I know this topic has been exhausted to death but I still don't see a definitive answer...!
I have a mk5 with auto lights...gona get the depo projectors next week...
What HID kit can be used that...
1. Doesn't return a light warning and
2. Doesn't burn out the wipers
3. What wattage..35w 50w or 55w
4. As lights are auto is Canbus needed or not
Am I also right in thinking VCDS needed to disable shutters?
Looking at these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251544218205
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261090668315
http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/h7-35w-ultra-canbus-hid-conversion-kits-golf-mk5/
Thanks in advance
I have the depo lights since februari 2013.
You need a slim ballast, canbus, 35watt, 5000k or 6000k H7 (non C or R) hid kit.
Look for a good quality kit, so you don't burn your wiper motor (common problem with cheap hid kits in the mk5).
You need vcds to turn on 'xenon without shutters', so you don't get faultcodes and ignitors/start-up works every time (also with the coming/leaving home functions)
You need H7 xenon bulbs with the ground return wires on the good side, otherwise you get ground shadows. You can also cut out a small piece of the socket, to turn the H7 bulbs. See my pictures:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,56795.msg697548.html#msg697548 and further in the topic.
Example:
(not my photo, I have steel sockets, so I used a dremel to make a new tab in the steel ring)