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2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:17 pm
by flyjakey
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Hi All just wanted to share my experience of fitting LED Foglight bulbs , Did you wonder what that strange looking piece of bent wire was in the boot ? Well its to take of the fog-light surrounds and yes its hard and scary cos you so think they are gonna snap but i did mange to get it off whole after a lot of pulling and one small scratch on the paint , you also need a small torx's driver to remove the 2 screws holding the light in ! The whole job only took about 30 mins and the look is so much nicer ! The bulbs are by Cree and they have a 3 year warranty and are For CanBus so no light on the dash !

Linkl To a short video I made you can see which part you take off on the floor https://youtu.be/8xWapipsLkA

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:33 pm
by iichel
You can also use the funny bent wire to remove the caps on the wheel nuts

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:37 pm
by flyjakey
Glad you told me that as I was wondering how to get them out ! Cheers

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:34 pm
by DKPOLOGT
Link to bulbs?




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Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:20 pm
by flyjakey
wasn't sure if i was allowed to post link but its on the video comments but here it is
http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/H8-Twe ... -Bulb.html

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:45 pm
by Timmsy
Thanks for this post. The yellow looks really weird compared to the LED's of the headlights

Do they work just as well?

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:34 pm
by Pearls
Really nice upgrade Jack! I know what I'm buying on pay day! Thanks for the post. I'll tape up the gloss bits before attacking the surrounds, I did the same on a 6R and know how difficult they are to pull off without thinking you're going to break something.

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:17 pm
by JayW
Is it the same fitment/size for 6R?

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:01 am
by peter_dk25
JayW wrote:Is it the same fitment/size for 6R?
Yes

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 3:06 pm
by MIBUCS
But the burning question is, are they worth a punt and is there a useable amount of light emitted?

Or is it form over function?

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:22 pm
by flyjakey
without a doubt they make a load of difference to the look UNless you like yellow that is !

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:28 am
by ciclo
A lovely picture 8) . If the Earth's atmosphere was totally clean the Sun would be whiter than fog lights. :)
hmm... supposedly the aircrafts are going direction to Europe. :?:

Some time ago I did a similar process.

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:23 pm
by Timmsy
They do look a whole lot better but do they actually put out more light?

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:35 am
by RUM4MO
Maybe a bit early to think about this, but in UK does the MOT check for front foglight function, if so, maybe they would fail the car as I don't think that any aftermarket LED bulbs are approved for use "on the road" - correct me with I'm wrong, I was going to get hold of some Philips Extremes etc to correct the colour.

Re: 2016 GTI LED FOG LIGHT BULBS

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:31 pm
by ciclo
IIRC the front fog lights are not mandatory... WRC? R models?