Volkswagen Golf Mark V Headlights – Halogen and Xenon

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The Golf Mark V came with a number of different headlights from the factory, generally a chrome H7 reflector unit for the base models, a black H7 reflector model for GT/GT Sport/GTI and a Bi-Xenon fitted to some GTI and R32 models either optional or standard which was also available on some other models (depending on [...]

May 13th, 2011 | Category: Bi-Xenon, Halogen, Lighting, Mark V, Model Information, Model Specific, Reference, Xenon (HID) | 3 comments

Retrofitting Xenons (HID) Lighting to reflector housings

Retrofitting Xenon or High Intensity Discharge (HID)  lights to replace the standard halogen reflector setup may seem like a good idea and a whole lot cheaper than paying the $1000-2000 premium for the factory Xenons / Bi-Xenons but in reality not only is it illegal but not a very wise move.

Firstly there are a number of [...]

June 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Bi-Xenon, Mark V, Mark VI, Reference, Xenon (HID) | 9 comments