HID wiring.

[Soundofav6]

Has anyone done after market HIDs and have pictures of wiring in the engine bay. Also how transformer and relay are mounted the engine bay?

Just go my HIDs but the diagram is TOOOO simple and not helpful at all.


Heres a Pic of my LED parkes, and after yanking out BS aftermarket or what not wiring and reinstoring some OEMs. Obviously got to thank GOLF LOON for those wires and also Brandon for fixing ALLL my regulator today. You're the BEST.. GUYS !!!!

[MattyT]

Ooer, LED parkies, sexy!

[bboyskidz]

yeh i got me a set of them. they are pretty cheap and they look oh so hot. what is the legalities with them tho?

[Soundofav6]

yeh i got me a set of them. they are pretty cheap and they look oh so hot. what is the legalities with them tho?

I am sure they are legal, but don't quote me. They are bright but not anything like in the pic hahaha... I WISH.. just long shutter speed in camera.

Could you tell me what's this relay stuff they talk about in instruction, If you have a Pic of your set up that would be awsome. Thanks.

They are sexy... and not expensive at all, HID and Pickies all together I got for less than $200AUS in hong Kong. A year and half ago my mate paied almost Double the price for his 206. Talk about technology.

[vee_dub]

Louis u bastard..u didnt call me. When are u doing it? I am free this saturday avro.

[The_Hawk]

One of my mates has the RTA's book that has ALL the rules. The same one used by inspectors. (helped him when blueslipping his car, the inspector is saying you can't have that, he's pointing at the book saying yes I can )

Anyway, from memory it talks about colour, height, location, but not what type of bulb you use. Considering you have replaced the stock bulb in it's stock location, I'm pretty sure there is no issue.

[ScienceVR6]

I'll send an e-mail with detailed instructions on the procedure. I did it for my final presentation at tafe. I dont seem to have your e-mail anywhere.......

[bboyskidz]

start a new thread and make it a tutorial! that way everyone can benefit!

[DubSteve]

start a new thread and make it a tutorial! that way everyone can benefit!

Yes I agree with that.

Soundofavr6 how did you wire up the LED's can we get a tutorial on that to

[The_Hawk]

Soundofavr6 will have to provide mounting info, but for wiring, check this page:

http://www.geocities.com/crx_auto/eagle_eyes.htm

it's for making your own angel eyes, but the part that talking about wiring up the LED with a resistor is relevant here.

LED Light For My Eagle Eyes
I suggest you used LED light for your angel eye. Unlike halogen bulbs, LED bulbs are very efficient, last very long (no filament to burn out), and produce very little heat. The LED bulb along with the resistor use less than 1W of power, compare to a 35W halogen bulb used in the real BMW angel eyes. LED bulbs are bright too even though they are only 1 mcd. If you ever pointed a keychain with LED light toward your eyes, you know what I mean. Besides, the purpose of Angel Eyes is for look and style, not to light up the road.

LED bulbs are used in street signal lights, jumbo television, car alarm indicator etc., for their efficiency and reliability. They are bright in the day too. Hence, they are now being used in tail-light and stop-light, as found on newer Mercedes S Class, Infiniti G35 and other luxury cars. One distinctive feature of LED bulbs is that they come on/off instantly. Next time when you follow an S430 or a G35, you will notice that as the driver steps on or releases the break, the stop-light comes on and off instanstly. It doesn't dim in and out like halogen lights.

LED light comes in many different color, red, blue, orange, yellow, green, and white. Red is really nice and will definitely make your car stand out, but I used white LED to be compliance with state laws. They even come in multi-blinking colors too, and I think cops love them. They'll be happy to turn on their version of multi-blinking color light.


Angel Eye with yellow LED. Angel Eye with blue LED. Angel Eye with red LED. Angel Eye with white LED.


They cost about $4 to $5 each at your local Radio Shack store. Note that LED bulbs are not like halogen bulbs where you can just connect positive and negative wires to them to light them up. You must use a resistor. The purpose of the resistor is to limit/resist high current going through the LED bulbs. LED bulbs require only a small amount of current to light up. Hence the efficiency. Resistors should cost about $1 for a set of 5. Very cheap!

Resistor has different resistance which is measured in ohms. The get the correct resistor with the right resistance for your LED, use this modified version of Ohm's Law:
Ohms = ( V.bat - V.led ) / Amp.led. where V.bat = voltage of battery, V.led = voltage of LED, Amp.led = Amp of LED

When you buy the LED bulb, it will tell you the voltage and amp used. Just plug them into the equation to get the Ohms value. In my case, I have a 12V car battery and a 3.6V LED with 20mA (or .02A). So, I used a resistor of 420 ohms [(12V - 3.6V)/.02A]
You can use a lower ohms resistor, eg 220 ohms, to light up your LED. In fact, it will make your LED brighter because a low resistance allows more current to go through the bulb. I have been doing this for 5 months now and still have no problem yet.

Also, you must attach the resistor to the positive terminal of LED bulb, which is the longer of the 2 terminal legs. I suggest that you attach a wire to the LED bulb first, and then attached a resistor at the end of the wire on the positive terminal. This will give you flexibility because the resistor will be outside your headlight unit and you can change it if you have a need to do so later, like changing to a lower resistor to make your Angel Eye brighter.

[Soundofav6]

LEDs

It's hardly a new thread ...

After you see the picture you will be laughing....
The LEDs are basically pull and plug from old to new



You laughing now ... ???
The one on the right is LED, middle original, left some Bull$h!t.

Obviously the previously owner smashed the lights and careless to find matching wiring, Loon said these wiring are from earlier model golfs.
With some lunch money, loon sold me new wiring from the inside of head light chamber. That is exactly the SAME. only difference is the parkies socket. My job was hardly rewiring, just threading wire unit.

I am sure no one need to do the wiring unit, even so... you can not be wrong, there is only one slot for each of the metal clips,

Picture tells a 1000 words.

My pulled out unit from INSIDE of head light unit, note the parkies socket.


Installed new unit with original parkies socket.

[The_Hawk]

What sort of LED did you use? From where?

I take it you didn't use a resistor?

[DubSteve]

It's hardly a new thread ...

After you see the picture you will be laughing....
The LEDs are basically pull and plug from old to new

The first pic the one on the left thats the type of park light I have

How did you convert them, they **** me those lights

[bboyskidz]

this is my story...

I bought some ultrawhite H4 globes off ebay to replace the ****ty yellow ones that come standard. they look awesome. white is so much better than yellow.

the thing is, I noticed that even with the new globes, there was still a tint of yellow - turned out to be the parkers.

i thought blue parkers would look awesome, so I took mine out, taped up the terminals and sprayed them blue using engine enamel from bunnings. (see the picture below - the original is on the right...)



thing is, I dropped one of the globes when I was replacing it and the filament broke so I went to bullseye to get a new globe and start again. then the dude at the counter says they have blue LED lights. pictured on the left.

its basically just a swap out.

Mk3vr6, I didn't convert mine, that was the stock globe (however my car is '97) you never know, bullseye may have your type of globe in LED form too...

As you may be able to see by the pic, the LED globe has a resistor built into it (that thing inside the base) so if you could swap one of the newer sockets with the one that is on your lights then you should (theoretically) be able to just plug and play... it should all still be the same ampage/wattage.

for the record this is what the lights look like in a single chamber headlight...



and yeh that is about as bright as they get...

[Soundofav6]

How did you convert them, they **** me those lights

hey there, the rewiring is not hard if you can get the wiring of "interior light unit", I went to VW dealer, but they do not stock and 3+ weeks shipping from germany. SHOULD have asked for the price STUPID ME

well.. once you have the new unit
1. unbolt the whole head light (4 boults)
2. detach the socket from main source, and all the wires from bulb,
remove the glass (4 metal clips)and reflectors.
3.You will see 4 wired from the black socket after the reflectors are removed, push out with a screw drive.

alternatively I was to prepaired to have an attempt in soldering the "wedge socket" myself . I went to Repco and got a quote for a single "wedged shaped socket", it was only $1. 50 with delivery was 11 soemthing in total and 3 weeks. Not sure if it would work (considering there are same numbers of wires avaliable and places ) don't quote me tho.


The_HawK, I am sure I don't need a additional resister the bulb and LED are 12V DC, just Plug and play. Friend of mine brought it from HK for me, I was told they already the more expensive once, and these for my number plate light.
EVEN these jap stuff are next to nothing. I had my days with lights from Autojoy, I literally paied 4-5 TIME more halogen head bulb, almost fainted when I saw same ones in hk.

bboyskidz, they are nice with the single chamber. I clay bared my lights and metholed in and out, it worked for me