Headlight / DRL / Foglight / Park light bulb replacement

[team_v]

Osram Rallye's are great for me.

[mr gee]

Osram Rallye's are great for me.

Yeah, the Rallyes are quite bright but I find their beam pattern rather patchy.

My favourites are Philips range of Xtreme power or Xtreme vision bulbs

[jeeteeay]

Replaced My factory HID bulbs to Phillips 6000K (bought it from CheapCarParts.com.au for $75 delivered) and MTEC H8 4350K Foglights.

It took less than 10 minutes....

DO NOT remove the bumper or headlight to replace the passenger side HID Bulb like US forum said....you can have an access from the well wheels...just turn the wheel to the right..remove 2 screws on well wheels... and you can remove the bulb from there.


Good luck!!

[andrew7]

Any photos jeeteeay? To confirm did you initially have halogens or bi-xenons (presume the former)?

[jeeteeay]

My factory HID bulbs = BI-XENON

No photo taken....but from my post....its easy job, once you remove 2 screws from the well wheels (turn the steering wheels to the right), you can easily access the passenger bulb from underneath. For halogen bulb, you can access from the engine compartment, as the bulb (H7) is smaller and doesn't have built in ballast as D1S (HID bulb/bi-xenon).

to replace the foglights bulb (H How to: MK6 GTI Fog Light Installation - YouTube


good luck!

[andrew7]

Taken the plunge, have ordered Philips X-Treme Vision H7 headlights (came with free Osram bulbs for sidelight/numberplate) and MTEC H8 35W Super White Fogs (thanks jeeteeay for the tip). Grand total $90. Now for my GTI to arrive (approx 2 weeks)...

[Pullstarter]

I use Philips diamond visions 5300k and love em. Second car I've had them on now and they give off a really white light.

[andrew7]

Pullstarter, do you self install? If so, any tricks/tips to replace the headlight? (have the fog light instal sorted)

[Pullstarter]

Umm its very tight but doable, find someone with small hands i.e. not me lol.

[solo72]

golf r hid colour

im looking at installing hid on my mk5 with projector headlights and would like to know what is the colour of the golf r hid colour is it 4300k or 6000k , im going to install Genuine PHILIPS H7 6000K or 4300k Xenon 35W HID CANBUS Conversion Kit
can any body tell me please

[jeeteeay]

its 4300K.

[Big Jase]

Lights for MY12 Golf GTI

Hi Guys,
I was looking to upgrade my Golf GTI Lights and have realised that they are H15's, and the only upgrade I can find are these....

H15 BULB SUPER WHITE UPGRADE KIT - PAIR | eBay

Do these seem a bit dodgey? I am not sure what temperatures the driving lights get up to and I don't want these to melt!

I want to also upgrade my fog lights, apparently I can get them changed to more of a whiteish colour. I will have to look on EBAY, as no shows seem to stock them, and retailers want to charge something like $140 for Phillips ones!

Does anyone have some suggestions? Are the foggies easy to change?

[Lucas_R]

I remember seeing (a while ago now) a thread of someone on here who was using these covers for the headlight bulbs on a Mk6 GTi, because of the lack of aftermarket bulbs. They worked well and made the colour of the lights considerably more white.

[Big Jase]

Okay, Cool thanks for that

[Jamar]

I saw some photos on a US site and the lights looked very blue in the day. If anyone on this site has these, it would be great to see some pics of the DRLs during the day, lights off and high beam at night.