Mk6 LED Taillights

[STV4SYT]

Looks good. I had the pleasure of following 2x GTI's in Wolsburg a week or 2 ago and 1 had LED's the other didnt. defo they look the nuts, not sure if id pay the $$ to do it though given i change cars so often.

[Hail]

Pretty pumped, my LED lights are now on order .

Has anyone sorted out the coding yet?

[Ozram]

Finally got mine delivered today. And of course, me being me, I had to fit them tonight (in the dark).
There are a lot of really good guides on various forums about the installation of these lights. Namely Steve P's inspirational one that whetted the appetite Golf Mk6 R LED Taillight Retro Fit Guide
Also a great resource has been this site LED tail Install with or without Rear Fog..
And then Golfitup's excellent video YouTube - LED install in MK6 MKVI Golf.

Parts required are -
5K0945093Q (Inner Light Left)
5K0945094Q (Inner Light Right)
5K0945095L (Outer Light)
5K0945096L (Outer Light)
The connector adapters I got also has a part number - 000 979 129 E


Just a quick couple of additions -
The inner hatch lights are definitely easier to fit if you remove the outer black / grey plastic end cap and refit it once the light is installed.

The outer nut is also a bit fiddly to get the socket onto.


All of the connectors have the pin numbers written on them so you can install them the correct way.
The trim is a little tight to fold back out of the way, especially the R/H/S. The plastic screw is fairly tight to unscrew on the outer lights (blurred).


Once unscrewed it looks like this...


Care needs to be taken to make sure that the outer lights slide under the guide lugs in the rear guard.
Overall, I love them. Only minor complaint is that the fit is not perfect, they seem to have a gap of about 1-2mm underneath the lights.




And time to play with the camera and some external light



They do put the blown globe warning light on at the dash, I plan to get the VCDS coding of Byte 18 to 04 done on Friday.
PLEASE NOTE LED's are only able to be fitted to June 2009 and newer builds. Coding for R/H drive with Halogen headlights up UNTIL WEEK 45 2009 is Byte 18 in Central electrics to 04. Coding for Halogens & Xenons AFTER WEEK 45 2009 is different please refer to Adam D's post at the bottom of this page http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112...-40280-26.html

[AdamD]

Finally got mine delivered today. And of course, me being me, I had to fit them tonight (in the dark).

They look fantastic Ozram! Great fitting info in your post too - thanks very much!

Time to update your signature - tails no longer "on order".

[Golfitup]

Outstanding. They look great!

Changes the whole rear of the car.

[GTI mk6]

Fantastic look Ozram!
Love 'em lots....want some....sigh
Also great job on photographing the steps along the way (even in the dark hehe)
Thanks for sharing

[GHW]

Pretty pumped, my LED lights are now on order .

Has anyone sorted out the coding yet?

Hi Hail,

I coded mine today as per Ozrams post on byte 18 changed the default code of 00 to 04.
It's pretty easy, you just go to the binary code and enter 00000100 in place of 00000000 and the default "00" changes to "04"
This has eliminated all the fault codes but I'm yet to check if the bulb out still operates because I forgot to do it after the code change and haven't got access to VCDS atm (the bulb out indicator no longer comes on at start up - not that I noticed if it used to anyway but it's been posted somewhere as a potential issue)
My Gti build Feb 2010 but from what I can gather code 04 works on older build dates too.
Thanks heaps for all your help Ozram, I'm glad you got them up and running and they look awesome !

cheers

[diop]

Hey Ozram, couldn't help but notice your chrome exhaust tips. Looking good!
May I ask where you bought these from and for how much?

Cheers

[Ozram]

Hey Ozram, couldn't help but notice your chrome exhaust tips. Looking good!
May I ask where you bought these from and for how much?

I just got a set from Supercheap and modified them by installing a stainless self tapping scew in the end to lock them onto the exhaust. The exhaust flares out at the tips so you need to be able to lock them to a smaller diameter exhaust pipe.

[Ozram]

I can confirm that coding byte 18 to 04 will remove all error messages from the MFD and turn off the yellow blown globe symbol. The warning system is still active and if a globe blows on your car then the yellow light will illuminate.

Just coded mine this morning.

PLEASE NOTE LED's are only able to be fitted to June 2009 and newer builds. Coding for R/H drive with Halogen headlights up UNTIL WEEK 45 2009 is Byte 18 in Central electrics to 04. Coding for Halogens & Xenons AFTER WEEK 45 2009 is different please refer to Adam D's post at the bottom of this page Mk6 http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112...-40280-26.html

[jeeteeay]

Thats great news Ozram.....now waiting for mine in 3 weeks...perhaps

Thanks for all your help.

[team_v]

I can confirm that coding byte 18 to 04 will remove all error messages from the MFD and turn off the yellow blown globe symbol. The warning system is still active and if a globe blows on your car then the yellow light will illuminate.

Just coded mine this morning.

What does the coding correspond to?
(i.e. does it active the led light setting in the car?)

I have a bulb out light on my tiguan due to the foglight not connecting in the hella lights and was wondering if i recoded it as you have wheter it would remove the bulb out warning.

[Ozram]

Team v,

No coding won't help you with that. I think it does let the ECU know that LED's are present. If you have a hard fault ie. globe blown or wiring diconnected then the system will still show a warning symbol on the dash.

[team_v]

Okay cool, thanks for that.
I figured it would be LED specific as the euro cars have them.

Thanks for letting me know.

[solistics]

Just placed my order (thanks for the assist Ozram). Now the waiting begins.....