Ken1 Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Hi Folks, Does anyone know the part number for these darkened rear lights or where to get them? I assume they are different to the r32 rear clusters in that you don't need separate reflectors ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
182_blue Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Hi Folks,Does anyone know the part number for these darkened rear lights or where to get them? I assume they are different to the r32 rear clusters in that you don't need separate reflectors ? Thanks from golfgti forum R32 Smoked rear lights are 1K6 945 093 K inner left 1K6 945 094 K inner right 1K6 945 095 T outer left 1K6 945 096 T outer right think the ed30 are the same mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGTI Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hi ken, I fitted a set to mine only last week. Got them on a group buy via vagdrivers.net. The guy who organised the buy sourced them from vagparts.com. They were much cheaper than local dealer prices even without the group discount. Worthwhile mod, looks way better... Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken1 Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Thanks Joe, Couple of questions , are they LHD or RHD and is there a difference ? Also , why does the R32 have additional reflectors fitted to the bumper and the Ed 30 not if they are the same lights ? Do you have a VW or hella part number? Thanks Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGTI Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hi Ken They are RHD. The difference is, the foglight/reverse light are on opposite sides depending on RHD/LHD. On RHD cars, the foglight is on the left (i.e. the passenger side). Although, as far as I know, even if you got an LHD set, the inner lenses are easily swapped around. Not sure why Vagparts state you need extra reflectors, because they didn't come with mine, and the light clusters look identical to me (there is a reflector-strip in them) as the standard lights, apart from the tint of course. Vagparts won't let me link directly for some reason, but goto VAG Parts OE parts from the people who really know OE parts! and: enter online shop -> product overview -> VW -> Golf MK5 / Jetta -> Electrical They then allow you to specify LHD/RHD when you select the item. Hope that helps! Fitting them is a doddle. Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken1 Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Thanks Joe , found that fine. I just wonder is there a difference as I doubt VW would have no reflectors on the Ed 30 and have them onthe R32 if they were the same light . Thans anyway , I'd say the look great on the blue graphite ( my fav colour , my 05GTI was that colour , should have kept it!!! ) Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 ....If you are thinking of changing your tail lights, then what about these LED ones made for VW by Valeo with approved E numbers : - Signalling is far more visually effective and consequently safer. The stock tails are not clever when you are on the brake pedal and also indicating - Waiting to turn right onto a side road with a truck bearing down on you from behind, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGTI Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Thanks Joe , found that fine.I just wonder is there a difference as I doubt VW would have no reflectors on the Ed 30 and have them onthe R32 if they were the same light . Thans anyway , I'd say the look great on the blue graphite ( my fav colour , my 05GTI was that colour , should have kept it!!! ) Ken Yeah, I've never seen a definitive answer as to the difference (if any) between the R32 tails and the ED30 tails. I suspect there is no difference. I *think* I read somewhere that the extra reflectors were added to the R32 specially for the american market... though I wouldn't be sure about that either. They look well on the blue graphite alright! If you look at my pics, you can see the reflector strip around the bottom of the clusters... same as the standard ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robs1977 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 They are the same light on Ed30 and R32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken1 Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 thanks for the info folks , Red those lights look great on your car and Joe the darkened ones look great on the blue graphite also ... i've some thinking to do !!! Wonder what would suit my black GTI better ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGTI Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 hey Ken, There's lots of pics of GTI's floating around on this site and others with the darkened tail lights.. Winrya on here posted some good ones of his a while back, here they are again (hope he doesn't mind me reposting!): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 thanks for the info folks , Red those lights look great on your car and Joe the darkened ones look great on the blue graphite also ... i've some thinking to do !!!Wonder what would suit my black GTI better ??? ....Well, I think that the darker tails will look better aesthetically on a black GTI. However, the LED versions (like mine) will definitely provide more road safety - No-one can argue about that! I'm lucky in that on a red car the LED's both look better and are safer - I have experienced seeing a large truck not realising I was stopped and waiting to turn right!! Fortunately he managed to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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