side light postion

[gti265]

hello all,

realy stupid question but my sidelight arnt inline with my indicater bulbs, they are up next to the main head lamps???

is this right or am i being a muppet??


also its a 2007 56 plate gti, with xenons

thanks
tom

[Nasir]

With xenons the sidelight should be below the dipped beam (the xenon bulb). It should be pale yellow, on the normal headlights the side light is next to the main beam.

[v2brett]

this is where the sidelight is on oem xenons mate 

[stealthwolf]

A bit difficult to see your signature properly gti265, but your car doesn't look like it has xenons. Any particular reason you think they do?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

A bit difficult to see your signature properly gti265, but your car doesn't look like it has xenons. Any particular reason you think they do?

Agreed - those in that sig pic are definately NOT xenons, just halogens.

Maybe someone told him it had some aftermarket H7s which had xenon gas in them?

[CAPTAIN BRITAIN]

Do you mean where are the sidelight bulbs in the engine bay?
They are behind the smaller rubber protective cover and they point away from the engine to the wing, so you have to pull them sideways to remove the bulb holder.

[Gene Hunt]

........pain in the a**e to remove tho.

[gti265]

no im pretty sure i have xenons i have the hid ballasts and everything in the engin bay, they could have been after market fitted as some other parts on the car where by the previous owners, and also the head lamps are a pure bluey white light, i have head lamp washers an auto levaling as well if this helps??


tom

[gti265]

sorry about my spelling as well, im tired :( lol

[v2brett]

have you got any recent pics of your car mate?  because as said above the car in your sig pic doesnt have factory xenons so maybe you have an aftermarket kit?

[stealthwolf]

The headlamp washers could be part of the winter pack, and the halogens could then be fitted with HID kits.

Or you had xenons and the guy you bought the car off sold them, fitted the HID kit and made a bundle.

[stealthwolf]

Either way, you don't have OEM xenons which is why your sidelights aren't bars next to the indicators.

[no golf clubs at all]

Or you had xenons and the guy you bought the car off sold them, fitted the HID kit and made a bundle.

Genius of an idea. When I come to trade in and the dealer takes the piss on value.... 

Nah I prolly won't. 

As above you don't have factory lamps now, but to see if you did originally check the option codes in the service book. There is a reference in this site somewhere to help you decipher the codes.

[stealthwolf]

gti265, both in the boot (under the carpet) and in the manual (where the predelivery inspection stamp is), there is a sticker with a series of codes. Use the website below to decode them.

clicky

It will tell you what options the car came with so you can compare. As stated before, it doesn't look like you have OEM Xenon headlamps but this will tell you whether the car was originally fitted with them or whether someone has tampered or modified the car in any way.

[gti265]

wicked cheers guys, i just wanted to no why my side lights wernt next to the indicaters and im guessing thats why as i have an aftermarket kit,

cheers :)

tom