comingabriel
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- Location
- Southeast
This is wrong. I wired my 15R ROW and put the stock lights back on, have instructions (coding) on vortex.
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MK7.5 OEM LED Tails
- Thread starter njswider
- Start date
This is wrong. I wired my 15R ROW and put the stock lights back on, have instructions (coding) on vortex.
njswider
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- Location
- South Jersey
- Car(s)
- MK7 Golf R
I know it's the same kit for more. I placed my initial order with cars245 myself (which was $638 with shipping, so not $450 less as someone here suggested).. Took 6 weeks and one arrived broken. I recognize the packaging material (even though I'm sure that blue foam comes from VW not cars245, so who cares). But I'm ok with paying the extra after I was told it would be another 4 weeks for me to get my replacement. I was fed up with the wait and usp said they had it in stock and ready to ship. Ordered Friday, got it Monday. The harness seems very well put together (I haven't seen some of the other ones out there to compare though). Install seems very easy and straight forward with the exception of removing the back cover. All in all, after all the trouble I'm happy with my choice. Cost more ($302 more, minus a $200 harness, really only about $100 more) but no hassle. And cars245 gave me a refund.
I'm legitimately curious about something. I recall you having a bulb error on the dash back in August when using the JBale harness, which we couldn't figure out here b/c the rest of us only ever see that in VCDS/OBDeleven. Did the problem end up being the tail light itself being broken? Or what else was wrong with the tail light you received from Cars245?
The reason why I'm curious is because that took place in August, and it's now October, which means the 4-week turnaround time that Cars245 quoted for you to receive a replacement ended up matching the time it took for US vendors to be able to sell the lights to you.
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supesgolfr
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- Location
- The Net
US spec real pictures
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so glad I went with the Euro specs. I really don't like looking at white colored (reverse light) bits in the tail lights, and the ones in these base tail lights are too obvious. The brake lights look okay, but they don't look special. They just look like every other car.
CarniifeX
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Thousand Oaks, CA
Just placed my order through USPMotorsports.com for the lights with harness as well as an OEM Auto Euro Switch.
Looking forward to the install!
Looking forward to the install!
TheGreekFreak
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- MA
That's what it seems like to me too lol
I don't.
Even with the rare orders that arrived broken, cars245 hasn't failed to issue a refund. Its not a scam, its much cheaper, the chance of getting a broken one is low....I guess getting something a few weeks early is worth almost $300.
Don't know where you're getting your prices. Most if not all people who ordered from eacca had zero issues and got the lights + harness for almost $300 less than these "all in one" packages, which are just the lights with the harness thrown in the box lol you're still doing the same labor.
comingabriel
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- Location
- Southeast
Ecca sells the harness now??? Price???
FYI, DAPs has a single fog wire included (I have dual fog lights just sitting, and will sit until the price of these harnesses come down).
Not sure if USP has fog wire(s)....
FYI, DAPs has a single fog wire included (I have dual fog lights just sitting, and will sit until the price of these harnesses come down).
Not sure if USP has fog wire(s)....
I think he just meant price of lights from e-acca plus price of harness, i doubt e-acca sells a harness haha.
Finally got these installed yesterday. Install took about 4-5 hours and then ran into a problem.. Apparently some wiring was backwards in the harness, but JBale responded very quickly to help me find a solution. Took 15 minutes to diagnose and a couple hours to get those stupid pins out.. I would not wish that task on my worst enemy haha.
PS. to anyone wondering you definitely do NOT have to remove the giant back panel. It was super easy to snake the wiring through and took 30 seconds (definitely the easiest part of the install). I'm glad i didn't.. The two square holes that open up give you more than enough space and the wire is secured on either end so i'm not worried at all about rattling. It was such a PITA getting the snake through those boot rubber things, having a second pair of hands helped but that was probably 1/3 of my time doing the install. Also spent about 20 minutes adjusting the levelling screws to get it lined up perfectly.
@rotaryguy your install video was like my bible. Thanks.
Comparison daytime shot (it really changes the look of the car from the rear):
PS. to anyone wondering you definitely do NOT have to remove the giant back panel. It was super easy to snake the wiring through and took 30 seconds (definitely the easiest part of the install). I'm glad i didn't.. The two square holes that open up give you more than enough space and the wire is secured on either end so i'm not worried at all about rattling. It was such a PITA getting the snake through those boot rubber things, having a second pair of hands helped but that was probably 1/3 of my time doing the install. Also spent about 20 minutes adjusting the levelling screws to get it lined up perfectly.
@rotaryguy your install video was like my bible. Thanks.
Congrats!
What did you use to snake through the:
1) Rubber boots
2) Side to Side across enclosed rear panel?
Just one of these snakes they're very stiff, was perfect for the hatch lid but was a bit too rigid for the rubber boots, if i was doing it again i would get a second snake that's more flexible. The rubber parts were really the hardest for me, i was worried about tearing them.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0026TBOU8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Just one of these snakes they're very stiff, was perfect for the hatch lid but was a bit too rigid for the rubber boots, if i was doing it again i would get a second snake that's more flexible. The rubber parts were really the hardest for me, i was worried about tearing them.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0026TBOU8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Ahh gotcha.
It's interesting to hear everyone's experiences with the rear panel & the rubber boots.
No thought about using rotaryguy's weed wacker line as a snake for the boots?
DaRock1459
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- Location
- Norcal
- Car(s)
- 2017 VW Golf R
Instead of weed wackier line I attached two 11" long zip ties together, trimmed the connection as best I could, then taped the wire ends near that connection. I used a combo of painters tape to cover the wire ends followed by electrical tape. Just did this as extra precaution to minimized adhesive on the wire ends. It was a little tight but was able to snake the wires through the boot.
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This is what I did. 2 long zip ties and tape to do all my wire routing for JBale's harness lol
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