Changing front Headlight and fog light bulbs...

[Hooti3]

Looking at changing the bulbs on my GTI.

Just wondering if anyone knows what bulbs are needed?

Looking at getting Phillips Diamond Vision bulbs for the headlights and front fog lights.

I have been searching around but can't find any info.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers.

[Gambit]

No idea be interested to know as well

[Frostee]

Are they legal?

[Hooti3]

Are they legal?

Of course they are. I am changing just the globes, not the whole light.

[Frostee]

Of course they are. I am changing just the globes, not the whole light.

So, the Law says you can change globes and still be legal? I am not trying to be argumentative here and I know nothing about this techinically or legally, but my my gut feeling tells me that if the colour and brightness of a headlight "stands out from the crowd", you better be pretty clear as to the legality of the mod. I'd also recommend a call to your insurer to check they're cool with it.

[GTI JOE]

Looking at changing the bulbs on my GTI.

Just wondering if anyone knows what bulbs are needed?

Looking at getting Phillips Diamond Vision bulbs for the headlights and front fog lights.

I have been searching around but can't find any info.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers.

You will be OK with these bulbs. Just be wary of the Xenon effect blue bulbs available, usually on Ebay. They are absolute crap and not meant for reflector type housings like what's on the Polo. They are illegal as well as flare too much. More than likely Cnst. Plod will pull you over with a raffle ticket

[jaedencook]

Hi,

Just putting in what I've found after recently changing all my globes to platinum.
The diamond vision are illegal, although rarely picked up on, it even says it in small print under their packaging.
The headlight bulbs are H7 and the foggies are H8, H8 I dare you to find anywhere but ebay in a white\blue light, if you manage to find them I'd love to hear where!

To change them, as the manual says undo 2 screws on top of headlight and remove the entire headlight, I found this much easier to do rather than trying to get into the bulb housing through the engine bay.

Lastly.... the white platinums look smick! love them

[jaedencook]

Hi All,

Just put a set of these on order:


H8 5000K LED Headlights Light Bulb Fog Lamp Light Globe (eBay item 320642814347 end time 15-Mar-11 13:47:08 AEDST) : Cars, Bikes, Boats


Will grab a snapshot once they're in, aparently they will match my Phillips platinum headlight globes and they are LED too which is even better.

[Hooti3]

Do the GTI's have to same fog lights though?

I thought the GTI used HB4 globes for the fog lights.

[Hooti3]

Struggling to decide between the crystalvision and diamondvision...

hmmm...

[jaedencook]

Not sure on the GTI...
I was the same with Diamond vision, but after seeing them in a car at night on the road they look too blue for my liking. The crystal or platinum are more of a white light and doesn't trip the eyes out as much

[Hooti3]

With single-beam headlamps: H4 12V 60/55W P43T
Beam with double lamp: H7 12V 55W PX26d
Beam with BI-Xenon headlights: 85V 35W D3S PK32d-5
Floor lamp: T10 W5W 12V 5W
Fog lights Normal: H8 12V 35W PGJ19-1
Fog lights Cross: HB4 12V 51W P22d
Rear light: 12V 5W W5W T10
Brake Light: P21W 12V 21W BA15D
Tail light: 12V 21W H21W BAY9s
Rear fog lamp: H21W 12V 21W BAY9s
Normal plate light: 12V 5W W5W T10
Screw plate light: 12V 5W C5W SV8, 5
Flashing light: 12V 21W PY21W BAU15S

Found this on a german site...hmmm..

Which fog lights do I have cross or normal?

[jaedencook]

Interesting... not too sure, i have the sports pack on the Polo and they are H8's.
Maybe the HB4 cross foggies are for the models with driving lights or whatever they are.

[Hooti3]

I have ordered the H7's crystalvisions for the headlights, just unsure of which bulbs for the fog lights. HB4 or H8..

[jaedencook]

Good choice, I would pop one of the foggies open and look. Its easy enough and the whole process is documented in the manual. Tools needed are all in your spare wheel well too...