What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

[LunchboxVRS]

very nice lunchbox...look forward to seeing the car with them on.
p.s have you put your lowered springs on yet

No. VW screwed up the order for my replacement nuts for the front. Will have to wait till next week. Wheels go on Wednesday just down the road from you so if I have time will pop in if your working.

[tassie devil]

No. VW screwed up the order for my replacement nuts for the front. Will have to wait till next week. Wheels go on Wednesday just down the road from you so if I have time will pop in if your working.

no worries mate will be out in the workshop mate

[Bassik]

So after months and months I have finally retro fitted myself some OEM Xenon headlights, these are Halogen inside but the rest remains OEM.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/85b0rjyiy7p6q4u/2013-03-28%2016.52.46.jpg

Installing them took about and hour or so with the help from nomadx38 (kudos) and now the car looks awesome.

2 issues I have found 1 being a pain when turning the power steering tends to drain the power so the DRLs flicker and it's quite annoying I have only tested this in my car park so I will test out on the road and if it's ok it probably wont bother me. The other issue is that the lights look to be RHD but they say LHD on the lights them selves. Have a look at the pics i attached.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gsllhymc51o5l9c/2013-03-28%2018.48.11.jpg

I'm not to bothered honestly and if I get used to it I'll be fine... I wonder if there is a fuse missing the DRL's normally have can anyone confirm?

I'm a newb so I could be entirely wrong.

[alexaescht]

What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

So after months and months I have finally retro fitted myself some OEM Xenon headlights, these are Halogen inside but the rest remains OEM.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/85b0rjyiy7p6q4u/2013-03-28%2016.52.46.jpg

Installing them took about and hour or so with the help from nomadx38 (kudos) and now the car looks awesome.

2 issues I have found 1 being a pain when turning the power steering tends to drain the power so the DRLs flicker and it's quite annoying I have only tested this in my car park so I will test out on the road and if it's ok it probably wont bother me. The other issue is that the lights look to be RHD but they say LHD on the lights them selves. Have a look at the pics i attached.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gsllhymc51o5l9c/2013-03-28%2018.48.11.jpg

I'm not to bothered honestly and if I get used to it I'll be fine... I wonder if there is a fuse missing the DRL's normally have can anyone confirm?

I'm a newb so I could be entirely wrong.

I've also noticed that the (standard) headlights on my sister's polo dim a bit when the steering s turned.

[brad]

2 issues I have found 1 being a pain when turning the power steering tends to drain the power so the DRLs flicker and it's quite annoying I have only tested this in my car park so I will test out on the road and if it's ok it probably wont bother me. The other issue is that the lights look to be RHD but they say LHD on the lights them selves. Have a look at the pics i attached.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gsllhymc51o5l9c/2013-03-28%2018.48.11.jpg

I'm not to bothered honestly and if I get used to it I'll be fine... I wonder if there is a fuse missing the DRL's normally have can anyone confirm?

I'm a newb so I could be entirely wrong.

They are LHD lights. If they were RHD they would kick up on the LHS. As it stands, you'll be blinding oncoming drivers so it's not really a matter of you getting used to it but your affect on other road users.

Skoda Octavias have an adjustable plate in their lights so that when you go from the UK to Europe, you can flatten the beam. Would your lights have something like that?

[gavs]

What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

Yeah mate, xenon globes or not you are going to be blinding the crap out of oncoming traffic like you have your high beams on.

There are however 2 adjustment screws on each light (1 is up and down, the other left to right) which will allow some tweaking but you need VCDS to set the new position as the home position on a level surface.

[sanke1]

Time for a mini mod



And now:

[Bassik]

They are LHD lights. If they were RHD they would kick up on the LHS. As it stands, you'll be blinding oncoming drivers so it's not really a matter of you getting used to it but your affect on other road users.

Skoda Octavias have an adjustable plate in their lights so that when you go from the UK to Europe, you can flatten the beam. Would your lights have something like that?

I'm confused your saying they are LHD but that's wrong?
All this time I thought Aust was LHD but obviously I'm wrong... Ahh crap. So now I have 2 serious problems. Is there a way to convert it?

[readerr0r]

I'm confused your saying they are LHD but that's wrong?
All this time I thought Aust was LHD but obviously I'm wrong... Ahh crap. So now I have 2 serious problems. Is there a way to convert it?

Heh, last time a hopped into the left seat of my car, im pretty sure there wasn't a steering wheel there

[Bassik]

haha... yeah I guess so but I didn't think of it as where the driving seat is I was taking it from more LHTraffic we drive on the left hand side although our seating position is on the right.

Well anyways turns out yes Australia is LHT which in turn means we have our lights calibrated to RHD. In my stupidity I bought them not know or at least thinking I was correct all along...

[Hail22]

I have LHD Bi-xenons with DRLs...Not blinding anyone and have received no complaints as I've adjusted the ballast on the right side to prevent blinding other drivers

[Bassik]

I have LHD Bi-xenons with DRLs...Not blinding anyone and have received no complaints as I've adjusted the ballast on the right side to prevent blinding other drivers

I'm gunna have to set it up like this today.


Anyone have any understanding or idea of how I can reduce the flicker LED under low idle and steering?

Maybe that's another thread...**

[brad]

I'm confused your saying they are LHD but that's wrong?
All this time I thought Aust was LHD but obviously I'm wrong... Ahh crap. So now I have 2 serious problems. Is there a way to convert it?

Whatever, your lights kick up on the right & they should kick up on the left

[Bassik]

Whatever, your lights kick up on the right & they should kick up on the left

Yeah I get that!

[TorqueSteer]

Re: What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

ok so I did work on Photoshop and I'm thinking the megane rs redbull edition theme on my polo. ? opinions anyone ?.