DRLs - anyone tried these? ** now with pics on pg10 **

[RedRobin]

cheers pnd and red

the only issue with them is that if you have a gt sport ie tdi varient then the honeycomb grills wont suit the tdi grills heres a pic of my front

do they have a alternate solution?



noticed these on ebay too

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Golf-5-V-GTI-2003-2009-DRL-Daytime-Running-LED-Fog-Light-Cover-for-VW-/360414786292?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Plat_Gen%3AMK+V&hash=item53ea6532f4

....I think that the eBay ones are grills/covers only and don't include any LED units or wiring connections.

My Hella round LED units should fit straight into your GT Sport grills (except possibly for some easy and minor aperture shaving behind to get a better fit).

Check out my thread on DRL's if you haven't done so already:  http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1917.0.html

However, you may have your heart set on LED strips and also not want to lose your fog lights.

[nadlad]

Ave read the first page theirs no mention of costs

[RedRobin]

Ave read the first page theirs no mention of costs

....I never tend to remember what things cost except immediately at the time and it was exactly 4 years ago and prices will have changed from then anyway.

I've given the part # in the Review, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find out. Hella TUV-approved products are strong and durable and won't be as cheap as chips.

[Jaywoo-GTI]

JOM do some DRL's with a r-line style grill, They will suit a GT

(Off i go to try and find some pictures.)

Edit.



http://www.awesomegti.com/parts/styling/lighting/r-line-lower-grilles-drl-led-light-strip-golf-mk5

[TheBIGJAYY]

iv been interested in getting DRL's for my car...

only problem is i dont have a gti...or a GT front bumper.. so none of the advised kits would be suitable for my bumper.

i have a standard front bumper and dont have any fog lights. i was going to get some fog lights but then decided id prefer DRL strip (like the audi ones)

i have found some on ebay which seem very cheap but have quite a nice function of turning amber upon indicating...

link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110850606543?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

now i am yet to measure up to see if these will slide into my grille without having to chop the grilles up to get them to fit...

was wondering has any1 had any experience with these kinda DRL's? for the price i may just buy a set and give them a go but wanted to see what other peoples views where first....

what i dont wana do is make it look tacky, i want an OEM look (even though i know thats hard to achieve due to the fact mk5 golfs dont have oem DRL's)

[Woody.Guern]

Hi,
I have just bought these drl's but am having trouble getting the wire through the bulkhead to dash fusebox. How did you feed this wire? I have seen you can feed it through the grommet where the bonnet release cable is, but i'm not able to get a wire through ( coathanger wire), any tips or suggestions would be appreciated, as i've spent all afternoon trying to feed one wire! The rest of the job will be a piece of cake once i get past this hurdle!

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

[PND]

Hi,
I have just bought these drl's but am having trouble getting the wire through the bulkhead to dash fusebox. How did you feed this wire? I have seen you can feed it through the grommet where the bonnet release cable is, but i'm not able to get a wire through ( coathanger wire), any tips or suggestions would be appreciated, as i've spent all afternoon trying to feed one wire! The rest of the job will be a piece of cake once i get past this hurdle!

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

Hi Paul

From memory I think the wire was fed through from the engine bay (behind the battery) under the glovebox and then fed behind the dash to the fusebox.  Hope that helps.

Cheers

Paul.

[Woody.Guern]

Hi PND,
Thanks for reply, thats what i've also read elsewhere, but it seems a big job in that a lot of the lower dash/ centre console need to be removed for access?

Paul

[Woody.Guern]

Hi PND,
Got the drl's wired and working, as per the instructions and your details on this thread,only thing is the drls are not dimming when the sidelights or headlights are on, is there something else needs to be done, or have I missed something?

regards, Paul.

[xjay1337]

without checking in detail sounds like you need to wire up the dimmer this would probably go to the headlight power wire or something.

[PND]

Hi PND,
Got the drl's wired and working, as per the instructions and your details on this thread,only thing is the drls are not dimming when the sidelights or headlights are on, is there something else needs to be done, or have I missed something?

regards, Paul.

black wire      : connect to ground (ended up fastening to chassis ground (blue nut in right of next picture)
white wire      : trigger to 'dim' - connect to pin10 on back of headlight connector (circled in next picture)
red wire        : connect to switched live (12v ignition) - connected to spare switched live in fusebox in dash

If they are lighting up but not dimming, then the control modules are not getting a signal down the white wire properly.  It needs to be joined to the wire coming from pin 10 on one of the headlight connectors (see above pic).

[Woody.Guern]

Hi,
I connected white wires from both drl's to no 10 on car lighting block, as per you pic. I extended the white wire to the offside drl with heavier cable than supplied, all i could find in the shed, could this cause a problem. I have tested all the connections with a meter and all seems ok. need to perhaps disconnect each drl in turn and see if one of the modules is faulty, what would your thoughts be?
Thanks again,
Paul

[PND]

After 3 years, I ended up with a faulty connection / one dimmer module failing and the DRLs were permanently dimmed.  As a result of this, I reconnected everything and tried wiring both DRLs off one module and they seem to work OK like that.  I connected a single white wire to pin 10 and used one dimmer module.  I just took a feed from each output wire going to one DRL and took them across to the other DRL.

You need to check that you are getting a voltage out of pin10 when the lights are on and also that using the original white wire, you are getting this voltage at the dimmer module end.  If you the module is working, it should then output a reduced voltage to the DRL.  You'll have to check each bit in turn and see where you get to.

If you think you've got a failed dimmer module, either contact where you got them from or try emailing this chap in Germany, they are the european distributors.  That is assuming you've got the JOM product and it looks exactly the same as mine!

Heinrich Schüler <heinrich.schueler@jom.de>

Cheers

Paul.

[Woody.Guern]

Hi,
Thanks for the advice, will check out what you suggest and ;et you know what happens

Paul

[martin@gti.co.uk]

Have you used scotchlocks? And have you tried use multimeter to test voltage/contunuity for good connections?