Hella Daytime Running Light LED's....

[apollo13]

Carl you are a true gent!

 The first thing I was going to do was look up muckipups thread but you did it for me!  

I think Im going to order a set to have a play with just to see how they might fit in a GT fog grille.

Carl if you find yourself with a spare minute would you mind measuring the length and width of these for me?

Lee.

[vRS Carl]

Lee approximate Dimensions are:

Width 190mm
Height 30mm
Depth 35mm

[apollo13]

Thanks Carl,

Ill have a measure up 

[animal]

As I have an R32, the slatted from grills lend themselves to the strips rather than the fog light/spots. However, I'm not a fan of the S6 units as I think they are just too much. And it's already been done several times over.

....In my web surfing travels when I was researching how to do mine, I came across S6 units on Mk5 R32's and a How-To (in German IIRC) which had lots of pics and showed cutting of metalwork. In other words not too straightforward. I don't have a link anymore.

Cheers Robin, I'm well aware of the work required to fit the S6 units, all part of why I'm avoiding them. It's not that I'm lazy or dislike a challenge. I just think there could be better solutions. I'm looking for something shorter and slimmer that'll be a little more descreet and ideally, removeable with no permanent modification. It's highly likely I won't even go ahead and install DRLS, it's just something I'm toying with at the moment. Haven't made up my mind whether I like them or not. I might just wait and buy a Golf R.

[apollo13]

Well after measuring up they wil fit in the GT slatted fog grilles quite nicely but Iv decided against it.

I already have non standard xenons from Hella that have a celis light bar and I just think drls would be a step too far.

Thanks for measuring up though Carl 

[RedRobin]

Well after measuring up they wil fit in the GT slatted fog grilles quite nicely but Iv decided against it.

I already have non standard xenons from Hella that have a celis light bar and I just think drls would be a step too far.

....Well, now you know you can always do it in the future if you change your mind.

[apollo13]

Cheers Robin,

Although Ill hopefully have my fair share of LEDS so enough is enough 

[RedRobin]

Cheers Robin,

Although Ill hopefully have my fair share of LEDS so enough is enough 

....We live in hope! 

[SteveS]

handy topic.
So, am i right in thinking, if you have zenons you can turn this DRL feature on via vagcom, this turns sidelights on permanently?

[RedRobin]

handy topic.
So, am i right in thinking, if you have zenons you can turn this DRL feature on via vagcom, this turns sidelights on permanently?
 

....Are you wanting to use sidelights as daytime running lights? Strictly speaking they're not the correct spec to qualify as DRL's - You'd just be using them in the hope of your car being more visible and Mk5 Golf sidelights are disappointedly weak.

[SteveS]

no i was just thinking of attaching to the loom.
maybe i missed something, there is somewhere else to hook in?

[RedRobin]

^^^^
Dunno - My VW dealer did all mine for me. Someone else here will know.

[Veee-dubber]

An interesting read, Im still in two minds about this mod, Audi's have this down to a tee however some of the mods I feel can look tacky...

I will try and dig out a picture of my old Polo 6n2, I payed considerable money (at the time) for custom fog light DRLS using CCFL halo rings which are pretty cheap now - it loooked awesome - won me a few shows in fact :)