Author Topic: Hella Daytime Running Light LED's.... (Read 120016 times)

Snoopy · « **Reply #120 on:** November 12, 2010, 09:15:46 pm »

Robin,
I think the new fabia vRS has the same DRL as yours

I have not seen one on the road but the foglight area the light looks like a cluster of LEDs like yours

RedRobin · « **Reply #121 on:** November 12, 2010, 10:30:38 pm »

Quote from: Snoopy on November 12, 2010, 09:15:46 pm

Robin,
I think the new fabia vRS has the same DRL as yours
I have not seen one on the road but the foglight area the light looks like a cluster of LEDs like yours

....Interesting

This illustration clearly shows a 4-bulb LED DRL unit in the usual foglight position like mine. There's folks on Briskoda (I'm not registered there) wanting to retro fit these DRL's.

vRS Carl · « **Reply #122 on:** November 13, 2010, 11:39:33 am »

Yep there are as ive given people the part no in the past

They are £65ish quid each iirc

You can get the same thing for an Octavia Scout and I'm pretty sure it would fit the Octavia vRS as it "looks" to be an identical housing (the scout one not the Fabia).

animal · « **Reply #123 on:** November 15, 2010, 04:01:10 pm »

Quote from: vRS Carl on November 13, 2010, 11:39:33 am

Yep there are as ive given people the part no in the past

They are £65ish quid each iirc

You can get the same thing for an Octavia Scout and I'm pretty sure it would fit the Octavia vRS as it "looks" to be an identical housing (the scout one not the Fabia).

The Octavia has strips though doesnt it (which I think are Philips OEM)?

vRS Carl · « **Reply #124 on:** November 15, 2010, 04:59:59 pm »

Yes the Octavia does but there is an option for foglight style ones on the Octavia Scout (Skoda equiv of the Audi All-Road)

The Pre-Face Lift vRS doesn't have DRL.

animal · « **Reply #125 on:** November 17, 2010, 01:49:20 pm »

Carl, how much are the vRS strips?

vRS Carl · « **Reply #126 on:** November 17, 2010, 02:51:12 pm »

The OEM ones are approximate £150 Each. Part No.s are (1 left and 1 right)

1Z0 941 067
1Z0 941 068

You can get ones like I have installed though for £35 from here

Click Moi

This is what they look like fitted & working (ignore the holes they were from a previous test)

animal · « **Reply #127 on:** November 18, 2010, 12:19:50 pm »

Thanks Carl, and looking good. I've been looking at the Philips kit myself but would like to keep things OEM if possible.

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.

Do you have access to the dimensions of the vRS units?

vRS Carl · « **Reply #128 on:** November 18, 2010, 01:23:47 pm »

I don't mate sorry and ETKA doesn't list the size of each unit either

RedRobin · « **Reply #129 on:** November 18, 2010, 06:23:15 pm »

Quote from: animal on November 18, 2010, 12:19:50 pm

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.

apollo13 · « **Reply #130 on:** November 19, 2010, 10:43:47 am »

Quote from: vRS Carl on November 17, 2010, 02:51:12 pm

The OEM ones are approximate £150 Each. Part No.s are (1 left and 1 right)

1Z0 941 067
1Z0 941 068

You can get ones like I have installed though for £35 from here

Click Moi
Carl would I be right in saying the ones you have don't dim when the headlights come on?? Iv been toying with the idea of these in my GT fog grilles. How do you think they would fit?

This is what they look like fitted & working (ignore the holes they were from a previous test)

vRS Carl · « **Reply #131 on:** November 19, 2010, 02:13:28 pm »

^^^^

Yes mate you can make them dim when the headlights come on. I haven't but Dave (Muckipup) has done it with his.

apollo13 · « **Reply #132 on:** November 19, 2010, 02:30:20 pm »

Sorry about that dodgy post! The reply box goes weird on my phone! Ah so you can get them to dim, Ill have to consider these then. Cheers Carl

vRS Carl · « **Reply #133 on:** November 19, 2010, 02:45:00 pm »

You get supplied 3 wires. Red, Black & Yellow. The Yellow wire determines wether they dim or not.

This is what Dave did to achieve it.

Quote from: muckipup on August 30, 2010, 10:20:01 pm

Quick update - the advice I gave regarding connecting the yellow DRL wire to the yellow/black on the car was based on the car with ignition on / engine off.

I fitted the DRLs today and wired them as mentioned previously and noticed that having the engine running gave a slightly different result. The next six pics are:

1. Ignition on / engine off / no lights
2. Ignition on / engine off / side lights
3. Ignition on / engine off / main lights

4. Engine on / no lights
5. Engine on / side lights
6. Engine on / main lights

Spot the difference between 3 and 6....with the engine running, when switching on the main beam, the DRL goes dim instead of going completely off. Not sure if I prefer this or not. I may get the multimeter out and test things again but with the engine running this time However, I'd be interested to hear opinions - DRLs dimmed with main beam or off???

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