So I've been yapping a bit about OEM LED tail lights that the euro golf Rs get and another stroke of luck came my way. Here's how things unfolded:
1.) I saw a posting for two of the four tail lights on a local vw sight and they were half of the cost of new... however they were never installed because the tip of one of them was chipped off, and when buddy tried to take off a cover plate he broke the clip attached to the cover plate. Dude put in a complaint saying that all the stuff was damaged in shipping and got free replacements.
2.) After hunting around a bit for the remaining lenses I decided to just order the other two pieces at full list price.
3.) Found a local supplier of the harness that piggy backs off of the factory connectors to make the lenses "dynamic blink" and bought it for cheaper then online listings.
4.) The other two lenses showed up and one also had a corner chipped off, i contacted the vendor and told them about the chip, along with pictures, and the clip which when I removed showed signs of clip manglement (it was a stretch but factual).
5.) Vendor wanted to ship me replacements but decided to give me a refund (100% for the chipped light, 30% for the cover plate clip).
So all in, I'm $350 for the full set, and if I use the cover plates from my factory lights i have all the parts I need to do the swap. Retail for this crap new is $750USD + tx + shipping and it usually sells for 60-70% of retail used. I should be profiting after I'm done with these
I'm kind of
to throw these on the
now.