there is hope for us non-gti's...

marcman · Post by **marcman** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:33 pm

Yeh dont change the colour!
Its not only the best colour but its also pretty rare. I hardly see any cars our colour....

Mine's this colour too. Excuse my ignorance, but what's this colour officially known as?

marcman · Post by **marcman** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:37 pm

please excuse my accidental double post too!

enimadrummer · Post by **enimadrummer** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:44 pm

Dont know how to spell it but its something like 'Athrelite Grey' or somethin that sounds/looks like that...!

Chris

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:59 pm

Something to do with the light reflecting off of dirt on the light or something

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:09 pm

If you're careful you can spray the screen without the washers having time to pop up.

way_z · Post by **way_z** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:27 pm

ModifiedMadness wrote:
gti_black wrote:curious as to where u got ur xenons from. must have cost a bomb
Prices from VAG Parts

Head lights are Â£132.50 each +vat this includes bulbs but no ballast units.

Ballast unit Â£178.37 each +vat

Which gives you a grand total of Â£730.54

HOW MUCH?! DAMN!! Euro Car Parts told me it'll cost around Â£140 each, the complete lamp for right hand drive with the transformer, even that seemed a little steep to me! but once again i've got a story to tell.. i went to a mercedes breakers looking for parts for my dads car and saw they had the polo gti xenon lamps on their shelf.. don't ask why, i still don't know why they had it there?! they hadn't been tested and i couldn't test them before purchase nor get a refund afterwards

so i took a gamble and paid Â£120 for the pair, thats right for BOTH!

they were very tricky to fit, had to relocate the transformer and lengthen the wiring plus the lamps were abit deeper than originals so had 2 squeeze them in! at first one of the lamps wasn't working, but after a while found the bulb had been disconnected whilst squeezing it in, after which to my delight they worked!!

made hell of alot more difference than i anticipated, was well chuffed with the result... even more so now i know how much of a bargain i got!

(by the way, whats a ballast unit?

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