LED Lights: Yes or No?

nazmo said:
I tried to find the cost for the LED option on the Clio, but I see they just made LED headlights standard now, as VW should have done, especially on a GTi
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The LED option is only available standard on the Dynamic line and up, all the other options are Halogen lights.
 
They are certainly better on paper but not really all that much in the real world, the major advantage would be that they should last forever.

HOWEVER if they were to fail out of warranty...then you are in for at least 5K if it's only one unit that dies.

Also replacing normal halogen bulbs really isn't all that expensive.

Not sure it will really up your resell price either. Sure it will make your car more easy to sell than the next one without LEDs but not really get you more money for it.

So really it's up to you whether you have 10k to burn. Consider that if you are financing this car you'll be paying R325 odd rand a month just for lights...
 
You can add all the optionals you like, when you sell the car you will get the same trade as the identical car with none of the optionals.
 
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Stop overthinking. a car more often than not is a depreciating purchase. If you asking yourself the question of LED's or not, then you like nice things, and thats great. If you can afford it, do it. Enjoy your purchase. If you dont look at your car everytime you walk away from it, you bought the wrong car, or it really is just an A-B tool, in which case options shouldnt even be a factor.
 
Tsepz_011 said:
Buying a VW is like buying a gift, you just don't know for who yet.

So do you want them to have the LEDs or not?
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-- spits coffee
now I have to clean my desk and keyboard, thanks
 
qscwbt said:
You can add all the optionals you like, when you sell the car you will get the same trade as the identical car with none of the optionals.
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Yes this, the winner will be the person buYing the used car with the options. My friend got himself a 2012 CR-V that Is so specced it would put a lot of recent SUVs to shame, AWD, heated seats, parking sensors, climate control, rain sensing wipers LCD display radio etc, for cheap, many standard CR-VS sells for roughly thge same price as his, without all the nice things. Plus they even gave him the original radio which he is still trying to sell.
 
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nazmo said:
Stop overthinking. a car more often than not is a depreciating purchase. If you asking yourself the question of LED's or not, then you like nice things, and thats great. If you can afford it, do it. Enjoy your purchase. If you dont look at your car everytime you walk away from it, you bought the wrong car, or it really is just an A-B tool, in which case options shouldnt even be a factor.
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I don't think a Polo in general is a car to look at every time you walk away. You might as well look at the Polo parked next to you, or the Polo parked next to it... Or even the Polo in front of you when you drive home. It's just a common people carrier.
 
genetic said:
I don't think a Polo in general is a car to look at every time you walk away. You might as well look at the Polo parked next to you, or the Polo parked next to it... Or even the Polo in front of you when you drive home. It's just a common people carrier.
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To each his own, cars mean different things to different people. A polo is a great car, you cant fault it for selling as well as it does. From your perspective, im sure you would think LED's is not worthit. From an ex polo gti driver, i say its very pricey, but I will still take the option as I regret not taking Xenon's on mine
 
genetic said:
I don't think a Polo in general is a car to look at every time you walk away. You might as well look at the Polo parked next to you, or the Polo parked next to it... Or even the Polo in front of you when you drive home. It's just a common people carrier.
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When i've cleaned it nicely, I always take a second and a third look at my gleaming Corsa B. At times I even find myself taking a second look at a properly mantained Toyota Quatum GL, and that is just a common people carrier.
 
nazmo said:
To each his own, cars mean different things to different people. A polo is a great car, you cant fault it for selling as well as it does. From your perspective, im sure you would think LED's is not worthit. From an ex polo gti driver, i say its very pricey, but I will still take the option as I regret not taking Xenon's on mine
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100% Sir.
 
This is a crop from a quote for 2010 for a golf 6 gti.
10k is not bad for led headlights. I would take it if I could afford it.

I'm sure the option is priced similarly from other manufacturers, if not more.

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rodga said:
This is a crop from a quote for 2010 for a golf 6 gti.
10k is not bad for led headlights. I would take it if I could afford it.

I'm sure the option is priced similarly from other manufacturers, if not more.
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Think BMW is just under R12k?
 
nazmo said:
Just a thought, unlike XENON's... its not more expensive technology than traditional lights. You can buy very bright LED's for your bicycle for a few hundred bucks. This is a genuine case of VW ripping you off. It should be a R2500 option at most
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:wtf:

Do you honestly think an LED torch is comparable to an LED headlight fixture in terms of power output, matrix complexity, lens design, quality of light, electronics and lifetime of output?

I suggest you go educate yourself;

https://www.carwow.co.uk/guides/glossary/how-do-led-headlights-work
 
genetic said:
:wtf:

Do you honestly think an LED torch is comparable to an LED headlight fixture in terms of power output, matrix complexity, lens design, quality of light, electronics and lifetime of output?

I suggest you go educate yourself;

https://www.carwow.co.uk/guides/glossary/how-do-led-headlights-work
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Take a huge chill pill dude. I already acknowledged it's a bad example . My point was halogen vs xenon justifies a bigger price premium than halogen vs led. And this smells of an opportunity for VW to rip the buyer off a bit more than necessary. That being said. I would take the option due to past decisions as buying a car more often than not is based on emotion and not logic.
 
nazmo said:
Take a huge chill pill dude.
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Take a lesson dude.

My point was halogen vs xenon justifies a bigger price premium than halogen vs led. And this smells of an opportunity for VW to rip the buyer off a bit more than necessary. That being said. I would take the option due to past decisions as buying a car more often than not is based on emotion and not logic.
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High LED prices are not unique to VW. It's a more refined technology with higher manufacturing tolerances than your decades old halogen or xenon bulbs.
 
Chinese led bulbs cost R600 each. What is the difference between the R10K one then. Only problem I see is the fan does not fit on the normal light fitting cover
 
upup said:
Chinese led bulbs cost R600 each. What is the difference between the R10K one then. Only problem I see is the fan does not fit on the normal light fitting cover
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For one those are generally illegal for being fitted into normal halogen projector housings, and therefore blinding other drivers.

Legit LED full units don’t use the same projector and don’t bling others while offering better light for the driver.
 
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