The Mk7 is the Golf built 2012–2020. The registration's age identifier is the quickest check: 12 to 70 plate. The V5C gives the first-registration date, and this generation's fitments apply from the first 2012 cars onwards up to the 2020 run-out.
Dip beam (low)H7VerifiedHalogen headlamps; xenon variants use D3S, some trims full LED
Main beam (high)H15VerifiedOften listed as H7 elsewhere — halogen w/ halogen DRLs uses H15 (main+DRL)
Front fogH11VerifiedIf fitted; halogen fog housing
Sidelight / DRLH15VerifiedOften listed as W5W elsewhere — halogen non-LED-DRL headlamps have no separate sidelight bulb; the H15 (main beam) 15W filament provides sidelight+DRL. LED-DRL headlamp trims: non-replaceable LED strip
Front indicatorWY21WVerifiedOften listed as PY21W elsewhere; that is wrong for this car.
Rear indicatorWY21WVerifiedOften listed as PY21W elsewhere — amber wedge, same as front
Brake / tailW21WVerifiedOften listed as P21/5W elsewhere — single-filament wedge brake bulb; tail is separate on halogen clusters, LED tail on GT/GTI/R
ReverseW16WVerifiedOften listed as P21W elsewhere; that is wrong for this car.
Rear fogW21WVerifiedbirnen-typ W21W and autoinstruct Mk7 bulb list W21W agree (UK code 582). Mk7.5 and LED-tail-light cars: rear fog is in the LED cluster, non-replaceable.
Number plateW5WVerifiedTailgate number plate lamps