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Offline ArildStavrum

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Re: Which is best for rear lights - OEM R32 or Tinted Hella?
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2012, 02:47:37 pm »
Quote from: MC71 on November 21, 2012, 02:15:04 pm
^^^^ Are the ones you've bought the ones you linked to in Post 2? If so, completely different. Hella do make some ED30 rear light clusters.....



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Golf-MK5-5-V-Hella-Edition-30-Black-Red-Smoke-Tail-Lights-Rear-Lamp-GTI-R32-/320902831919

These are the rear lights I bought and I am delighted with them.
The mechanic who installed them also said they were of really good quality.
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Re: Which is best for rear lights - OEM R32 or Tinted Hella?
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2012, 03:03:17 pm »
Quote from: markymark on November 21, 2012, 02:25:03 pm
Have a read through here, if anything the LED's are safer from that point. http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,4469.0.html

Safer in the eyes of people on here who've installed them. Been behind loads of golfs with the stock lights and never had any issues seeing their indicator if they are breaking. The LED lights are fine, but just not to my taste.
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Re: Which is best for rear lights - OEM R32 or Tinted Hella?
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2012, 03:11:50 pm »
The LED lights in post #2 are the mk6 R style, which I really don't like.

I have the LED lights in the below post which IMO look brilliant. Not sure about being more safe than standard but are fine.
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,4469.0.html
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Re: Which is best for rear lights - OEM R32 or Tinted Hella?
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Re: Which is best for rear lights - OEM R32 or Tinted Hella?
« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2012, 03:15:57 pm »
Quote from: markymark on November 21, 2012, 02:25:03 pm
Have a read through here, if anything the LED's are safer from that point. http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,4469.0.html

Yeah the round LED one look pretty good, just the small LED  strip one at the top of this post look a bit dodgy..... :scared:
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Re: Which is best for rear lights - OEM R32 or Tinted Hella?
« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2012, 03:49:05 pm »
Quote from: Emilwy on November 21, 2012, 03:14:03 pm
No, the one's I got is this link...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260880027907?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Yes, very similar, if not a little darker in tint than the clusters in my ED30.

Quote from: Kalpsn2000 on November 21, 2012, 03:11:50 pm
The LED lights in post #2 are the mk6 R style, which I really don't like.

I have the LED lights in the below post which IMO look brilliant. Not sure about being more safe than standard but are fine.
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,4469.0.html

There the ones I'm ordering, personally prefer them to mine. Look good on RR's Tornado coloured car!

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Re: Which is best for rear lights - OEM R32 or Tinted Hella?
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Re: Which is best for rear lights - OEM R32 or Tinted Hella?
« Reply #22 on: November 21, 2012, 11:08:56 pm »
the led lights on post no 2 do NOT fit a gti unfortunately, look at the small print on the listing and I already asked them a week ago and they confirmed this, don't know why they don't fit.
out of interest you said you got a mechanic to fit yours ? isn't it just a few screws and plug and play, saw a vid on u tube, took no time ?
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