3 days in - so many questions!

[MrGadget]

Perhaps I should've started my own thread about the rear fog light. Sorry to the OP if this has gone a bit on a tangent.

[Russ59]

I don't think any standard fit reversing lights are all that bright, IMO when you reverse at night you're practically driving blind anyway and just need to use a bit of common sense and care when doing it.


Russ

[WEDEL.1]

Absolutely disagree, most cars have two fog lights on the rear. VW only did it this way for style and cost reasons on the Golf. In the US they come with two reverse lights. A fog light is a EU mandated item.

Two rear fog lights is better then one except when you're a tosser who drives around with them on.

Two reverse lights is better then one.

One bright light on one side could be a car with a faulty brake light on one side and a broken one on the other.

Even my 1995 T4 Transporter only had one fog light, I think that enough. I've noticed that some cars (peugot I think) have one in the middle. By the time you get close to the car in front you'll see the tail lights.

One reverse light is rubbish, they should have two.

Maris

[gregozedobe]

Can you get brighter globes for the reversing light/s (eg halogen - same watts but more light output) ?

(NB I hope I get brownie points for not rising to Mavs baiting )

[Maverick]

Can you get brighter globes for the reversing light/s (eg halogen - same watts but more light output) ?

Won't make any difference and will likely melt your fitting. Your only option is to fit lights lower down under the rear bumper (or in the bumper for the I hacked my car together at home look), around the number plate or to replace the fog light with a reverse light.

I've tried a few options in there but when measuring the lumens of output they all were useless. The light looked brighter when looking at the fitting but they lit up my garage really poorly compared to the oem globe.

http://www.my-gti.com/59/volkswagen-golf-reverse-light-upgrade-piaa-xtreme

I'll be fitting some lights down low once I get around to finish off my testing and will do a how to, had a few failures during testing so far with what looked like promising additions but which ended up being useless.

(NB I hope I get brownie points for not rising to Mavs baiting )

Did your parents buy you your car?

Good work though

[gregozedobe]

Your only option is to fit lights lower down under the rear bumper (or in the bumper for the I hacked my car together at home look), around the number plate or to replace the fog light with a reverse light.

Actually there is another option - buy vehicles that have good (bright) reversing lights as standard equipment (both the Transporter and the Octy have excellent reversing lights - and one on each side, too ) TBH I didn't have reversing lights very high on my list of vehicle selection criteria

Did your parents buy you your car?

My parents believed that you appreciate things more if you pay for them yourself, so I've been buying my own cars for the past 37 years, and that doesn't look likely to change anytime soon. Have yours ever helped you with a vehicle purchase ?

[Maverick]

Actually there is another option - buy vehicles that have good (bright) reversing lights as standard equipment (both the Transporter and the Octy have excellent reversing lights - and one on each side, too ) TBH I didn't have reversing lights very high on my list of vehicle selection criteria

That's true but to be honest I don't really care too much but it is nice sometimes, the RVC that I have fitted is a CCD unit so works well in low light negating the need to upgrade to a certain extent.

My parents believed that you appreciate things more if you pay for them yourself, so I've been buying my own cars for the past 37 years, and that doesn't look likely to change anytime soon. Have yours ever helped you with a vehicle purchase ?

Never a cent hence why I tend to look after my cars. There seems to be a pattern of parents buying a car for their children and the children not caring about the car and thrashing them. Make them buy it with their own money and maintain it and they will appreciate it a whole lot more.

[Rileyowner]

That's true but to be honest I don't really care too much but it is nice sometimes, the RVC that I have fitted is a CCD unit so orks well in low light negating the need to upgrade to a certain extent.

Never a cent hence why I tend to look after my cars. There seems to be a pattern of parents buying a car for their children and the children not caring about the car and thrashing them. Make them buy it with their own money and maintain it and they will appreciate it a whole lot more.

I'm disappointed - I thought someone else must have bought your car for you. That's the only thing that could explain some of your amazing utterings on this forum.

[Maverick]

I'm disappointed - I thought someone else must have bought your car for you. That's the only thing that could explain some of your amazing utterings on this forum.

Talk about harboring a grudge

This is all over you spreading untruths about oil. In case anyone wants to read why Rileyowner has a grudge against me this is the thread

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=17940

And page 2 of this thread

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=20838

[Greg Roles]

I remember reading on here of someone linking up their fog to the reverse... thus two lights in reverse??

[Maverick]

I remember reading on here of someone linking up their fog to the reverse... thus two lights in reverse??

You can do it by taking the panel behind the lights and changing the wiring around, takes about 10 minutes. You buy a LHD European light for that side and it comes with the reverse light.

[Korbin]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the assistance, on the reverse light issue, I am just happy I am supposed to only have one!

Left a message with the dealer today to send me my bottle opener!

Tint appears to be fine, but haven't had much time today to give it a good look, will do tomorrow when I give it a good bath.

On the run in options, I am not taking the crazy snow mobile guys directions, the original link is to what I can see as the best, and most justified way of running a modern engine in essentially in line with the VW guide lines, with a few more pointers for getting the piston rings sealed without wreaking the engine from over reving.

I did a fair bit of driving today and the average millage came right down, but it was actual driving as apposed to all the start stop stuff which makes sense.

On the bluetooth front I have a in ear device that I used to use, which works fine, if I can't get phone book access I see no real point to going to a full intergrated system and using the $550 odd to say colour code my bumper.

Today I went up and down mount cootha again and out to samford -

Best decision I ever made!

[Maverick]

On the bluetooth front I have a in ear device that I used to use, which works fine, if I can't get phone book access I see no real point to going to a full intergrated system and using the $550 odd to say colour code my bumper.

The skoda bluetooth fully integrates with the car and gives you MFD options and one of the best voice dialling systems available for a car.

[Korbin]

The skoda bluetooth fully integrates with the car and gives you MFD options and one of the best voice dialling systems available for a car.

To quote an old VW add

Ver do I get vun?

[Greg Roles]

Hey Korb, don't forget Nebo Glorious, somerset, Kilcoy, Mt Mee etc etc. Great driving, and run in material to be had!

I deliberately bought mine on the sunshine coast, then spent the rest of the day coming home via the mountain ranges, and made it work. I agree high combustion pressure is the key.

Actually did that loop twice in my former V8 on it's first two days, clocked up a rather fun and hilly 500k and it turned out to be a very healthy baby indeed.

Enjoy!!!