this installation a while back on my 09 CC. Have the optional LEDs installed too. Does anyone else with this kit installed have an issue with the lights blinking? I also don't have control on the MFD to turn them on/off or change brightness yet footwell lights is definitely available in the light and vision option.

[passat123]

I had that issue when I changed the lights to LED. Replaced the LED and the problem went away, simply faulty LEDs.

I activated the lights and vision/conv option via VCDS

[snerlo]

The footwell lights will blink when you first start the car up as the car is checking for blown bulbs. Mine does it after I converted mine to LED.

[kamold]

You can turn on cold diagnostics for them and they won't flicker.

[seanmau5]

Thanks for the help guys, I had a bit of a fiddle with the footwell lights this afternoon and came to the following conclusion..

Firstly, about six months ago, I installed the front footwell lights via the BCM and activated them via VCDS. I also coded the car to provide ambient lighting whenever the headlights are on. The footwell light setting was available on the MFD.

I noticed that after installing the door courtesy lights (which required disconnecting the battery, possibly resetting the coding I did to provide ambient light??) the light provided by the footwell light was very dull and the brightness couldn't be controlled through the MFD. When this happened I noticed there was very slight flickering but just ignored it.

Over the last few weeks it has been getting progressively worse so this is what I did today:
- change the drivers side LED that was provided by Bold-Sport with the kit to another LED I had on hand. Same issue. Is the number on what appears to be the resistor a rating? (Bold-Sport LED has '301' on it and spare LED has '351')
- I then tried the original halogen that was provided. With the door open the halogen bulb was at 100% brightness as expected, but with the door closed it was off! And the LED in the other footwell fitting was dull and flickering.
- I then tested with a multimeter when the door was open; 13v as expected... Door closed and the voltage fluctuated between 0.15 and 0.31 volts; just enough residual voltage to light up the LED and change the brightness in conjunction with fluctuation.

Anyway, probably all pointless information for this thread but just thought I would share my findings..

[Steve28]

I'm looking at doing this mod and have a couple of questions I haven't seen answered above.

If I go with the LED version, do they dim/fade with the interior lights, or are they just on and off?

Can I have them fully wired up before updating the VCDS, or do I wait until I'm able to program the VCDS?


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