What Accessories are you buying for your MK6 Golf?

[rs73]

I did consider the eBay option - one with the R logo would look very nice, but as others have said the cut outs are likely to gather dirt, and the rubber inserts do look nicer.

the Osir ones are not rubber insert they're hard black plastic. which won't matter because it's a dead pedal not something that may affect safety e.g. clutch or brake pedal

[mfl]

Still looking at few things but got a set of stronger bulbs, for the GTI. from Powerbulbs in the UK, the guys on the English forum seem to like these, - see how we go.


Osram Night Breaker PLUS H7

OSRAM Night Breaker, this new product delivers:

• 90% more light than a standard OE bulb
• Up to 35m longer beam
• Up to 10% whiter light
• Up to 50% longer service life (compared to first generation Nightbreaker)
• Sold in a pack of two bulbs
• Fully road legal in Europe
• UV friendly - will not damage plastic lenses
• 12v 55w

[dave_r]

I've linked to it a few times before

Thanks for the links mate, I found a couple of them and figured I'd be best to start a new thread in the right section of the forums

[ravun]

Found this for anyone looking for an Intake for their R - 6 hours left if anyone is interested

APR CARBONIO 2.0 FSI AUDI A3 VW GTI CARBON FIBER INTAKE - eBay (item 380292131503 end time Nov-28-10 09:21:30 PST)

[Big_Dave]

pretty cheap US$93

[simonm]

Found this for anyone looking for an Intake for their R - 6 hours left if anyone is interested

APR CARBONIO 2.0 FSI AUDI A3 VW GTI CARBON FIBER INTAKE - eBay (item 380292131503 end time Nov-28-10 09:21:30 PST)

That went for a bargain price - did anyone here win it? I kind of wish I hadn't ordered mine already.

[ravun]

I fell asleep. Wonder what it went for. Last I saw it was $90 (+$44 postage).

There was a scratch underneath it, but that would not affect its functionality.

[simonm]

It went for $150 ish. I thought the scratch was on the bottom of the box, but I could be mistaken.

[G-rig]

What about these license plate LED's:
(don't know if they would be too bright)



P2Spec.com LED LIGHTING Products for Interior and Exterior Use! - VW GTI MKVI Forum / VW Golf MKVI Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW GTI Forum - Golfmk6.com

[Corey_R]

The LED lighting kits that I had seen previously for lighting the numberplate have been bad! So bad that they'd probably get you pulled over by any police car following you at night. The problem with LEDs are that they're do directional, rather than dispersed. That picture doesn't look too bad, but then the background light isn't that dark either, meaning you can't really tell whether the plate is properly lit by the LEDs, or lit by the background light?

[G-rig]

Yeah i don't think they are really necessary and would most likely be way too bright.

[AdamD]

Yeah i don't think they are really necessary and would most likely be way too bright.

I actually think it's not a bad look. I'd be very interested to see better photos under varied ambient light conditions, but for the small outlay I might consider it.

That link also advertises replacement interior footwell lights. Given that the MkVI has footwell illumination while driving, I imagine replacing the stockers with bright LEDs would be ridiculously distracting.

[Corey_R]

I actually think it's not a bad look. I'd be very interested to see better photos under varied ambient light conditions

Yeah, that is my concern. Those photos have SO MUCH ambient light that the LED's might be that bad at lighting the plate that they'd be illegal in Australia. It reminds me of this video of an aftermarket place installing a similar LED tailight kit onto a GTI which they'd just done the APR Stage III conversion on:

(Warning: Explicit language is used to describe how bad these LED tailight kits are! lol)

[G-rig]

I actually think it's not a bad look. I'd be very interested to see better photos under varied ambient light conditions, but for the small outlay I might consider it.

I don't see the point having the plate lit up too much , or it will stand out more than anything else at night.

That link also advertises replacement interior footwell lights. Given that the MkVI has footwell illumination while driving, I imagine replacing the stockers with bright LEDs would be ridiculously distracting.

I have turned them off all together. Less distracting at night.

[AdamD]

Yeah, that is my concern. Those photos have SO MUCH ambient light that the LED's might be that bad at lighting the plate that they'd be illegal in Australia.

Interestingly, according to the comments by the guys in that linked thread, the LEDs are so bright that it makes the numberplate difficult to read. This could in of itself present a reason for defecting the car!