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Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:26 pm
by zdenek_kalok
Hi people

I have the Polo SE model.

I really like how the SEL and the R-Line have the ambient white LED light strip on the dash and the doors.

Any way i could do this to my car?

Is there any kit on the market, something that looks neat without any wires hanging around.

Cheers.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:42 pm
by silverhairs
And you can dim or increase the intensity of the ambient lighting strip :)

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:56 pm
by Andy Beats
Is it colour changing, like my Mini was?
Really miss that.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:58 pm
by silverhairs
No, just a whitish colour

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:09 pm
by zdenek_kalok
https://youtu.be/oYeSw5nCyU8


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Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:59 pm
by Poachersun
Here is mine :)

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:55 pm
by peeceeuk
Quite undecided about that feature.
Looks nice but I like a dim cabin when driving at night.
Shame it's not in the GTI.
I assume you can disable it?

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:11 am
by Dreamscape
peeceeuk wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:55 pm I assume you can disable it?
Of course you can via infotainment.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:20 am
by gnome
peeceeuk wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:55 pm Quite undecided about that feature.
Looks nice but I like a dim cabin when driving at night.
Shame it's not in the GTI.
I assume you can disable it?
Not in the GTI? Its supposed to be according to the price list.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:26 am
by monkeyhanger
gnome wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:20 am
peeceeuk wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:55 pm Quite undecided about that feature.
Looks nice but I like a dim cabin when driving at night.
Shame it's not in the GTI.
I assume you can disable it?
Not in the GTI? Its supposed to be according to the price list.
It most certainly is in the GTI, and is dimmable/adjustable in the lighting settings menu.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:50 am
by peeceeuk
Fancy that.
If it can be subtle, which it sounds as though it can be from the responses here, I might quite like it.
Looks OK in the pics above.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:02 am
by Andy Beats
silverhairs wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:58 pm No, just a whitish colour
No good, I'll give it a miss.
White was the least used colour in my Mini, blue being the favourite.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:15 am
by Poachersun
Other colours could be distracting at night. But when i am driving it's not too noticeable or interfere at all.

And yes you can dim or turn it off. :)

I guess for show/fun colour options would have been interesting,

I have seen some review about the polo being very plastic(hard plastic) inside. Those peopl ehave not test driven similar priced range Hyundai/mazda/Kia ranges that are just the same(usually worse) without the nicer looking features.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:49 am
by peeceeuk
I saw a video about the US Jetta GLI.
You can adjust the colour of the ambient light in that.

Re: Ambient LED light strip on the dash

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:49 am
by Andy Beats
Poachersun wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:15 am Other colours could be distracting at night.
There's already a myriad of colours in the car at night.