DIY Infinity Tail Lights VW Golf MK5

In this video I am working on infinity tail lights on Golf MK5
Disclaimer: ARC Garage is not responsible for any work you perform on your car. If you're not confident in your mechanical and electrical skills, we suggest you take your car to a professional.

[@idarkftw1695]

wicked work man, i love your diy's, hope im gonna see a bigger variety of cars on your channel!

[@arcgarage]

Thank you very much for support...

[@druckerman247]

Nice OEM looking result. Well done.

[@arcgarage]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@VR6_SKC]

Was gonna do these to my car but never got round to it, very good m8

[@arcgarage]

Thanks

[@jasondebraux6695]

These came out really great & I'm not even a huge fan of VW but this is tough!!

[@arcgarage]

Thanks

[@loudmoan1112]

Hello boss. This looks amazing! You did a really good job at making it look perfect. I would like to do this to my mk5 golf. Do you remember the diameter of the clear plastic you cut out to fit in the taillight perfect. Thanks if you can help!!

[@miui447]

Congratulations on the beautiful videos you give us. One question, have you checked if the hot glue remains in its original state under the sun at high temperatures?

[@arcgarage]

Thank you for support. The use of hot glue here is minimal, and I use the one with higher melting point so sun heat is not an issue...

[@sitwy]

nice... just wondering what card is it for the connection? is it just a set of resistor?

[@alenseven11]

Fenomenalno je ispalo.

[@arcgarage]

Hvala puno...

[@joelsmith6919]

Ah damn you lol. Now i gotta figure out how to make a set. Amazing bro. Amazing

[@arcgarage]

Thank you buddy

[@lazarcavic6231]

Druze ovo je brutalno, vrlo rado bih ti poslao moje stopove da odradis i naplatis kako zelis... Vrijedi para.

[@arcgarage]

Hvala puno...

[@okforumRo]

Superb tutorial. It is explicit and very good. Thank you sir!

[@arcgarage]

You are most welcome

[@Headlights.restorations]

From where the dimmer can be bought?

[@Savageboss52]

What is the brand and code of the headlight you are dealing with in the video?

[@xarishewii]

Any link from where you find that dimmer?

[@maxpayz2431]

This should work on a mk5 Jetta as well!

[@arcgarage]

Yes, of course...

[@SopelXL]

11:00 what glue did you use?

[@Omega_Sline]

Hi mate, that’s looks great, I did similar build, could you please advise on how to bypass the canbus/dashboard light error, do you use led decoder resistors?

[@zeljkokrznaric4004]

Yeah. That would be great info

[@okforumRo]

I also found the solution here. Maybe it helps you kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4GVlXesaL53oZY

[@funkblack]

Hey, could you please tell us what board is that at 11:53? Also what did you in order to not get an error in the dash?

[@okforumRo]

I had the same problem and found a tutorial for calculating the resistance of a burnt bulb and eliminating errors I leave you a link here kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4GVlXesaL53oZY

[@juliusbastien4941]

Do you have a link to where I can possibly send my tail lights out to you for this mod, I love it

[@arcgarage]

Sadly no, I did this for my friend...

[@Lassiebrian]

great effort. how do you replace the led when they burn?

[@arcgarage]

You have to take them apart...

[@Lassiebrian]

@@arcgarage thats a challenge now, show be made easier in such a way that you change LEDs only

[@JustinPaul1st]

If you considering the design and layout of this build its virtually impossible any other method but to open it up again...

[@user-yg6qp5ue9c]

Led燈夾在中間怎麼還會有亮光出來～不是應該會擋到嗎？ 總之真是厲害

[@alekseiromanov6264]

Разность пропускания света пленкой, 1. пропускает свет в одну сторону 2. Не пропускает совсем работает как зеркало

[@mesarosandrei6917]

More videos with Alfa GT!

[@arcgarage]

More are in the making...

[@rodneys0909]

Just one question, how did you defeat the canbus tester? I'm a long time LED user and quite competent at electronics (telco tech by trade), but I don't want to have load resistors. I presume this was your work around?

[@arcgarage]

I had to use resistors to trick the system...

[@Jagogjk1]

You can also tap small 12v Bulbs (dashboard bulbs) in to the wiring that way you can trick the system as well

[@89rihard]

От куда вы?

[@enstatito]

Genius

[@arcgarage]

Thanks

[@enstatito]

@@arcgarage can you somehow make and then ship them? 😁

[@Nitewatch-xc9yz]

Could you fellas help me with a van project, it’s a 2001 dodge b1500 cargo van

[@vichope6408]

Hi. How can the light got out from reflective film and while its inside a acrylic?

[@cknick]

It’s one way film. Like you’d have on mirror effect windows or even sunglasses.

[@DasAlienYota]

can i buy it?

[@ronhq]

So what happens if the led strips die? How do you replace them?

[@arcgarage]

First, you buy quality ones, then you hope they won't go out soon, if they do you have to take it apart

[@user-uc3qm4ng1n]

Awesome. I have a car . Could you tell me the percentage of silver film you used for infinity tail light. I would be happy if you answer. I look forward to hearing from you soon. What is the percentage of reflective and transmissive

[@arcgarage]

Honestly man, I am not sure since it was a while ago, but I did experiment with couple of them and they gave me similar results

[@user-uc3qm4ng1n]

Thank you sir God bless you.

[@user-uc3qm4ng1n]

What do you think which is better 50 % reflective film or 70-80% .? Your answer extremely important. Which degree may I take good result?

[@arcgarage]

@@user-uc3qm4ng1n I can't give you the exact answer, I think the one I used was 60-70, but don't take my word for it, as I said I can't remember. If you can get both 50- 70

[@user-uc3qm4ng1n]

Thank you sir. Honestly you are the first person who answered my question. There are many KZbinrs who made infinity tail light and infinity mirror or such kind products when I asked so many times but they didn't answer how to make it..but you Sir you shared your knowledge about how to choose silver film.. thank you sir.. Thank you. 👍👍 You are a generous person .

[@ivanperkovic3804]

Da li si radio svjetla na alfi 159 ? kako bi to izgledalo?

[@arcgarage]

Nisam ali imam to u planu...

[@nikkocj]

I love your voice

[@arcgarage]

Thanks buddy

[@kevg1915]

Did you get light warning in the cluster? Is this safe?

[@arcgarage]

I used resistors, so no warning lights. It is safe if you know what you are doing...

[@Omega_Sline]

@@arcgarage do you the link for the resistors mate?

[@LalwaBhaiTuning]

link to the dimmers please ?

[@arcgarage]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274758730704

[@zepter00]

Good work but this will be not road legal in all civilised countries. For example in whole EU

[@arcgarage]

Thanks, not sure about that, but you might be able to pass the inspection...

[@rstezza]

Civilised countries?

[@Benko_DieseL]

how D'fck did you open those tail lights,are they glued or what?

[@arcgarage]

They are glued, and they were tricky to open up

[@projectmarkv]

Which leds did you use and what resistors?

[@arcgarage]

Not sure at the moment, it was a bit while ago...

[@projectmarkv]

@@arcgarage how do you calculate the resistance, im trying to do this on my mkv, ive got 12v led strip with 10w/m usage, soooo 10w resistor?

[@arcgarage]

@@projectmarkv That is not as important as the Ohms, Wattage has to be higher but correct resistance in Ohms is what's going to keep the warning lights off...

[@projectmarkv]

@@arcgarage thanks!

[@arcgarage]

No problem...

[@RevoRabbit]

Mate can I buy ??

[@arcgarage]

I don't sell these

[@Savageboss52]

valeo 1k6 945 093 G is a taillight with this code, if you have a headlight, the possibility of breaking the lens is extremely high, I did not see any problems with hella etc. other brands, valeo manufactures this headlight by making molds, it is necessary to break it in order to disassemble it, I will upload a video about it to my channel.

[@TravTato]

Can I send you a set to build for me ? $$ 😀

[@arcgarage]

Sorry, I don't do that...

[@markliz3604]

Hey bud would i be able to email you and send my tailights in to you?

[@arcgarage]

Sorry I don't do that commercially...