B7 Passat Visual and assistance package

[cru22z]

Anyone already have this in their b7 passat? What is the colour temp of the Bi-xenons may I ask pls?
Anyone with pics at night?

[kleung]

What is the colour temp of the Bi-xenons may I ask pls?

The colour temp of factory fitted HIDs will always be at or about 4300k.

[Riker]

Yep, 4300k for the Bi-Xenon HID's & they are worth every penny over the standard lights.........

Quick pics of the lights.... I should have cleaned them first....

* LED Daytime running lights:



* HID & DRL's:



Whenever the car is on the DRL's remain on.

[cru22z]

@Riker - Nice! Are lights white when it hits the road or signs? Does it look like to Honda accord euro HIDs?
Does look white though. Nice.

[Riker]

Yes, they are white & illuminate the road very effectively. My in laws have a Euro luxury & we both agree the Passats HID's are more effective than the Euro's.

@Riker - Nice! Are lights white when it hits the road or signs? Does it look like to Honda accord euro HIDs?
Does look white though. Nice.

[kleung]

Yes, they are white & illuminate the road very effectively. My in laws have a Euro luxury & we both agree the Passats HID's are more effective than the Euro's.

That's interesting. What generation Euro is it? I wonder if they made some improvements to the HIDs in the Passat between the B6 and the B7? I had a 2004 Euro Luxury before my R36, and I reckon the low beams on the Honda were better.

[Riker]

The in laws have a current model (MY10)CU2 Euro Lux. We were over there last night actually so had another play & my Passat's HID's definitely have a better spread pattern, depth of light penetration & intensity than the Euro Lux. Maybe it is my car, maybe it is theirs but on a practical note the Passat's HID's seem to be very good. I have also tried my Passat against my parents Merc E350 (MY10) & the measurable qualities are very similar......

That's interesting. What generation Euro is it? I wonder if they made some improvements to the HIDs in the Passat between the B6 and the B7? I had a 2004 Euro Luxury before my R36, and I reckon the low beams on the Honda were better.

[cru22z]

The in laws have a current model (MY10)CU2 Euro Lux. We were over there last night actually so had another play & my Passat's HID's definitely have a better spread pattern, depth of light penetration & intensity than the Euro Lux. Maybe it is my car, maybe it is theirs but on a practical note the Passat's HID's seem to be very good. I have also tried my Passat against my parents Merc E350 (MY10) & the measurable qualities are very similar......

Hi Riker..have you tried using your active cruise control?? is it any good?
also with the city emergency braking does the car actually stop without intervention if you dont brake less than 35km?

Im curios

[Riker]

Yep, I have used the Active cruise & it does exactly as it says. Combined with lane assist on lined roads the car literally steers, brakes & accelerates itself. The lane assist starts beeping after about 10 seconds of inactivity from the driver then the wheel does a little shake. It is odd feeling the wheel steering itself in your hands but you still have control. You get used to it quickly but it is still an odd feeling. It can be disengaged if preferred.

The emergency braking is a fantastic feature. It will stop the car fully without driver intervention after a few beeps if the speed & distance allow it. If you are travelling to fast to stop completely it becomes an exercise in mitigating the seriousness of an impending accident by slowing the car as much as possible. It will save many from the the silly accidents that often happen.

I would encourage everyone looking at a new Passat to get these options.

Hi Riker..have you tried using your active cruise control?? is it any good?
also with the city emergency braking does the car actually stop without intervention if you dont brake less than 35km?

Im curios

[Guest001]

I have all of the above on mine and second most of the comments.

However on reading the manual it does state that ciy braking WONT stop you if the car in front is actually stopped.

Mine has saved me once when I looked down at the radio the first week I had it.

An idiot stopped 2 cars ahead of me in a no turning area. the car in front of me had braked hard and

Car slammed to almost a complete stop ABS on hard Steering wheel vibrating and alarms going off.

Certainly saved me from a bad acident.

The lights are great and the swivelling function on corners is great as well.

Adaptive cruise is also very good especially going down to places like Surfers when its busy.

Only thing is even on the close setting it hangs back too far for Qld drivers and they try and cut in front if you are more than one car length behind the one in front of you.

One of these is the solution for that

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Very happy with the car except for the nearly useless Satnav.

The stop start function works good and if you anticipate the lights a bit takes off fairly quickly.

Even not doing so is faster than the old farts around here ( Im one as well but not a slow one ) LOL

[MJW]

Yep, 4300k for the Bi-Xenon HID's & they are worth every penny over the standard lights.........

Quick pics of the lights.... I should have cleaned them first....

* LED Daytime running lights:



* HID & DRL's:



Whenever the car is on the DRL's remain on.

Great pics. Quick question. At night when you have your headlights & daytime running lights on, do the daytime running lights dim when you put the indicator light on on that side?

[Riker]

No, the DRL's do not dim when the indicator is used. Why, well I guess one reason is that the front indicator lights are so damn bright that there is no need for the DRL's to dim.

Great pics. Quick question. At night when you have your headlights & daytime running lights on, do the daytime running lights dim when you put the indicator light on on that side?

[MJW]

No, the DRL's do not dim when the indicator is used. Why, well I guess one reason is that the front indicator lights are so damn bright that there is no need for the DRL's to dim.

Good point. So many gizmos I don't know which one to play with first. Just hangin to get my car. Dealer says 10-12 working days from the time the ship docked (23rd Jan)!! Surely not that long...

[cru22z]

Im still waiting unpatiently for mine...
Have one question..do you guys know what the bulb size/type is for the Foggies and corner lights?
I would like to match the colour of the Bi-xenons.

[Riker]

I have considered the change to LED based fogs & cornering lights but haven't taken it any further than that. I would like to though & have found pics & write up's by a guy in Europe that has done it to his B7 candy white Passat wagon. He had to remove the full fog's assembly from the bumper but fortunately looks like he didn't need to remove the bumper to do so. I am away right now so don't recall where the info is but it is on my computer at home so by weeks end i'll be able to post the link...

Im still waiting unpatiently for mine...
Have one question..do you guys know what the bulb size/type is for the Foggies and corner lights?
I would like to match the colour of the Bi-xenons.