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30th May 2010, 10:54 PM
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 I just wanted to illustrate blue LEDs on the Audi. I would stick my neck out by saying the ebay EL ones look nice as you have a contrast, and a proper "glow". As you can see from this thread I have been busy scouring the net! Some weird and wonderful stuff on youtube... look up EL gauges... Found this thread... I'm inspired now  http://www.germancarforum.com/pit-ge...-lighting.html Some ideas for your map pockets me thinks 
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7th August 2012, 01:08 PM
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(PS I know this is an old thread) Anyone else made any progress, I have...
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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#13
7th August 2012, 01:14 PM
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Well I now have quite a collection of spare filament festoon bulbs and I'm nowhere near finished.
And I also have a problem without an obvious solution - see next post.  Did the boot a while back (last winter) - 3 bulbs - finding really bright ones that fitted was the only problem. Shows up my CarBox fitted boot mat nicely. Front footwell lights were easy too, as were all 4 door "puddle" lights. Didn't bother with the red "open door" lights as they are fine as they are. And that's how far I got until quite recently when I decided to see if I could finish the job.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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7th August 2012, 01:35 PM
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Glovebox I'm ignoring for now as I never sit in that seat.
Out of interest how easy is it to pop the light out to swap the bulb (and what type is it)? Rear footwell lights were a PITA; they're standard wedge bulbs but the holder is really tight on space so most LED replacements won't fit. Found some eventially that were just 2 small unenclosed bits of PCB with surface mount LED's that fitted. Rear interior lights are normal wedge type (2 each side), I've got some on order that I know will fit and are suitably white and bright. Front interior light I found a festoon replacement that had a sort of closely-spaced 4 by 4 SMD LED panel that fits well and looks good. Sun visor lights are normal festoons; I have suitable LED replacements on order. Which leaves the problem - the map lights, which are BA9S bayonet fitting with opposing pins.  These, as I guess you D2 owners all know, come on with the main courtesy light as well and still being yellowish filament bulbs look odd beside the main central LED.  Having had a similar problem on my other car (solved with a method not useable here) I suspected these would be "difficult" due to polarity issues. And indeed they were, LED replacements just don't work as the polarity is reversed and I don't imagine it's easily fixed by modifying the light unit. So has anyone solved this problem, or not? I'm going to try using a very small LED panel (about 20mm square to fit in the space) with a lead to a bayonet adapter that can be switched in polarity and see what it looks like. Given the cover is carefully shaped with prisms to focus the light from a bulb I'm concerned it will not be focussed enough for use as a reading light.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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7th August 2012, 01:39 PM
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If somebody came up with "a complete D2 FL upgrade kit of LED's that were all sourced and correctly supplied as a package I'd sure buy it - could be another opportunity for A8 parts?
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#16
7th August 2012, 01:42 PM
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Does the FL have many (any?) more lights compared to PF?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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7th August 2012, 01:58 PM
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This is the glovebox light out of the car
 Didn't note bulb type but guessing easy enough to tell? It unclips at front and has 2 tiny plastic hinges at the back you have to be careful not to damage. A mirror may help! Hinges should be on the right in the pic but are missing from this one
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7th August 2012, 02:04 PM
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Thanks for that, very helpful. Mirror is a good idea.
When you say "hinges", is it actually attached at the rear or are they more like lugs that just go in place first over the edge of the hole? Looks like it takes a bayonet bulb, but if the polarity is wrong it's probably easily fixed by swapping the leads over on the spade terminals. And if the whole unit comes out easily then fitting an LED panel instead of a bulb would be dead easy.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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7th August 2012, 02:32 PM
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Yep, just a couple of l shaped lugs at the back - crap design!
The spade connectors were pretty tight on the old one and had to be careful not to wrench the metal bits out of the plastic housing - they had to come off as was changing the broken one for a used replacement! That needed one of the hinges glueing back on after snapping in transit so they are pretty fragile Led would give a nice even light in there I reckon 
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#20
7th August 2012, 02:36 PM
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Link to my LED upgrade.... Might help you ... http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3374
Ask away if U need any other Info... I'm still trying to fathom how to get the bulbs out of the Rear View Mirror Housing..... If anybody can help as these are the only two I still need to replace...
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