Mysticality's Light Thread!!

[zei20t]

yup, im buying an HID kit! thats a good look!

also want to do the fog lights too. hi-beam doesnt worry me as i rarely use them

[Mysticality]

Do not do it if you have cornering fogs.
And you must turn off coming/leaving home with the aftermarket HID kit.

Coming/leaving home and cornering fogs have a fading affect that is brought about by slowly lowering the voltage from 12 to 0. This will kill the ballast/bulb... And ontop of that makes a horrible buzzing/cracking sound.

Be wary - I had my Body Control Module die on me. Haven't travelled enough to give feedback on the replacement one.
Do it at your own risk.

However - Absolutely recommended. Light throw is perfect.
Only issue is you need to lower the headlights about 0.5 to get the same height as the stock Halogen. (So you're not the idiot who blinds people)

[zei20t]

is there a way to program out the fade up and down for fogs?

and yes i turned on cornering fogs, easy to turn off

thanks for the info regarding height. yes, so many people with aftermarket kits dont adjust afterwards. i guess they cant get the burner in the exact same spot as the halogen

[Mysticality]

I would love to program out the fade for coming/leaving home, but I rather personally like the fade for cornering fogs.
Besides, HID's need time to warm up, so cornering fogs with HID wouldn't be very feasible.

i guess they cant get the burner in the exact same spot as the halogen

HID globes, by design, are a different shape to Halogens, which is why you can't 'upgrade' a standard reflector to HID. (Bar some)
To the best of my knowledge, large manufacturers are working out ways of making 'shorter,' 'more true to the original' upgrade replacements.

Personally, I like halogen fogs. They give off a more yellow light, which ends up being better... In the fog. (Of which there is a lot, here)

[zei20t]

i might put the question in the VCDS forum, someone there may know from experience - about the fading.

i hear you about the fog light colour temps, but i rarely drive in fog. and when i do, i slow down and stick to the low-beams so i dont go blind.

AFAIK philips have a 'true' conversion kit for halogens that put the burner in the correct position. i dont know how true it is.

[Transporter]

If you wouldn't mind sharing which LED license plate lights you get that don't throw a bulb out warning I'd appreciate it.
The 'CANbus error free' lights I got look the part but car detects bulb out. I don't want to add inline resistors so am happy to put up with the errors until I get a proper replacement. The ones I have now work fine in a MkV Golf, and in my previous A3 but newer cars seem to be more sensitive...

What about this one? Original license plate light 1K8943021C LED for VW, Skoda, Audi, Porsche | eBay it could be worth to ask this seller a question. I bought from him parking sensors.

[Mysticality]

What about this one? Original license plate light 1K8943021C LED for VW, Skoda, Audi, Porsche | eBay it could be worth to ask this seller a question. I bought from him parking sensors.

I think I'm gonna go with the ones listed in GTI Dave's build thread.
MTC, or something.
$70 but they have all the LED's and are VW originals, as I recall.

i might put the question in the VCDS forum, someone there may know from experience - about the fading.

Let us know how you get on!

AFAIK philips have a 'true' conversion kit for halogens that put the burner in the correct position. i dont know how true it is.

AFAIK, you can't alter the shape of the HID bulb much, if at all.
Would probably be best to phone up a Philips rep, or something.

As we have projectors, its not too big a problem, though.

Oh, and be wary of puddles. Like, huge ones. They'll fog up the inside of your lens.

[Cranks]

Hey Mysticality,

Nice thread!

Just want to confirm that you have a standard HID kit (not one with the CANBUS module built inline) and when installed there was no error codes??

Reason I ask is I too have an old 4300k kit from my Subaru that I could use.

Cheers....

[zei20t]

There is probably enough current draw to fool the system into thinking there is a halogen globe drawing power

if in doubt, get a 55w HID kit

[tooch]

Anybody running yellow (like proper yellow, euro style) fogs? Just had a thought today, always liked that Euro look so may look cool on the vRS

[Mysticality]

@Cranks-
Yeah. Bog standard eBay $60 HID kits. No error codes.
I'm not actually sure that the Octy even HAS front bulb error codes. I know it does for the indicators (detailed in a previous post), but not for the headlights.

@zei20t-
I'm actually running 35W low beam and 35W high beam bulbs with 55W ballasts.
I know, its not exactly the right thing to do, but its the only one I had on hand. Am currently a quarter of the ways through the ordering of some 35w ballasts. Damn this chinese shipping time... 6wks. Oh, well. Its free...

@tooch-
You mean yellow bulbs in the stock fog reflector?
Was considering this myself, but need to find a reseller first.
... Actually, should first work out what kinda whacky bulb goes in there. Probably HB3 or something ridiculous.

[tooch]

Yeah a yellow bulb, or go full Euro and make the lenses yellow

[Mysticality]

Thats an excellent idea.

I'll pop down to my local window tinting specialist and ask him if he can do a yellow tint on the fogs.
Will post approx. price.

[tooch]

Think I might give this stuff a go Small 4" x 8" Universal Fog Covers

Cheap enough, looks easy to install, and can be easily removed if I f*ck it up

[Cranks]

[QUOTE=Mysticality;783692]@Cranks-
Yeah. Bog standard eBay $60 HID kits. No error codes.
I'm not actually sure that the Octy even HAS front bulb error codes. I know it does for the indicators (detailed in a previous post), but not for the headlights.

Cool....I'll give this a crack next weekend and report back!!