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    Is it easy to upgrade your Central Electronics to the latest version? Or quite complex?

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    For those of you who haven't read it, here is another of Maverick's gems:

    Upgrading the number plate lights to LED on the Volkswagen Golf, Jetta, GTI, R32, Rabbit and Passat | my-gti.com

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    I cant justify the cost of these when i got a great result from some 5050 smd LED bulbs with no error msg
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrimDub View Post
    I cant justify the cost of these when i got a great result from some 5050 smd LED bulbs with no error msg
    Got a link mate?

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    I have something interesting regarding this.

    I tried to order these original VW items from ECS tuning but they demanded that I needed to give them my drivers license No. and registration no. for coding before they would sell it. They never asked for the VIN.

    My question was how is my drivers lic. and rego relevant since its not coded into the car in any way. Anyhow, they were adamant so I cancelled my order. Can anyone explain to me why this was needed?
    Last edited by jumpman; 12-06-2011 at 08:19 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jumpman View Post
    I have something interesting regarding this.

    I tried to order these original VW items from ECS tuning but they demanded that I needed to give them my drivers license No. and registration no. for coding before they would sell it. They never asked for the VIN.

    My question was how is my drivers lic. and rego relevant since its not coded into the car in any way. Anyhow, they were adamant so I cancelled my order. Can anyone explain to me why this was needed?
    Scam? You give them your drivers license & rego, next thing you owe some electronics store in Russia $50,000? I've had it where the seller needs a land line number (to verify who you are) before they'll send the goods. But I can't imagine what a licence number and rego has to do with it (what if you were buying them for someone else? These dots...they don't connect.

    So has anybody had real world experiene with the R-Dash ones on ebay?
    VW 2009 Golf MKVI 6 error free LED license plate lights | eBay

    Are they truely error free? The "3 day return policy" has me a bit meh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DreamensioN View Post
    Scam? You give them your drivers license & rego, next thing you owe some electronics store in Russia $50,000? I've had it where the seller needs a land line number (to verify who you are) before they'll send the goods. But I can't imagine what a licence number and rego has to do with it (what if you were buying them for someone else? These dots...they don't connect.
    The dots do connect, Hong Kong is an area known for scammers and ECS are taking precautions with accepting credit card payments from places they have either had direct experience with being ripped off from or have heard about that place being used.

    A landline phone number means nothing when it comes to verification, the safest method for the vendor is a scan of the credit card and/or rates-utility notice and/or drivers license.

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    I have the R-Dash ones listed above from ebay.

    These are "error free" when connected. Just make sure you push the connectors together very well. I am running these on my 2010 Golf R. They are very bright but i dont mind them. They actually help with me utilising the RVC as they provide additional light when reversing at night. Easy install too.
    Last edited by ccoops79; 14-06-2011 at 09:41 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ccoops79 View Post
    They actually help with me utilising the RVC as they provide additional light when reversing at night. Easy install too.
    I never thought of that - very good point.

    Ok you just sold me - I'm going to get a set right now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jumpman View Post
    I have something interesting regarding this.

    I tried to order these original VW items from ECS tuning but they demanded that I needed to give them my drivers license No. and registration no. for coding before they would sell it. They never asked for the VIN.

    My question was how is my drivers lic. and rego relevant since its not coded into the car in any way. Anyhow, they were adamant so I cancelled my order. Can anyone explain to me why this was needed?
    I can confirm that this is a legitimate request.
    Whilst some other people here have lost the plot in their replies Maverick is spot on. Even some companies in Australia will require a photocopy of your drivers license etc. It's to ensure you aren't using a stolen CC number etc (though, you could have stolen an entire identity I guess...)

    Even in Australia some companies will requre this with credit card purchases over a certain value.
    You just have to ensure that the company you're dealing with is legitimate. ECS Tuning is a decent sized company that's been around for ages, so that's fine. But if an eBay seller or some random internet site asked you for this, then think twice!

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