Reversing lights?
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Reversing lights?
Just a quickie to save me pulling out the light clusters to check. Does the Polo have 1 or 2 reversing lights as standard? If it's 2 I think I have a bulb out.
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Re: Reversing lights?
Just the one - near side - as far as I know. It needs a bit of uprating. I used a 60w LED which gives a reasonable light.
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Re: Reversing lights?
Cheers. I suspected as much, just saves me undoing the light cluster to check. What fitment are the bulbs to swap to LED?
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Re: Reversing lights?
P21W - This is the one I used - http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/382-p21w-w ... anbus-led/
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Re: Reversing lights?
Thanks for that.
They look pretty good, might try and talk Santa into bringing me some of those..
They look pretty good, might try and talk Santa into bringing me some of those..
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Re: Reversing lights?
Any interesting improvement for the rear indicators (and front) bulbs? Mine is a 6C
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Re: Reversing lights?
Nothing dramatic on mine. I have swapped the main beam to Nightbreaker Ultimates.
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Did it make a major difference? Did you change the dipped as well?Rik762 wrote:Nothing dramatic on mine. I have swapped the main beam to Nightbreaker Ultimates.
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Re: Reversing lights?
It helped the range of the beam somewhat. I didn't change the dip
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Re: Reversing lights?
Bit of a revive
Has anyone found a decent lamp to replace the standard dire reversing lamp?
I bought a set of led ones off eBay but they are going back as they we're no where near claimed spec.
Has anyone found a decent lamp to replace the standard dire reversing lamp?
I bought a set of led ones off eBay but they are going back as they we're no where near claimed spec.
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Re: Reversing lights?
I'll second that request,had to put the fog light on the other morning to help me at least see where i was going
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Re: Reversing lights?
Can anyone send me license plate LED lights that are super white and bright ?. (without geting any lights in the dash)
And also can you change the reverse bulb to a brighter LED white bulb without geting any lights in the dash ?.
And also can you change the reverse bulb to a brighter LED white bulb without geting any lights in the dash ?.
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Re: Reversing lights?
for the licence plates, i'd recommend the OEM LED ones, those are perfect and give no error in the dash. Super bright is not really what you want there though, just subtle is enough.
for the reverse light, it's a P21W fitting I think. I had to disable the light warning despite having 2 reverse lights though. Thats easy with VCDS though.
for the reverse light, it's a P21W fitting I think. I had to disable the light warning despite having 2 reverse lights though. Thats easy with VCDS though.
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Re: Reversing lights?
Thanks for that
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Re: Reversing lights?
I've ordered some 21w halogen lamps to give them ago in the time being
There is a 35w halogen but didn't fancy putting the extra load on the system and the extra heat in the cluster.
I'm still looking to find a decent LED version
There is a 35w halogen but didn't fancy putting the extra load on the system and the extra heat in the cluster.
I'm still looking to find a decent LED version