Headlight / DRL / Foglight / Park light bulb replacement

[GTD Dubber]

Thanks for the reply guys. I might go try the other side and try both leds in that one. I have put the bulb back in and it worked fine. I can't remember now whether I tried both leds in the same socket. If they don't light up, I will email them and see about replacement.
Thanks again guys for the help. Unfortunately, Lucas, my son has moved from Newcastle to Sydney, so I won't be heading to Newcastle anytime soon. Appreciate the offer of trying them in my car though. Heading out to try the other side. Damn pain getting the grey covering off the inside of the boot too. Back shortly, I hope.

[GTD Dubber]

Success. The problem was a simple fix. I moved the wire away from the edge so it would make contact with the metal piece in the socket. How easy was that. I feel a bit silly not even thinking of that earlier.
See pic. Originally the wire was parallel to the edge of the black section. Thanks again for your replies, inspired me to try again.

[Lucas_R]

[aarunjury]

Hey guys,

I'm replacing all my lights at the moment, because like most, I want the whiter colour. However, the only H15 lamps I can find on eBay that are around 4300 kelvin are 35W as opposed to the stock 55W. Will it make that much difference? The only driving I do at night is on suburban roads or the highway... Is it possible to get lamps that are 55W around that 4000k mark?

[Fatherless One]

Bump this question

[aarunjury]

Anyone?

[Captain Courteous]

@aarunjury: Just saw your PM re fog lights.... Sorry for the late reply

I'm using Philips 9006 HB4 Power2Night +50 as my fogs and Philips X-Treme Vision +100 for my headlights

my OP here:
http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...tml#post762447

Hope it helps.

[Fatherless One]

White (not yellow) Headlight Bulb Upgrades .. Suggestions Please ...

My mate has a stunning 2 door mk6 GTI, he's seen my new headlight bulbs and wants something similar to get rid of the standard yellow looking lamps.

Low beams no problems (H7's), city lights (W5W) all good, fogs (H8 ) okay, the problems is finding DRL/highbeams (H15) in a nice white colour.

What do you guys recommend?

[aarunjury]

That's me Fatherless One is referring to, really finding it hard to get white H15's, around 4300k...

[Pullstarter]

That's me Fatherless One is referring to, really finding it hard to get white H15's, around 4300k...

They don't exist as far as I know, there was a bulb filter kit getting around on ebay but not sure how effective it is.

[Alain]

aarunjury what are you using for city lights? I have 4300k crystal visions all round but my w5w's are not white like the headlights / fog lights...

[aarunjury]

Well, I have found on eBay that there are a stack of LED's that fit the W5W. They're super white and match the 4300k-5000k colour temp nicely.

[aarunjury]

This being said, (I'm too lazy to go in my car and check) is it possible to change my DRL's to the City/Parker lights via MFD or will it require VAGCOM? I have a 2013 GTI...

[Alain]

Do you have an eBay link? I've tried some LEDs off eBay in the past and they were practically blue.

Also, no I don't believe there is a way to code city lights as DRLs. The only solution I can provide (which is what I do) is disable DRLs altogether.

[aarunjury]

Is that via VAGCOM still @Alain?