Hi all,
I have encountered some difficulty trying to get these headlights to work. I want to start off by saying that I went against all advice from the seller's disclaimer that these headlights do not work with cars with factory Xenons. However, in saying that, I have seen others make it work (through the use of a harness, and perhaps some coding) so I have high hopes it will also work for me
Some details
Vehicle: VW Golf GTI MK7 Clubsport/40 Years
Region: Australia
What originally came with the car:
The goal
The goal here is for me to be able to successfully retrofit the below headlights into my vehicle. Below is a pic and a link to the headlights, as well as the harness that I purchased:
Headlights: https://www.vland-carlamp.com/Headlights_For_2013-2018_Volkswagen_VW_Golf_7/p4995994_20265061.aspx
Harness: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000849328042.html
The problem
Every other function (indicators, DRLs, low-beam) work completely fine.
The only problem I am facing is that the high beams (which are the inner projector lens) do not light up at all. I have tried several bulbs and that does not seem to be the issue.
The issue is potentially due to coding. from reading up on similar forum posts, the issue is due to the original headlights having a 'shutter' high-beam function (meaning there is a shared low/high beam projector, and the high beam is activated by opening the shutter on the low-beam)
The recommendations I have seen so far is to change the "Lasstyp" of Leuchte8FL RB39 and Leucht9FL RB2 to something different. Unfortunately, there are a lot of options and I am lost as to which one to try.
Solution?
I appreciate that I may have left out some potentially important details for a proper diagnosis; If there are any additional details I can include, please let me know and I will include it in the post.
Otherwise, I would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction to get this working!
Thanks everyone in advance
I have encountered some difficulty trying to get these headlights to work. I want to start off by saying that I went against all advice from the seller's disclaimer that these headlights do not work with cars with factory Xenons. However, in saying that, I have seen others make it work (through the use of a harness, and perhaps some coding) so I have high hopes it will also work for me
Some details
Vehicle: VW Golf GTI MK7 Clubsport/40 Years
Region: Australia
What originally came with the car:
The goal
The goal here is for me to be able to successfully retrofit the below headlights into my vehicle. Below is a pic and a link to the headlights, as well as the harness that I purchased:
Headlights: https://www.vland-carlamp.com/Headlights_For_2013-2018_Volkswagen_VW_Golf_7/p4995994_20265061.aspx
Harness: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000849328042.html
The problem
Every other function (indicators, DRLs, low-beam) work completely fine.
The only problem I am facing is that the high beams (which are the inner projector lens) do not light up at all. I have tried several bulbs and that does not seem to be the issue.
The issue is potentially due to coding. from reading up on similar forum posts, the issue is due to the original headlights having a 'shutter' high-beam function (meaning there is a shared low/high beam projector, and the high beam is activated by opening the shutter on the low-beam)
The recommendations I have seen so far is to change the "Lasstyp" of Leuchte8FL RB39 and Leucht9FL RB2 to something different. Unfortunately, there are a lot of options and I am lost as to which one to try.
Solution?
I appreciate that I may have left out some potentially important details for a proper diagnosis; If there are any additional details I can include, please let me know and I will include it in the post.
Otherwise, I would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction to get this working!
Thanks everyone in advance