MK IV Wagon tail light variants...

[milktree]

There appear to be four MK IV wagon tail light versions:

All red, standard in North America

"Ocean" style, using the Euro spec blinker location, with a clear lens. ECS part number ES2141118

UK spec , same as euro, but with amber turn signal plastic ECS part number ES2141117

something-else-spec, which is like the "ocean" style, but has red reflecty bars over the turn signal part, so they sorta look red, but are clear to the bulb. it kinda looks like the Golf signals. There's a yellow-green filter behind the clear plastic outer lens to color the light. (at least based on the ones my friend has.)


So... here are my questions:

Does the "ocean" style have a colored filter, or do you have to use an amber bulb?

Do the "amber" ones sold at ECS actually have pure amber plastic, or are there red reflecty bars over the amber? The ECS pictures aren't very good.

What're the something-else-spec ones? What're they called?

 

[graeme86]

According to ETKA, all the OEM Golf Variants use a white bulb, so each lens just has a filter for the colour.

 

[blizzard60]

As Graeme said, they all use white bulbs.

1) North American tails. All red, blinkers are in the bottom outside corners (REAR FOG location in all EURO lights), blink red (the true "Euro blinker spot", third down is not used).

2) "basic" golf tails. Lenses are red/red/AMBER/red&clear

3) bora tails. Lenses are red/red/red/red&clear.



4) "ocean" tails. Lenses are red/red/clear/red&clear

ALL euro tails blink amber. Therefore 3 & 4 above have a little blink lense inside that creates the amber. The bora tails use a reflector for the turns that are a clear/red combo so when you look at them from directly behind they look red, but they blink amber. You can kinda see what I mean when you look at the picture above for number 3).



I hope that all makes sense,

Cheers,
-Chris

 

[blizzard60]

Edited above to add pics and some clarification...

 

[milktree]

I hope that all makes sense,

It sure does! Thanks!

 

[cevans]

As Graeme said, they all use white bulbs.

1) North American tails. All red, blinkers are in the bottom outside corners (REAR FOG location in all EURO lights), blink red (the true "Euro blinker spot", third down is not used).

2) "basic" golf tails. Lenses are red/red/AMBER/red&clear


3) bora tails. Lenses are red/red/red/red&clear.


4) "ocean" tails. Lenses are red/red/clear/red&clear


ALL euro tails blink amber. Therefore 3 & 4 above have a little blink lense inside that creates the amber. The bora tails use a reflector for the turns that are a clear/red combo so when you look at them from directly behind they look red, but they blink amber. You can kinda see what I mean when you look at the picture above for number 3).


I hope that all makes sense,

Cheers,
-Chris

Good post! +1 for ocean style tail lights!