VW Offering LED DRL Retrofit

[AJ_7]

I thought it was ment to be a simple swap Of the panel around the fog lights

I can't say I'm surprised at the costs though

The after market headlights just alter the side light behaviour to light LEDs I'm not sure it will work on the polo you may just end up having headlights on all the time as well as LEDs

If only it was that simple! This is a completely seperate unit to the fog lights. Once the LED's are fitted, the DRL's are then recoded so the headlights will no longer be used as the DRL's.

[AJ_7]

is there any news on GTI fitment?
As all the sites I have found, say not applicable to GTI

All the correspondence i've seen says these are not available for the GTi also!

[Beerbelly]

It will be interesting to see if the headlamp DRL's can actually be re encoded to deactivate them after fitment of LED's. I've been assured by VW that on the latest models of the Polo it is not possible to turn them off at all.

[AJ_7]

You would be correct in stating that you cannot turn the DRL's off the Polo. However, the actual output of the DRL is irrelevant. Instead of the output being through the dipped headlamps, it will be through the new LED lamps.

[AJ_7]

Also, cheapest quote i've had for these fitting is £464.

[AJ_7]

Has anyone got these fitted yet or seen any pictures of them fitted?

[jonnymagnum]

ordered my leds 1 1/2 weeks ago ,i rang vw bury on saturday,they are on back order,hopefully not to long ,i will let you know when i get them.

[jonnymagnum]

just seen these on german ebay.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330701701596

[daydotz]

[AJ_7]

Now they look like a tacky retrofit! Pretty sure they're not the OEM units, they look like the riceboy version from Halfrauds

[Beerbelly]

You would be correct in stating that you cannot turn the DRL's off the Polo. However, the actual output of the DRL is irrelevant. Instead of the output being through the dipped headlamps, it will be through the new LED lamps.

I thought someone would by now have come up with a simple solution to the issue of turning off the DRL headlamps, e.g. a simple plug in resistor or something to fool the ecu into thinking the DRL bulbs are lit when in fact they are not.

[jonnymagnum]

they do look tacky.

[Boyracer_2011]

I wonder if these DRL's will come as standard on later 6r??

[AJ_7]

I wonder if these DRL's will come as standard on later 6r??

Highly unlikely. Those shown above are the OEM factory option you can have fitted for about £500...

[Boyracer_2011]

Shame like, but that seems alot just for DRL lol.