I see these are fitted to 18 plate VW Golf now so does that mean a retro fit for the Octavia is looming?

Probably no more so than when Audi adopted them. 

Tricky without linear LED lights

I can't stand the sweeping effect! Each to their own obviously, but I much prefer the standard on / off. 

40 minutes ago, Swirly182 said:

I can't stand the sweeping effect! Each to their own obviously, but I much prefer the standard on / off. 

 

I find them quite good tbh. They give a better indication of direction over the standard flashing amber. From a distance or poor lighting, this could be advantageous. Probably better suited to bikes really, seeing as their indicators are typically close together. Or, they’re solving a problem that doesn’t really exist. I can see both arguments. But I’m in the first camp. 

The ones you see in the Golf are retrofit by a 3rd party.

 

I cannot immediately remember the manufacturer, but they have them for Golf and for Seat Leon.

Unfortunately, no love for Skoda...

 

I will put the link later if I remember who made them...

 

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Here you go - maybe someone can adapt to fit Skoda:

https://youtu.be/geBKstcwY0E

Edited 10 May, 20188 yr by Jaco2k

And this is their site - maybe contact them and check if they would make a Octavia version?

http://www.dynablink.de/

2 hours ago, SC03OTT said:

 

I find them quite good tbh. They give a better indication of direction over the standard flashing amber. From a distance or poor lighting, this could be advantageous. Probably better suited to bikes really, seeing as their indicators are typically close together. Or, they’re solving a problem that doesn’t really exist. I can see both arguments. But I’m just camp. 

Corrected the above for you 

7 hours ago, Jaco2k said:

The ones you see in the Golf are retrofit by a 3rd party.

 

I cannot immediately remember the manufacturer, but they have them for Golf and for Seat Leon.

Unfortunately, no love for Skoda...

 

I will put the link later if I remember who made them...

 

--- edit ---

 

Here you go - maybe someone can adapt to fit Skoda:

https://youtu.be/geBKstcwY0E

 

The facelift Golf now comes with OEM sweeping indicators. Standard on GTI, GTD and R. An option on the rest iirc. They’re not third party retrofits. 

8 hours ago, SC03OTT said:

 

The facelift Golf now comes with OEM sweeping indicators. Standard on GTI, GTD and R. An option on the rest iirc. They’re not third party retrofits. 

 

I stand corrected - either way, I just provided you with some place to start looking if you want this done on the Octavia

10 hours ago, SC03OTT said:

 

The facelift Golf now comes with OEM sweeping indicators. Standard on GTI, GTD and R. An option on the rest iirc. They’re not third party retrofits. 

 

And standard on GTE...

52 minutes ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

 

And standard on GTE...

Who gives a **** about the GTE ?

34 minutes ago, themanwithnoaim said:

Who gives a **** about the GTE ?

 

Tree huggers and tax evaders 

 

And some of my colleagues

 

19 hours ago, Stonker said:

21 hours ago, SC03OTT said:

 

 Probably better suited to bikes really, seeing as their indicators are typically close together.

 

As a biker no way. Maybe on a Honda Gold Wing but many bikers minimise the size of their indicators to look cool/sick or whatever the trend is.

Me, I leave the BMW indicators large and  standard.

13 hours ago, SC03OTT said:

 

The facelift Golf now comes with OEM sweeping indicators. Standard on GTI, GTD and R. An option on the rest iirc. They’re not third party retrofits. 

 

But not the estate (they didn’t bother producing another cluster for it).. our 7.5 R doesn’t have them, but I’m cool with that

33 minutes ago, Exeterj said:

 

But not the estate (they didn’t bother producing another cluster for it).. our 7.5 R doesn’t have them, but I’m cool with that

 

Really. That was the same as the pre facelift. The R had bog standard units at the rear. Thought the facelift was different. Ah well. 

3 hours ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

 

Tree huggers and tax evaders 

 

And some of my colleagues

 

Nothing more certain than Death & Taxes so, the evaders are just a waste of time

What's worse, is sweeping indicators at one end of the car but not the other, as on the latest Ford Mondeo. Sweepers on the front, non-sweeping on the back.

 

The Octavia would look even worse when the rear indicators aren't even LED.

 

Fur coat and no knickers.

 

 

Edited 12 May, 20188 yr by silver1011

4 hours ago, silver1011 said:

The Octavia would look even worse when the rear indicators aren't even LED.

 

Fur coat and no knickers.

 

 

 

My rear indicators are LED 

On ‎12‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 16:47, silver1011 said:

What's worse, is sweeping indicators at one end of the car but not the other, as on the latest Ford Mondeo. Sweepers on the front, non-sweeping on the back.

 

The Octavia would look even worse when the rear indicators aren't even LED.

 

Fur coat and no knickers.

 

 

 

This is one thing that really bugs me with my car... why have full LED lights at the front & the rear tail / brake / fogs but then just stick bulbs in for the indicators & reverse lights.

 

Just pure laziness on Skoda's part IMO

They don't want to peak too early (don't we all ).

 

In other words, holding back on LED indicators allows another mild refresh / facelift in a year or two's time where we'll likely see them added.

 

BMW are worse for it, they still launch with orange lenses, allowing them to go clear for the next facelift.

1 hour ago, OliR said:

 

This is one thing that really bugs me with my car... why have full LED lights at the front & the rear tail / brake / fogs but then just stick bulbs in for the indicators & reverse lights.

 

Just pure laziness on Skoda's part IMO

Audi do the same on some models...

But it's really easy to swap the bulbs for aftermarket LEDs! And cheap!

Agree, easy to swap for LED but still look like bulbs.. where as designed LED lights would look better, just look at the Golf GTI's with full LED tail lights

5 hours ago, silver1011 said:

They don't want to peak too early (don't we all ).

 

In other words, holding back on LED indicators allows another mild refresh / facelift in a year or two's time where we'll likely see them added.

 

BMW are worse for it, they still launch with orange lenses, allowing them to go clear for the next facelift.

Octavia has already had its facelift tho