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May get one of the resistors to stop it making an error Really like it aswell.

Can you not get the car coded to turn off bulb warning? Don't fancy chopping in resistors.

But yeah the bulbs are epic

dose any one have a idiots guide on how to remove the rear light cluster from the car as im haveing probs gaining access to remove mine with out damaging it.
any info or pics to help would be greatfull.
this is what im stuck with ...



the manual says push in and twist and then pull out unable to do any of it

That plastic wing bolt undo it it is tight, so the top tab is coming towards you for undo.

now need help with the flashing bulb once fitted but with no errors on dash .
im guessing i need to fit the resistors so does anyone know which wires i connect them 2, there are 5 wires to choose from.

How strange! I had no problems with my cree led bulb. Mine was the red body type bulb and the seller on e-bay told me that the red body type had a better cree chip than the silver body type! So im not sure if that has anything to do with it. Also im wondering if the problem is GTI based issue?

well i got the silver set with the resistors (which are inline 1s. 1 for the neutral and 1 is for the live) so now i know how to do the whole job will keep you updated on results later on.
a big thanks to candyman for all your help.

well after a lot of testing / trying / testing ect lol got it working with no faults on dash no flashing

dont forget this is on the gti model other people dont seem to need to have all the problems i have had, you lucky gits

so i thought i would try and make a little step by step ish info + pics to help any one trying to upgrade from the standard very dull reverse bulb, to a super bright led.
after you unscrew the holding bolt out (see pic above) and pull out the rear light cluster , then unclip the 4 pins on the back to reveal this...



change over the crap normal bulb for the new led to this ...



right now connect the 2 resistors together if you only use 1 you will still get the flashing, not good . so positive to positive and negative to negative like so ...



right now feed the 2 resistor wires through from the back of the unit like so ...



then connect them directly to the connections of the light we soldered them on and used red for live and black for earth . FINGERS CROSSED JOB DONE ...

A thought - To avoid using resistor packs, purchase CAN BUS friendly bulbs. Its a much tidier way, and you run far less risk of a fire as the resistor packs get pretty hot when in use!

These are canbus bulbs but for some reason the GTI don't like them. Although mine was a red case bulb and the seller told me it had a better chip. Also mine is none GTI. How do you like the bulb now when it's Dark? Get some night shots.

Well just for the record, ive had my canbus LED bulb in my gti for months now, no problems at all with no need for resistors!

NMavs wrote:Well just for the record, ive had my canbus LED bulb in my gti for months now, no problems at all with no need for resistors!

Any GTI with factory xenons fitted*

jimbo_tdi wrote:

NMavs wrote:Well just for the record, ive had my canbus LED bulb in my gti for months now, no problems at all with no need for resistors!

Any GTI with factory xenons fitted*

Fair Do's Haha. That must mean any polo with the factory xenons fitted must enounter the same problem?

They could do, I think it has to do with the canbus system that is fitted in the car at the time too. I bought the CREE reverse bulb and it ran fine for a week but then started to chuck a bulb error light up intermittently tried to contact the seller for a replacement unit, I asked for the red plated one after CANDYMAN told me it had a better chip in but the seller still hasn't gotten back to me. Only a tenner but was still p***ed off.

Yeah, sounds like typical ebay does that pal. Mate of mine has some in his Scirocco and they are mega bright. Thinking about changing mine, but then again there's nothing really wrong with the one's i have, so i think why change Haha