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Arteon Style Blind Spot Mirror Cap Installation

mr-fix

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Poland
Car(s)
MK7 2.0TDI Variant
Took a picture of the light, copied the shape, scaled, printed out, made few corrections, double-checked with masking tape. Looks OK to me. Here's what I got.
Sharing PDF with the template.
 

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himi

New member
Location
home
Car(s)
Golf Mk7 GTD Variant
Wondering how bright are these lights when it's dark? I drive in the night quite often and I'm a bit worried these might be a bit too bright.
But I'm very tempted :-D
 

Nuje

Go Kart Champion
Location
Island near Vancouver
Car(s)
2015 Sportwagen TDI
To me, they do what they're supposed to do. Even at night, I notice them peripherally, or as I'm looking to change, but they don't otherwise bother me. And it's not like they're on all the time.

If they really bother you, there's always the option to turn them off via the MIB display as well.
 

mr-fix

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Poland
Car(s)
MK7 2.0TDI Variant
...and if you replace radars with 2Q0, you will get brightness adjustment option.
 

xabhax

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Manchester Township, New Jersey
Car(s)
15 GTI
...and if you replace radars with 2Q0, you will get brightness adjustment option.
I was thinking about doing this. Wonder if 2q0s, with the 2q0 lane assist camera would get the lane change assistance.

Only diy I could find was for a variant, so he didn't use the golf 8 brackets.
 

mr-fix

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Poland
Car(s)
MK7 2.0TDI Variant
Finished passenger side today. Happy with the result.
Was able to mount the light without glueing it permanently. Instead I glued two additional holders that the light snaps into.
Also added bit of isolation tape to make sure that it won't rattle.

01-template.jpg02-cutout.jpg03-hole.jpg04-holders.jpg05-holder.jpg06-installation_innner.jpg07-installation_detail.jpg
 

Nuje

Go Kart Champion
Location
Island near Vancouver
Car(s)
2015 Sportwagen TDI
Yeah - that was gonna be my comment; how did you make such a clean, even cut?
Those holes looked like they were punched out by a die.
 

xabhax

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Manchester Township, New Jersey
Car(s)
15 GTI
Now that is artistry right there. That cut is as clean as the manufactured ones
 

mr-fix

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Poland
Car(s)
MK7 2.0TDI Variant
...just a small teaser of the cap installed and working.
And not off to do the drivers side.

09-installed_on.jpg08-installed_off.jpg

IMG_8533.gif
 

himi

New member
Location
home
Car(s)
Golf Mk7 GTD Variant
Perfect! Looks like original (y)
How did you connect it? Do both lights go on? The one in glass is not really visible in the sun.
 

mr-fix

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Poland
Car(s)
MK7 2.0TDI Variant
Disconnected the small one, so the small LED is off permanently.
I would not be able to use them anyway, since I want to fit Passat/Arteon mirror inserts. There was an option of anti-glaze mirrors on those cars and it will work in MK7 if you wire those inserts to the rear-view mirror.
 

ecsta

Go Kart Newbie
Location
Toronto
Car(s)
2017 R
Anyone try the MK8 mirror caps?

Seem identical except that they have the BSM light setup like this.
 
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