Headlight upgrade for POLO

[Paulc1964au]

Having a mk 6 Golf R with Bi zenon headlights i am wondering if there is any upgrade for the standard headlights in Polos?

[Lucas_R]

Get in touch via Facebook with VCDS Coding and Diagnostics Sydney. They have aftermarket xenon headlights for the Golf and Polo. I bought a set for my Mk6 GTI earlier this year and the quality of the lights is quite good (better than i expected).

Although the headlights are aftermarket, they are very close to the same design used by VW.

[Lucas_R]

If you are interested, here is a link to my thread with photos of the lights for my Mk6 GTI.

My other German fling: Mk6 GTI

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=424&share_tid=94376&share_pid=1194957&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evwwatercooled%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fforums%2Fshowpost%2Ephp%3Fp%3D1194957&share_type=t

[LunchboxVRS]

I had some led h7 globes in mine. The first set got fried as there is no air flow to keep them cool with the covers on. I got a second set under warranty and left the covers off, but water got in and shorted them out.
You can buy the xenon headlights but there not cheap and technically illegal with out the pop up washers.
You can get some HID globes. Again not street legal but it just depends on where you drive and the risk of getting caught. I only know two people out of probably 30 with HID globes or xenons that got defected but they went way to bright for living in a city.

What model polo is it? 6r or 6c? Gti or other model?

[Paulc1964au]

Ummm not sure which its a Nov 16 build

[Lucas_R]

Ummm not sure which its a Nov 16 build

6C is the updated version with the 1.8T engine which came out about 18 months ago. The 6R has been out since around 2012.

[Paulc1964au]

6C is the updated version with the 1.8T engine which came out about 18 months ago. The 6R has been out since around 2012.

I think its a 1.2T

[LunchboxVRS]

So it sounds like it's a 6C non gti. So the above mentioned lights may look a bit off with red stripes on a stock polo.

[Guest001]

You can legally fit Xenon headlights without washers and levellers as long as the light output is less than 2000 lumens.

Which is a waste of money as you might as well use the highest output Phillps one. 2000 lumens is barely more than standard headlights,

Anything above that requires both washers and auto levellers and about $4000 to do it right

As far as brightness or whiteness is concerned, higher K numbers dont make for more output Betweenn 4000 to 5500K gives the whitest light and best amount of light

[dvkent]

You can legally fit Xenon headlights without washers and levellers as long as the light output is less than 2000 lumens.

Which is a waste of money as you might as well use the highest output Phillps one. 2000 lumens is barely more than standard headlights,

Anything above that requires both washers and auto levellers and about $4000 to do it right

As far as brightness or whiteness is concerned, higher K numbers dont make for more output Betweenn 4000 to 5500K gives the whitest light and best amount of light

I'm trying to make sense of the requirement for washers if you run xenon headlights?
There's probably a really simple reason....but enlighten me...

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[LunchboxVRS]

I'm trying to make sense of the requirement for washers if you run xenon headlights?
There's probably a really simple reason....but enlighten me...

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It has to do with the light refracting badly in other directions other then forward if the lens is dirty with higher output lights. If the lens has a thick layer of dust then you can get what you would call dazzling from all angles not just from the front but the sides as you go past. This is. What you would have seen on some cars with HID heading at you. The auto levelers helps stop that as well. The brighter the light the worst theses effects are so the ADR,s make it mandatory for high powered lights like xenon to have theses fitted.
There are xenons that are don't require this as there low power like the 2nd gen new beatle but as hillbilly said it's pointless for the cash.
Normall globes are around 1200 lumens. The led lights I got where 1800 lumens. They where better but nowhere near the xenons I had previously on my liberty GTB which was better then my current cars xenons and both where factory.
It all depends on what you want from them.

[Guest001]

It has to do with the light refracting badly in other directions other then forward if the lens is dirty with higher output lights. If the lens has a thick layer of dust then you can get what you would call dazzling from all angles not just from the front but the sides as you go past. This is. What you would have seen on some cars with HID heading at you. The auto levelers helps stop that as well. The brighter the light the worst theses effects are so the ADR,s make it mandatory for high powered lights like xenon to have theses fitted.
There are xenons that are don't require this as there low power like the 2nd gen new beatle but as hillbilly said it's pointless for the cash.
Normall globes are around 1200 lumens. The led lights I got where 1800 lumens. They where better but nowhere near the xenons I had previously on my liberty GTB which was better then my current cars xenons and both where factory.
It all depends on what you want from them.

Correct
Also my dealer told me never to fit covers as they dont let the washers clean the actual lens glass

My manual says the washers go every 5th time you turn the wipers on. Its so long since we have had rain Ive forgotten where the wiper switch is. I give my headlights a wipe about once a week just to be sure but dont go out at might much anyway

[LunchboxVRS]

Correct
Also my dealer told me never to fit covers as they dont let the washers clean the actual lens glass

My manual says the washers go every 5th time you turn the wipers on. Its so long since we have had rain Ive forgotten where the wiper switch is. I give my headlights a wipe about once a week just to be sure but dont go out at might much anyway

having them go off every 5 squirts of the wipers makes more sense then some cars that only go off if you use the washers with the headlights on after the tenth go like my liberty did. I would rarely if at all give them a squirt at night.

[dvkent]

Thanks for the explanation.

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[Fatherless One]

I’d love some of these for my new Polo GTI, I’ve contacted them on FB 👍