"Great for backup lights and dark driveways!

Caution: This bulb is bright and hot. If using for constant-on applications they can damage plastic parts that are too close."

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A red 1156 bulb or a 1156 LED bulb with a load equalizer.

Additional specs on 796 can be found at http://candlepowerinc.com/pdfs/numerical.index.pdf

Modified by cafecar at 5:18 PM 3-4-2008

GTI 337 deceased 4/7/06
2007 GTI 4dr United Gray delivered 7/24/06

Quote, originally posted by SootHappens »

FTW!

Good info.

Does turning on the rear fog help? I assume the headlights are already on if we're worried about the amount of light to backup.

BTW, the bulb type is 796. I fixed the typo in the second line of my post.

GTI 337 deceased 4/7/06
2007 GTI 4dr United Gray delivered 7/24/06

Quote, originally posted by mujjuman »

why? i understand if your tails are tinted... but are you trying to blind the person behind you? or do you just want brighter bulbs because it looks cool.... the latter i understand

I do not care about the "look". I care about what I can see behind me at night. I will be adding wiring, euroswitch and changing to Valeo EU Golf LED tails when the weather breaks. In the process I will change from two backup lights to one backup light and one rear fog light, like the OP. In my case, I back up a 60' drive to back into a tight garage space, often at night. The potential 50% loss in backup illumination with the new tails is of concern. Optimizing the remaining backup light would seem to be a wise investment.

The halogen lamps appear to be the best bet.
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since I am switching to EU LED tails, thought I should check to see if the backup lamp is the same.
Even though the outer section is LED, the new matching inner section (rear fog | backup light) are still filament lamps.

I don't think the LED tails use the same backup lamp as US OE?

Quote, originally posted by Markings on base of supplied backup lamp in Valeo LED tails from TM Tuning »

GE 1057L F 12V P21W {E1} 2DX Hungary 25AUG07 NI BTW the fog lamp in this set is exactly the same part

Valeo LED tails from TM Tuning - inner right - backup light (protective film still in place)

Valeo LED tails from TM Tuning - inner right - backup light

to remove the lamp holder from the fixture, twist 1/8 turn counterclockwise, pull out.
The lamp holder is keyed, one notch is wider than the other three, so it only goes back in one way

Valeo LED tails from TM Tuning - inner left - fog light (protective film still in place)


Modified by JetTurbo at 4:30 AM 3-5-2008

Having the rear fog and only having one reveres light, I've been using this bulb for 3 years. No issues to date I installed it into my R and works the same..

Thanks for the input quailallstar. As I recall from previous posts, you had the Valeo LED tails on your Golf 5 and I did not see them in the list when you parted it out. Are they on the r now?
Is some of your experience with the 50w bulb in the Valeo units?

I sometimes stay in reverse up to 3 minutes, minimum 1 minute every time I park at home - most people don't do use it that long. I am still concerned about melting something.
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oh, and I always wanted to ask - where did you pick up the Nordschleife decal that was on your Golf 5? I've found plenty of Nürburgring decals online, but not that variant ?

Quote, originally posted by mujjuman »

why? i understand if your tails are tinted... but are you trying to blind the person behind you? or do you just want brighter bulbs because it looks cool.... the latter i understand

I drive at night a lot, always back into parking spaces, so it's just for safety while backing up. I'm not too into having "cool looking" lights. Lights are for function, not form (the bulbs at least, the housings are a different story, those change the look of the car a lot).

Quote, originally posted by quailallstar »

Having the rear fog and only having one reveres light, I've been using this bulb for 3 years. No issues to date I installed it into my R and works the same..

I'm very glad to hear it.

Quote, originally posted by SootHappens »

FTW!

What bulbs did you use in there? I know you are big on LED's...I have an LED for my rear fog, but it's giving me a hard time (even with the load balancer you sent me a link to)

Bill OReilly goes psycho youtube.com/watch?v=Brw-n1hKfg
Blinky &The Blowman youtube.com/watch?v=e_s3TiOLAcI

If it happens, I guess I'll just have to get LED tails

Quote, originally posted by rysskii3 »

bumb the old thread

I bought one of these bulbs back in March 2008,
been running it in my single backup light ever since.
So far, no problems.
And that includes my screwing up one evening.
Was doing some VAG-COM work (which requires key on)
and didn't notice the gear selector was in reverse.
Ran the 50 w backup bulb continuos for about 30-40 minutes.
Thought for sure there would be damage - it did get really really hot.
But so far, no melting, no problems ...

I forgot to give props to CafeCar for this recommendation. I've had two for eight months now and they've been fantastically bright. Much more than OEM spec'd bulbs.