I know I'm going to be in for a tricky time, but will be working on installing lights in a 2015 VW Golf. Still working out what I ultimately want to add to it, but I like the look of these mirror lights. Any idea what lights those are/how they are installed?
VW Golf Upfit Questions
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C17LVFD
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Foreign vehicles are always fun to work on. Good luck with it. Plan on twice as much time as you’d normally allocate as there never thought out into lighting needs for people. Looks like vertexs or cannons or something of the like in the mirrors.
You’ll need to pull apart a mirror and figure it out on the fly, or pull it part, see how it works, prep/plan and go back and do them at another time.
You maybe better off with some under mirror pucks.
Seth
You’ll need to pull apart a mirror and figure it out on the fly, or pull it part, see how it works, prep/plan and go back and do them at another time.
You maybe better off with some under mirror pucks.
Seth
pdk9
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It’s hard to tell from the vid, but it looks like surface Mount LAWs. I’d recommend something like an under the mirror light with an intersectors b/c all the dirty work is concealed underneath the mirror (with wedges, you should be able to get a decent angle) & away from turn signals
Like Seth said, foreign vehicles are a pain in the ass to pull apart!!!! Things as simple as removing the grill are even a headache b/c so many things are interconnected, and the light housings that I’ve come across had thicker walls, so more of a pain in the ass to drill LAWs into. That being said, I wouldn’t recommend LAWs, but I also would not recommend HLF/TLF flashers, b/c I used to have a Passat (with no aftermarket add-ons) and the junk computer always set off alerts for no reason, so I’d imagine that aftermarket flashers would just be more of a headache. I’ve seen a bunch of slicktop setups on german cars, but I have no idea what flashers they use over there, b/c I don’t ever see BMW, Mercedes, VW, etc listed on the flasher compatibility charts
Aside from the intersectors, I’d honestly just recommend a dual dash light and something on the rear headliner, & calling it a day
Like Seth said, foreign vehicles are a pain in the ass to pull apart!!!! Things as simple as removing the grill are even a headache b/c so many things are interconnected, and the light housings that I’ve come across had thicker walls, so more of a pain in the ass to drill LAWs into. That being said, I wouldn’t recommend LAWs, but I also would not recommend HLF/TLF flashers, b/c I used to have a Passat (with no aftermarket add-ons) and the junk computer always set off alerts for no reason, so I’d imagine that aftermarket flashers would just be more of a headache. I’ve seen a bunch of slicktop setups on german cars, but I have no idea what flashers they use over there, b/c I don’t ever see BMW, Mercedes, VW, etc listed on the flasher compatibility charts
Aside from the intersectors, I’d honestly just recommend a dual dash light and something on the rear headliner, & calling it a day