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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #165 on: March 29, 2012, 08:43:07 am »
Quote from: JamboV6 on March 13, 2012, 11:46:12 pm
www.angelico.ca/files/Passat_B6_Skyline_lights_DIY.pdf

Is this ever going to happen?
If cmdrfire is too snowed under and G-lader cant help.

I'm really a bit p1ssed off about this.
I had contacted Was from the TT forum, he has a great reputation for building all things LED.

I forwarded links to both threads on here and also for a YouTube link.
He seemed interested at first and didn't foresee any trouble but he was away on business and then when back he had a holiday booked so he would get back to me in a few weeks.
A month or so passed and no reply so I sent him a short message, he got back to me and said he would get back to me with a price in a few days.

A few days passed and he replied with £70 including returned delivery.
I thought great! Right, the next question was how do you want me to organise this??
What are the payment details and where and when does he want them sent to??

No reply, I left if for a few weeks and sent another message as I assumed he had forgotten to reply.... still no reply.... :sad1:
I contacted him again to ask if he was still interested in doing the work as I had received quite a few PM's and would like to be able to give everyone who showed interest an idea of the details etc......

Still no reply.......
I've dealt with him over the years quite a few times and always found him good to deal with so was really surprised at the way he was going about things.... no one was holding a gun to his head, a short reply to say he was too busy or had a change of heart or whatever would have been enough.....
:stupid:

Sorry guys, I did try and at £70 I thought we had knocked it off..........

If someone could do this at a reasonable price I’d be interested.

Cheers,
Des.
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #166 on: March 29, 2012, 09:58:37 am »
Ok so I may be completely unaware of a crucial part to this... but is't there a guide for doing this and really its just a case of doing some soldering (generally speaking) and taking tim to do it?

I reckon I could do it... I woud just need someone to sort the coding for it.

I think RebRobin is local to me?
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #167 on: March 29, 2012, 04:50:25 pm »
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Unfortunately I don't think it's just a matter of soldering. It also has to pass MOT.

I'm pretty sure I don't live near you, Nick - I'm on coastal West Dorset/East Devon.
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #168 on: March 30, 2012, 10:07:05 am »
Of course I am aware it's not just a case of soldering, but fundamentally it is a case of mounting some smd's and some resistors, then creating a loom and tapping into the existing loom?
Don't see what can be so hard. Will be giving it a go when mine are delivered next week.
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #169 on: April 02, 2012, 11:11:41 am »
Quote from: N!CK R on March 30, 2012, 10:07:05 am
Of course I am aware it's not just a case of soldering, but fundamentally it is a case of mounting some smd's and some resistors, then creating a loom and tapping into the existing loom?
Don't see what can be so hard. Will be giving it a go when mine are delivered next week.

N!ck R, are you not getting your with your GB or is the order being placed next week regardless off numbers?

RR, you've got pm
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #170 on: April 02, 2012, 06:11:57 pm »
I bought some Valeo's from someone off here last week. I will still go ahead with the group buy however if enough people get involved.
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #171 on: April 19, 2012, 06:42:18 pm »
The group buy is well under way now and hopefully with a whole host of new people getting these lights it will spur on some enthusiasm to find an efficient way to carry out the mod  :happy2:
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #172 on: April 19, 2012, 07:07:28 pm »
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Ooops! I keep forgetting to post the 'guinea pig' unit to Jussa JamboV6!  :ashamed:

Now added to my phone's To Do list!
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #173 on: April 19, 2012, 07:16:59 pm »
Quote from: RedRobin on April 19, 2012, 07:07:28 pm
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Ooops! I keep forgetting to post the 'guinea pig' unit to Jussa!  :ashamed:

Now added to my phone's To Do list!
Who's Jussa?  :happy2:
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #174 on: April 19, 2012, 07:21:15 pm »
Quote from: JamboV6 on April 19, 2012, 07:16:59 pm
Quote from: RedRobin on April 19, 2012, 07:07:28 pm
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Ooops! I keep forgetting to post the 'guinea pig' unit to Jussa!  :ashamed:

Now added to my phone's To Do list!


Who's Jussa?  :happy2:


....Ooops! Again! I meant Jambo!  :ashamed: :ashamed:
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #175 on: May 31, 2012, 01:39:46 pm »
RR, did you ever get anywhere with the broken inner tail light?
I'm ready to have a shot at doing my own ones, but interested how you got on with the test one? If not, do you fancy donating it so I can do a practise run and a guide for other people.

What SMD's are best to use to ensure the same colour match? and how often should a resistor be placed in the circuit?
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #176 on: May 31, 2012, 05:32:00 pm »
^^^^
I posted what I had to JamboV6 quite a few weeks ago!  :confused:
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #177 on: May 31, 2012, 07:07:49 pm »
Sooo then Jambo... what have you done with the inner light unit lol?

I'm gonna probably give this a crack over the bank holiday weekend, just need to know what LEDs to get so the colour matches. I'm sure I saw a guide somewhere anyway a long time ago, showing where to put the resistors in etc..
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #178 on: June 01, 2012, 09:27:53 am »
Been in contact with Craig (Buckets) and after finding out how much it would cost for me to send to him and carry out the mod I asked him if he could just give me a few pointers or a rough guide as to how I can carry it out myself....
To which he replied: I'd love to Nick but, no!

So much for community spirit in a forum haha. I'll have to try and work it out for myself then!
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Re: Valeo LED Mk5 Tail Lights Modification....
« Reply #179 on: June 01, 2012, 01:59:36 pm »
Been reading through this as I want to do my Jetta. Seems a lot simpler on the Jetta than the GTi. Found a chap in Belgium who does Passat's and Jetta's and I mentioned the GTi's too. Unfortunately his mother has taken seriously ill so he hasn't the time to look into it at the moment and for the forseeable future. As soon as things hopefully get better for her, and then him, he will be in touch. I will keep you all posted as to how it works out.

BTW, he uses the OEM bi-colour LED's on dedicated PCB's that look seriously OEM.
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