The regular golf HID headlights don't really have the lines to pull off a wavy strip, or an exciting curl on the outsides as some of the newer audi models exhibit.

However, that shouldn't discourage the community from creating something interesting, professional, functional, and visually appealing with what we were given.

The bottom of the headlight, where the city light's and turn signals reside would be perfect for a retrofit. Some sort of white/blue thick LED bar could be fabricated into this location, with possibly a glass/plastic wavy diffusion plate in front of the LEDs to direct light on the ground rather than straight ahead, to avoid blinding, much like the photo of the S5. Ultra bright Orange LED's could be installed side by side and activated when the turn signal is used.

Someone fit for the project would obviously be someone willing to take apart their headlight, or someone who has access to a wrecked/damaged unit. I'd love to come up with it all on my own, but I'm far from professional in the respect of fabricating a solution.

Anyone feel up to the task? Anyone want to draw, photoshop, type out solutions and ideas? Lets see what we all can come up with!

Quote, originally posted by veedub87 »

If anyone has been in the SW forums for any length of time, the irony and/or sarcasm of these words in relation to who posted them should have slapped you in the face like a bitch.

He has them in a different location
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3651368



Modified by blackoutjetta at 4:08 PM 2-21-2008

Sounds great!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3608268

Scroll down the page, the first shot is WAY blown out.

I'm also doing "other" things to the headlight so at this time, I'm just waiting for some parts to come in. But the driver side is already disassembled and ready for some modification.

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W W Car looks great. I did some research and it's an AWD Sport R32 Wagon with 270HP

6 LEDs placed around the main HID ballast in the little cap area that looks like it was meant for LED's

drill em out, put some adhesive on a LED, splice em into the parking lights or fog light. or run them on a seperate switch

i got the mk5 scene on

Quote, originally posted by mdonis »

W W Car looks great. I did some research and it's an AWD Sport R32 Wagon with 270HP

Isn't it 2.0T powered?

The Golf Variant RaVe 270 is a concept car. It makes it unmistakably clear how much potential lies in the Golf Variant, both in its design and basic technology. RaVe 270 stands for 270 PS, for a completely modified design in race car style, a very sporty interior and techno music from a powerful 1,400 Watt high-end sound system.

The basis for this unique system is the new RNS 510 radio-navigation system. A total of 13 loudspeakers are supplied via three powerful output amplifiers. A strong 880 Watt subwoofer and two other 250 Watt subwoofers in chrome are responsible for the distinctly "palpable" sound. The 880 Watt subwoofer – just like the output amplifiers – is located so that it is visible on the cargo floor. Also integrated in the rear were two 12-inch monitors, so that the music of the best bands could not only be heard but seen too.

The Golf Variant RaVe 270 was developed and built by Volkswagen Individual GmbH. The idea behind this car: to transfer GTI and R32 feeling to a Golf Variant for the first time. So the RaVe 270 was made faster by a performance-enhanced version of the Golf GTI engine and the 4Motion all-wheel drive of the Golf R32. Forces between the engine and all-wheel drive are distributed by the DSG dual clutch transmission.

After just 5.8 seconds, the Golf Variant RaVe 270 is already moving at 100 km/h. Not until 250 km/h is reached do the electronics stop further acceleration. Despite its awesome driving performance, average fuel consumption of the Golf Variant RaVe 270 is just 9.1 liters of Super gasoline (95 ROZ) per 100 kilometers.

Volkswagen developed a new design line for all add-on body parts. The bumpers, radiator grille, side skirts, taillights, headlamps, and even the mirrors – everything was modified. Take the front end, for example: the classic Golf radiator grille is used here. Directly below it is a completely modified bumper with three large air inlets, like those typically used in car racing. The xenon headlamps of the RaVe 270 got a new look by extending the engine hood and fenders and adding new special caps. Integrated here: daylight running lamps in LED technology. At the rear end, there are two twin-fluted tailpipes on the left and right. Between them is a diffuser that provides for additional traction. In its side profile, details like the 19 inch alloy wheels of the "Zaragoza" type give the concept car a distinctive character in combination with the sport chassis that was lowered by 20 millimeters.

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman...shtml

It's true! Elephants are afraid of mice!

Someone was working on that, they had posted it earlier in the winter, can't remember what the thread was called. tried searching, no luck either

Future: LED Tails

Guilty.

It's true! Elephants are afraid of mice!

also like how they incorporated the 'bowser' look into the hood and the fenders. it looks like they added a bit of material to the fenders around the top corner of the headlamp opening... and functionally and aesthetically acomplished what eyelids always attempted/failed to do!

Modified by applen at 1:47 PM 2-22-2008

buy my OEM springs:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4408347

So, I'm right, it's 2.0T powered.. Thanks for the confirmation.

Back on topic, wasn't somebody working on installing LEDs around the HID projector housing? I don't remember seeing the end result of that.

So uhh, yeah, how'd that work out for you?

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I smell another Darkk LED DIY!

Future: LED Tails

something like

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instead of

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Also you can use one of those mini Blinds adjusters. The transparent
peace used to open close mini blinds They are very cheap.

I if you make small cuts on them on the back side and put 2 bright led’s at the end you will end with a long strip lighted like a Angel eye.

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I may do something like that since I'm studing a set of rabbit head lamps to do a HID projectors retro fit on them