Mark 7 Golf Estate (Variant) Tail Lights

[CX16240722]

Good Afternoon Ladies and Gents

Apologies if this has already been discussed. I am having a problem finding anyone who has upgraded the brake (tail) lights on a VW golf mark 7 estate.

I own a 1.6 TDI and have turned it into a mini project car.

Does anyone have any recommendations for upgraded tail lights on the estate mark 7? I can only seem to find them on Ali Express. Ebay stores in the UK and Europe show many options for golf mark 7 hatch upgraded tail lights but none for an estate version. After looking into the lights for the hatch it appears they are slightly different in shape when compared to the estate version (more of a straight line rather then the diagonal line on the lights of the hatch.)

If anyone has come accross any or purchased any from Ali express it would be great to have more info on the product itself and fitting!

Thank you.

Kindest Regards

CX16.

 

[Lug_Nut]

What are the present tail lamps? I was surprised to find that the lamps in my "S" (US market base level) had incandescent bayonette bulbs. This after having read up on the issues of integrating trailer wiring harnesses to adapt the apparently prevalent Golf wagon LED lighting PWM signals to work correctly.
Are yours also presently incandescent?
What do you consider to be an "upgrade"?

 

[privateTDIjet]

Good Afternoon Ladies and Gents

Apologies if this has already been discussed. I am having a problem finding anyone who has upgraded the brake (tail) lights on a VW golf mark 7 estate.

I own a 1.6 TDI and have turned it into a mini project car.

Does anyone have any recommendations for upgraded tail lights on the estate mark 7? I can only seem to find them on Ali Express. Ebay stores in the UK and Europe show many options for golf mark 7 hatch upgraded tail lights but none for an estate version. After looking into the lights for the hatch it appears they are slightly different in shape when compared to the estate version (more of a straight line rather then the diagonal line on the lights of the hatch.)

If anyone has come accross any or purchased any from Ali express it would be great to have more info on the product itself and fitting!

Thank you.

Kindest Regards

CX16.

bought my taillights from aliexpress. got lucky that they still work after 3 winters. one fogs up internmentantly but its not a big deal

 

[hskrdu]

Yes, the Golf tail light assemblies are different for the hatch vs the wagon/estate/variant. The wagon tail lights can be "modified" by using one of several different shades of plastic assemblies (red, cherry, tinted), by using LED bulbs instead of incandescent, or by making changes to the leuchte channels in coding. DAP, among others in the US, formerly sold various tail light housings, but I'd be surprised if you can't also get OEM versions in the UK. One of the early mods I made was to change the red turn signal to yellow by removing the interior strip of colored plastic from the housing and using an amber bulb. There are lots and lots of threads in various locations on these mods...

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