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'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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  • Fri, Jan 25 2008 7:33 AM 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

    MrLapou
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    A couple of simulated pics on options I've thought of. Which do you think is best looking? Any other suggestiosn where to mount?

    Strips are 320mm lg x 10mm wide x 3mm thk incl sticky foam backing.

     

    LED1    LED2
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  • Fri, Jan 25 2008 7:37 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

    ajb100
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    the second one looks a bit chavy imo, can the be flexed to fill the gap between the head light and bumper so they fit in there?
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  • Fri, Jan 25 2008 7:38 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    If it was me i would put them inside the very bottom of the headlight as you have shown in picture one mate.



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  • Fri, Jan 25 2008 7:40 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    Personally I don't think they'll look right in either of those positions as I think they'll appear stuck on. They may look ok on the black side grills above the fogs immediately below the bump strips.

    Incidentally have you seen this thread:  http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/thread/1071364.aspx


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  • Fri, Jan 25 2008 11:31 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    Cool...thanks to everyone for their comments + link to a similar thread.

    After reading it all, how about this set up, which is vitually invisible and dead easy to install..??

    The side light was off when this pic of the right hand side headlight, was taken in the dark.

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  • Fri, Jan 25 2008 11:59 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    yeah looks good, think the best would be at the top of the lower grille for the S6 style, did you get these lights off ebay? cheers

  • Fri, Jan 25 2008 12:08 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    GTi honeycombe grill does not make it easy to install horizontal S6 style lamps. Would have to make cut outs in it...Surprise

    Yes, bought the LEDs off ebay.  £10.48 incl P&P & VAT

  • Fri, Feb 22 2008 11:06 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    Finished 'mean' look. Led sidelight bulbs + 'special' dotted top lighting.

     Mean LED look

     

  • Mon, Mar 3 2008 7:44 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    any chance u cud do a guide how to fit this? and where you get all the stuff from?

     

    thanks for any help!

    ben 

  • Tue, Mar 4 2008 2:41 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    yes i also would like to know

    thanks

  • Sun, Mar 9 2008 12:11 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

    MrLapou
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    Click here to find out what the set up was.....Cool

  • Sun, Mar 9 2008 1:25 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    Just ordered some of these for my mark 4.

    R.I.P. Golf ;(

  • Sun, Mar 9 2008 6:13 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

    Hurdy
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    Been to Ultimate Dubs today and bought these babies:-

    They have daytime running LED's in the bottom strip and angel lights around the two headlight sections. They are standard light fitments although they are made up to look like Xenons. Road legal and right hand drive too.Cool

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  • Mon, Mar 10 2008 8:12 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    Dont do it mate, people will laugh at you.

    They dont look right on the golf

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  • Mon, Mar 10 2008 8:22 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    that looks quite cool, better than Mean LED lookon the bumper
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  • Tue, Mar 11 2008 8:01 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    Fitted mine yesterday

    I still have to change the sidelight for an ice white light and the Orange indicator for a silvered one (still flashes amber when lit)

    But the pics give you a representation of how they look.

    They look more OEM than I first thought they would and definitely better than chopping up any of the lower bumper sections.Cool

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  • Tue, Mar 11 2008 8:08 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place?

    On an Audi, not a Golf Wink 




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  • Sun, Mar 16 2008 8:10 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    jonnyfatman:

    Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place?

    On an Audi, not a Golf Wink 

    Why not?

    Surely by comparison you are poo-pooing all mods which take their inspiration from other VAG group cars. Or is it just the lights you don't like?

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  • Sun, Mar 16 2008 8:15 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    Hurdy:

    jonnyfatman:

    Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place?

    On an Audi, not a Golf Wink 

    Why not?

    Surely by comparison you are poo-pooing all mods which take their inspiration from other VAG group cars. Or is it just the lights you don't like?

    To be honest, I think the lights look a bit tacky. If you wait long enough, I'm sure a company like Hella will start producing 'audi-style' lights to fit on all sorts of different cars.

    I've got nothing against mods which draw on other vehicles in the the VAG range, I have, however, got something against sticking random strips of LEDS to the front of an already decent-looking car.




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  • Mon, Mar 17 2008 5:20 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    jonnyfatman:
    Hurdy:

    jonnyfatman:

    Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place?

    On an Audi, not a Golf Wink 

    Why not?

    Surely by comparison you are poo-pooing all mods which take their inspiration from other VAG group cars. Or is it just the lights you don't like?

    To be honest, I think the lights look a bit tacky. If you wait long enough, I'm sure a company like Hella will start producing 'audi-style' lights to fit on all sorts of different cars.

    I've got nothing against mods which draw on other vehicles in the the VAG range, I have, however, got something against sticking random strips of LEDS to the front of an already decent-looking car.

    Yes, but the ones I have fitted are factory made headlight units and not some LED strip that - as you say - has been randomly added.

     

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  • Sun, Apr 20 2008 7:05 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    jonnyfatman:

    Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place?

    On an Audi, not a Golf Wink 

     

    I think these look quite good actually

    R.I.P. Golf ;(

  • Mon, Apr 21 2008 5:26 AM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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     Hurdy, do the bottom 4 LED's come on with the side lights, or are they fitted as Daytime running lights (i.e on all the time?)



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  • Mon, May 12 2008 3:39 PM Re: 'New Audi look' LED Strip Light...Which is best place

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    MrLapou:

    A couple of simulated pics on options I've thought of. Which do you think is best looking? Any other suggestiosn where to mount?

    Strips are 320mm lg x 10mm wide x 3