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I was hoping you guys could help me out. I recently purchased a pair of OEM Turbo S ducts from Gert and wanted to turn them into DRLs when turn the car on without having to switch the light to position 1.
I am not sure if this workaround in the above picture is for the Turbo ducts that are connected to the fog light wire or the side lights which uses the round smaller wiring harness. My OEM ducts are connected to the side light so the smaller round wiring harnes. Can what I am trying to do be easily done and if so, does anyone have any pictures or instructions.
Thanks guys for clarifying, somehow I thought the round connector was for the side marker, my mistake. The reason I say that is because when my fog light switch is off, the turbo Duct LED come on as soon as I turn the light to position 1 and not the fog light.
Sorry guys, I am a knucklehead. I just checked again. My turbo ducts connect to the bigger square connector and not the smaller round one. I just check again.
Yes, that connector is for your parking lights, which is why they come on as you described. Connect the fog/DRL to the round connector. You can buy the mating half of the connector as it is available as a VW part.
Just want to make sure I get all the right parts. I would want a plug and play setup so I can remove the ducts without having to cut anything if I want to go back to OEM setup.
If those part numbers were from my thread then yes you need QTY 2 of each part number.
The wire sets come as a pair, they're just short wire pigtails with the connector blade crimped on the end. You just insert two pigtails into each round connector body from the back until they click. Theres a rubber seal and a retaining cap that snaps in after, really easy when you see the parts.
I just soldered the pigtail wires to the duct wires. Note that polarity matters for the LED bulbs, so before you solder just twist the wires together and try the lights. If they don't work, flip wire for wire then solder and heatshrink.
If those part numbers were from my thread then yes you need QTY 2 of each part number.
The wire sets come as a pair, they're just short wire pigtails with the connector blade crimped on the end. You just insert two pigtails into each round connector body from the back until they click. Theres a rubber seal and a retaining cap that snaps in after, really easy when you see the parts.
I just soldered the pigtail wires to the duct wires. Note that polarity matters for the LED bulbs, so before you solder just twist the wires together and try the lights. If they don't work, flip wire for wire then solder and heatshrink.
Fantastic. It make sense now. Thanks you for clarifying.
You will simply cut each of the 2 connectorized wires in half so you'll have four, 2 for each connector. They work great.
Suggest you shop around, as I found quite a variance between VW dealers.
As Top Gun said earlier, since the circuit is already fused, I didn't use a fuse in the jumper.
RG-- These threads may shed some light:
"Daytime Running Lights"
"Turbo S Scoops with LED Lights"
Thanks curvelover. I saw that post but didn't go through the entire one.
You will simply cut each of the 2 connectorized wires in half so you'll have four, 2 for each connector. They work great.
Suggest you shop around, as I found quite a variance between VW dealers.
As Top Gun said earlier, since the circuit is already fused, I didn't use a fuse in the jumper.
Sounds great. I will check the local dealer, if not I will pick something up online.
If you want to be able to switch the fogs on and off independently of headlights (if you leave the fog light switch "on" they'd act like DRLs and come on when you start the car), here's a thread I did showing a simple wiring mod.
08-01-2016, 02:58 PM
How can I turn my Turbo S ducts into DRLs?
