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Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:51 am
by claudiohi
Hi guys!
I want to replace the original halogen bulbs but some sellers told me it´s not possible, even if I use canceller.
Is it possible to replace these bulbs using LEDs?
Philips´ Ultinon or even Osram ones would work without error?
thank you.
Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:56 am
by Andy Beats
Are they the same as the foglights?
H8 bulbs?
Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:28 pm
by Mazzapark
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they are H7 bulbs
Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:49 pm
by Andy Beats
Mazzapark wrote: Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:28 pm
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they are H7 bulbs
The directional lights down in the spoiler?
The ones that come on when you corner? (and maybe double as foglights)
I'd be surprised if they were H7.
Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:27 pm
by Mazzapark
Oh sorry! Completely misread the thread, ignore me
Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:37 pm
by claudiohi
Hi, the light bulb I want to replace is the one below:

Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:02 am
by Andy Beats
Ah, the INDICATOR bulbs!
We're all giving you wrong information then.
Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:33 pm
by claudiohi
Bought a couple of IJDM LED bulbs with hyper flash free option, these bulbs are more powerful than regular ones and they need no resistors to avoid error messages. As soon as they arrive, I will test them and I'll give the proper feedback. Thank you.
Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:17 am
by barrywi
I want to do this too.
The question is how do you get to where the bulb is , how do you remove the light unit.
Also as the rest of the rear lights on the Gti are leds why did they not fit led indicators to match the front
Re: Directional lights - LED bulbs
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:02 am
by monkeyhanger
I would do this if I didn't have to burst the boot carpet lining - there's a perforated flap to burst to get access. Maybe when a blown bulb forces my hand I'll do it.
Probably deliberately left as a halogen to make it a big facelift feature in 4 years time.