Rear Lights...?

[PoloDave]

at the moment there's heavy fog here for a week now, and the fog light works wonders for visability. If only they made the reverse light as bright..

[babs]

I'm with you on this. I love my Polo except for this horrible excuse of a reversing light. There aren't a lot of street lights in my street and the reversing light is too dim. It's the one thing I miss about my Astra - two bright reversing lights.

I wonder if it's possible to use a stronger watt bulb for the single reverse light without getting any errors on the dash?

[brad]

I wonder if it's possible to use a stronger watt bulb for the single reverse light without getting any errors on the dash?

Golf mkV had the single reverse light. Plenty of people hated it & tried alternatives with varying degrees of success. it's worth doing a google & reading a few threads.

I'd think the first question would be "what is the bulb type & wattage of the OEM unit"

[walkerchan]

I went driving with gavs a while back and it was quite foggy for the first part. About 1/4 way through the fog he turned on his foglights and dam it does make quite a difference. That one light cuts straight through and goes to your view. Much more noticeable. I know on my 9n3 its pretty bright. If I spam it on a friend who is behind me ican see it flash on the inside of their car

As for the reverse light, I havent driven a non vw in a while so used to the 1 but on the 9n3 polo I regularly delivered pizzas at night and could easily notice the curb when it was black previously. Tho.. My windows aren't tinted

[gavs]

Yeah, the rear foglight has it's reflector aimed towards the eye level of a following vehicle so it stand out more. Glad it helped mate, that run through the reefton that day, geez that fog was thick!

[apples]

I wonder if it's possible to use a stronger watt bulb for the single reverse light without getting any errors on the dash?

I called up a VW servicing department and was going to ask this question but before I got to it, I was advised that the reversing light is not designed to 'Light anything up. It's just there as a warning to other drivers that you intend to reverse". I then asked him how are we supposed to see what we are backing into when in a dark street.

His comment was to look out the rear window. I retorted "I can't see what's out the back window in a dark street because the reverse light is so piss weak that it doesn't light up anything!"

[RoknRob]

What a tool!
Nice response, though! Good for you!

[babs]

His comment was to look out the rear window. I retorted "I can't see what's out the back window in a dark street because the reverse light is so piss weak that it doesn't light up anything!"

Haha you go him there. Since i live in a busy street i always have to reverse in the driveway and it does make it difficult with the one light being dim. Luckily, it's no so much of a hassle once i get in a bit further in due to the motion sensor outdoor lighting on the front porch.