D3 Rear lights removal / Facelift Retrofit

[Oli18]

Awesome - will be very useful when I have a to do this!

[manca]

Thanks for this Delboy. I changed my two bootlid lights this afternoon. Without your excellent write up its no doubt the whole thing would have been a disaster and my darkening mood would have led inextricably to divorce and ruin.
As it is my youngest thinks I am a God of vehicle electronics. SWMBO has no idea what i was doing or how much it cost to 'fix a bulb' and as a result hasn't once (today) told me I should have bought a bloody Mondeo.

[Delboy]

Glad it was of use to you, don't bin the other lights, I think it's going to be quite easy to repairthem and will be having a go at mine when I go offshore at the end of this month

I'll keep you posted

[notorious]

Yep, this is what I call a writeup!

Many thanks for all your work.

[Oli18]

Hi Delboy,

So just to double check, did you run the extra wires at the moment without an added benefit to date? If so, I may leave that bit out.

At the moment, do your rear lights operate like the ones in the video below?

Thanks,

Oli

http://youtu.be/8Sy28sAoFLQ

[Oli18]

Hi Delboy,

So i did some more digging after updating my own lights today and I have a theory that those outside of the US don't need the elusive extra cable to make the inner clusters light up...

Take a look at the video below of a US based facelift and you can see at 8.45 how different the lights operate. Our equivalent of brake lights are indicators in their case...and it means the inner clusters also need to blink hence the need for the extra cable.

Just my theory but would be interested to hear what others think.

Thanks,

Oli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...O6VJaCm8#t=524

[Delboy]

Thats pretty much the conclusion I have came too as well, oh well your brothers across the pond can benefit from my loss.