Mk6 LED Taillights

[Ozram]

anyone has done this yet??

500 euros shipped from Germany... approx 700 AUD......

very tempting..

Yes, I have. But not from Kufatec. They should be leaving Germany tomorrow or Tuesday

[Nath]

Yeah good price but wrong set, you can get them from TMTuning in the states for the RHD cars, all up a little under $1000 plus shipping which is around US$40 from memory

VW OEM Golf Mk6 taillights

[Ozram]

Im coming into this thread abit late, But are their any right hand drive lights avaliable to order?

I found these however im not sure if they are signed for RHD Markets?

Yes, you need to make sure they are the right configuration as Corey said. There are a few different options, apart from reverse & fog being reversed, the US has 2 reverse lights and no fog.
You will also need adapter cables as they are a different electrical connection to the Golf.
Lastly, you will probably need to access a Vagcom to code them.

[Nath]

Yes, you need to make sure they are the right configuration as Corey said. There are a few different options, apart from reverse & fog being reversed, the US has 2 reverse lights and no fog.
You will also need adapter cables as the are a different electrical connection to the Golf.
Lastly, you will probably need to access a Vagcom to code them.

Agreed however I think you can get a code box if you dont have access to a VAGCOM connection

[Ozram]

Only for LHD I think Nath.

[AdamD]

Only for LHD I think Nath.

I'm in contact with TMTuning about their code box (a device you plug into your ECU port to set the necessary bits, that allows you to get away without VAG-COM). Their response suggested it'd work a treat for us here in Aus, but I've sent a reply requesting explicit confirmation whether the code box will work for Australian delivered cars or not.

Ozram, have you ordered from TMTuning?

[G-rig]

Somone is selling a pair of these on vwgolf.net.au...

[team_v]

I agree...

Note also that these appear to be for LHD cars only (note the rear fog light on the driver's side). Can you get them for RHD cars or are the LHD ones easy to convert?

Regards,
- Anthony

I have a set of LHD tails for my car and they throw a fault code for the foglight.
This fault code means you lose steering wheel controls for the stereo.

I will have to see how easily they can be modified to be compatable but as far as i can tell it is going to require a fair amount of work.
I know the luight surrounds are fine, it's just the light assembly as there is no provision for the left foglamp and the light assembly for the RHD cars doesn't clip in at the same points.

[Ozram]

Ozram, have you ordered from TMTuning?

No mate, A german VW dealership. I think $1000 is too much from TMTuning. I also think the ones for sale on here and on vwgolf.net are too expensive. But that's my opinion. Mine cost considerably less than either of them.

[AdamD]

I'm in contact with TMTuning about their code box (a device you plug into your ECU port to set the necessary bits, that allows you to get away without VAG-COM). Their response suggested it'd work a treat for us here in Aus, but I've sent a reply requesting explicit confirmation whether the code box will work for Australian delivered cars or not.

Sorry for the slackness of my follow-up. Got this from TMTuning in response to my query ref the code box:

It will work regardless of your country yes.

...so presumably RHD Australian models are covered.

I am pretty tempted to go ahead and get these (Ozram - I agree they are very expensive, but am not sure of the alternatives; how did you locate your German dealer?). But I'm still not 100% convinced by the code box. Has anyone else had any experience using these to make changes to their car in the absence of a VAG-COM? I hope they're smart enough to perform checksums and so forth to ensure they're setting the right bits, and don't make changes that could cause problems.

[Golfitup]

Just installed LED tails - Video included

I jut installed my LED tails, damn nice!

I figured there are enough photos of how to do this so I thought I would post a vid.

Here you go:

YouTube - LED install in MK6 MKVI Golf

[pom829]

Excellent work,
You made it look easy, was there any problem with codes/error codes.

[Lorenz]

Very nice vid there mate, well shot and easy to follow

[Golfitup]

Excellent work,
You made it look easy, was there any problem with codes/error codes.

Very easy to install, easy as it looks.

I do have an error code (little yellow light on dash). I have not decided how I am going to deal with it yet. I was hoping that new ECUs did not need coding. I was wrong.

[pom829]

Very easy to install, easy as it looks.

I do have an error code (little yellow light on dash). I have not decided how I am going to deal with it yet. I was hoping that new ECUs did not need coding. I was wrong.

I could live with the error code, because the lights look so good.