Good Morning guys,

 

I have imported my UK RHD Fabia Mk2 to France. I have a VCDS on its way as i think it is going to come in handy.

 

Headlights are going to be swapped for LHD 

 

For the rear lights i need to switch the reverse light and fog light in order to pass my CT (French MOT).  Can i recode the lights in VCDS to switch the fog and reverse? or an i better off just hacking up the wiring?

 

(FYI I will be changing bulbs and the drivers lens so that the colours are correct)

Pre- or post-facelift 2010 car, @TomHitch? Different in significant/relevant ways before and from March 2010, I think.

More likely a hardwiring job, I think, without having yet looked at either set of diagrams.

Built in April 2010. This is my first Skoda so I'm not completely clued up on the models/facelifts quite yet.

4 hours ago, TomHitch said:

Good Morning guys,

 

I have imported my UK RHD Fabia Mk2 to France. I have a VCDS on its way as i think it is going to come in handy.

 

Headlights are going to be swapped for LHD 

 

For the rear lights i need to switch the reverse light and fog light in order to pass my CT (French MOT).  Can i recode the lights in VCDS to switch the fog and reverse? or an i better off just hacking up the wiring?

 

(FYI I will be changing bulbs and the drivers lens so that the colours are correct)

Built April 2010

Will have a look once this meeting ends...

 

At first glance the wiring diagram for March 2010 onwards shows only the LHD version, which is what you'll be wanting to implement.

Does the car have factory-fit towbar?

 

If not, then for left side foglight you'll want to disconnect the grey/white wire at the right cluster connector and take it to pin 4 of the 6-way left side cluster connector.

For right side reversing light you'll want to disconnect the black/blue wire from the left hand cluster connector and take it to pin 2 of the 6-way at the right cluster.

 

Depinning those two out of their original connectors to fit into the new homes may be nicest, cutting and shutting an extension piece into the two wires en route to these crimped  connector inserts as reqd.

Edited 1 June, 20233 yr by Breezy_Pete
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@Breezy_PeteWould it be possible to swap the wires over at the other end of the harness where they may be beside each other? 50 years ago I was a Prototype Wireman working on Hawker Siddeley Nimrod flight simulators and we were always encouraged to make the smallest changes to the wiring possible, such as where they all met at one connector.

Possible but harder I think. the grey/white wire originates at fuse 37, the black blue at a junction of of two other wires, one going to reversing switch on gearbox, t'other to BCM pin 48 of the white 73=way connector. Not sure how close/far they are apart on a RHD mk2.