Tail lights upgrade

[rohank99]

How simple is it to upgrade from halogen to LED taillights? Is it a case of unplugging one and plugging in the other or is there more work to it. Looking to upgrade mine and get the nicer looking LED taillights.


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[LeylandVCDS]

Not as easy as that - you will need to run extra wires down from the high level brake light to each of the new outer, body mounted LED light clusters as the wire for the brake lights is missing in the halogen units. You will then have to go into the configuration settings of the light clusters (address 09 central electronics) with VCDS or similar and reconfigure each light allocation to LED rather than standard bulbs

 

[rohank99]

Not as easy as that - you will need to run extra wires down from the high level brake light to each of the new outer, body mounted LED light clusters as the wire for the brake lights is missing in the halogen units. You will then have to go into the configuration settings of the light clusters (address 09 central electronics) with VCDS or similar and reconfigure each light allocation to LED rather than standard bulbs

Have you done this process before? How hard was it


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[LeylandVCDS]

Have you done this process before? How hard was it


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Sorry, no I haven't yet done it. To be honest I can't justify the cost of the LED light units

 

[RiponM_27]

i was able to do this but so far i’ve only done the tailgate ones and not the outer one, waitin for the outer ones to come

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[RyanL299]

i was able to do this but so far i’ve only done the tailgate ones and not the outer one, waitin for the outer ones to come

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Have you fitted the outer part? Does it need wiring or just coding

 

[RiponM_27]

Have you fitted the outer part? Does it need wiring or just coding

i have put an outer one, sadly the brake light doesn’t work as the halogens use the same wiring as the drl so i will have to get a harness to connect the outer to the brake light at the top.


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[LeylandVCDS]

Have you fitted the outer part? Does it need wiring or just coding

It will need a cable running from the high level brake light as the non LED units do not have a separate cable for brake lights

 

[LeylandVCDS]

i have put an outer one, sadly the brake light doesn’t work as the halogens use the same wiring as the drl so i will have to get a harness to connect the outer to the brake light at the top.


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Single cable needed, not a full harness

 

[RiponM_27]

Single cable needed, not a full harness

yeah im aware of that, will be doing it once im free


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