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So, what exactly did you do to make that happen? Screw red turns!
Thanks for sharing, jaypoto.
What bulb type is the amber turn signal? Could an LED be used?
I'm guessing these aren't OEM parts. How is the quality and fit?
It looks like that "dark red" is the same shade as your inner tails. I'm not sure what shade I have on my 2016 GTI. I think it's that same one.
I was looking into fitting these, however I know nothing about electrical. How easy was this to wire and install? Would you mind sharing what parts you used?
Bulb type is 7440, same as all the other brake lights. Led can absolutely be used. I will be ordering some soon.
These are oem tails from the ROW market specific to the golf sportwagen. Dark red is the correct shade to match the inner brake lights. I believe you can find the same type of ROW lights for the golf/gti if you do some searching around.
I don't know about your specific vehicle but, another person who installed outer lights with ambers on a NA GTI said that a wiring harness was necessary. I believe you can use the same harness for Euro LED tails.
I suspect that you may be correct when it comes to the golf/gti. In the case of the sportwagen we are able to simply code the amber turn signal on.
I don't know about your specific vehicle but, another person who installed outer lights with ambers on a NA GTI said that a wiring harness was necessary. I believe you can use the same harness for Euro LED tails.
Correct - I helped my buddy install Euro non-LED tails on his GTI. We used the DAP harness and the same coding as an LED install. Worked perfectly.
(The Sportwagen is already wired to have two separate channels for the combination brake/running/turn light as well as the spot for the designated turn signal in other markets, hence the coding change).