Stock LED Rear Lights (First ever?)

EmDee

Omnishambolic
Nearly there!

Today I have mostly been getting on with it:

So, there was a big difference in the shape of the aftermarket clusters and the OEM lenses. You can see from this pic that there was a large amount of plastic sticking out from behind the lenses. Not a great pic, but you get the idea.

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Out came the trusty Dremel and i cut them down to the same shape and size as the lenses:

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After I had cut them to roughly the right shape and size, I went out into the cold and test fitted them. Shockingly, they fit perfectly, better than the aftermarket ones ever did. This was a huge relief - i can't tell you how good it felt!

Next, I went back inside and sanded the rough edges down and coated them with Isopon plastic bumper filler so I could get rid of the grooves left by the Dremel and minimise the sanding involved.

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After it dried, I sanded the edges again to give a nice smooth finish. Actually the pics are fron during the smoothing process and I eventually got them a lot better than it looks in these pics:

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Now that they were nice and smooth, they were still looking a bit ghetto, so I painted the outside edges of each cluster in black - actually I chose Outlaw Black, because that sounds much faster:

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Once the paint dries, I will be bonding them to the lenses tomorrow and should hopefully get them on the car and working before I go back to work on Monday.

:funk:

Thanks to everyone who has commented on here for giving me the motivation to keep going and get them finished.
 

EmDee

Omnishambolic
right, so I broke out the sealant stuff and got going today. Unfortunately I found out that it is white in colour, which is not what I wanted at all, but it was the only product I could find that was fully water resistant and ticked all the boxes. It's called "serious stuff wet grab" and allegedly even works under water.

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so I stuck it all together - my fingers, my shirt, the lenses, clusters and various other things too. It was very fun. At one point I had it done perfectly and then I looked at the light and it had a white fingerprint inside it so I had to take it apart and try again...
The white sealant is less than ideal and made this very difficult, I dont recommend it at all, although it will probably stop them from getting condensation inside so hopefully will be worth it.

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All done:

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So now that they have white stuff holding them together I'll be needing a bit more

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hehe

I'll post some pics tomorrow when I've got them on the car.
 

OJleon

Guest
The finish product looks great. A subtle to the eye mod. But for everyone that has seen this thread and seen how much work uve put into doing them will appreciate them even more.
Top job:):)
 

CupraMVR

Awesome GTi Technician
Oct 19, 2006
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Crewe Cheshire
Excellent work there Emdee, i had the same lights on mine but sold them off as there were to bling for me also.

really good to show this can be done, glad you kept with it and finished the project.

Any pics of the LED glow at night ?
 
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