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M-A8 13th August 2015 10:48 AM

FL LED tail lights
 
Just a quick one, can you easily remove pcb with all the leds on the latests FL tail lights??
I'm working on swing indicators like on the new A8s and Q7s for example, but I do have doubts after realizing that indicator strip is really short on our 8's so it ay not look as cool as on newer models.

snapdragon 13th August 2015 11:14 AM

When I fitted mine, it looked like it was a sealed unit apart from aperture for the fog and reversing bulbs. It also looks like Audi moved to LED strips around 2008...

Easiest thing to do is whip off the 2x 10mm nuts on the outer lamp and swing it out. It would only take 5 mins if you don't drop the nuts into the darkest depths of the bodyshell.:D

Delboy 13th August 2015 11:48 AM

I too thought the same thing Marcin but the units sealed, doesn't mean it's impossible but certainly not easy

Lee S 13th August 2015 06:09 PM

Saw these on a brand new RS6 Avant the other day.... WELL Cool !!! :cool::cool::cool:+++++++++

Turbo Tony 13th August 2015 10:33 PM

It's amazing how tastes change, right?

Seeing the Ford Mustang in USA, on which three lights flash in turn while indicating, so many people said it was a cheap and nasty bit of automotive theatre. Had we, at the time, fitted something similar to our own cars, we would have been called all manner of names and people would have made KITT jokes at our cars.

Fast forward a few years, and Audi does the same thing with LEDs and we're all wowing at the effect!

(for the record, I'd like to point out that I'm not immune to the charms of the swinging indicator and would like one myself)

Delboy 13th August 2015 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turbo Tony (Post 98138)
It's amazing how tastes change, right?

Seeing the Ford Mustang in USA, on which three lights flash in turn while indicating, so many people said it was a cheap and nasty bit of automotive theatre. Had we, at the time, fitted something similar to our own cars, we would have been called all manner of names and people would have made KITT jokes at our cars.

Fast forward a few years, and Audi does the same thing with LEDs and we're all wowing at the effect!

(for the record, I'd like to point out that I'm not immune to the charms of the swinging indicator and would like one myself)

Perfect solution for you

http://www.dealers.motortrak.com/det...479&vidindex=0

Turbo Tony 13th August 2015 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delboy (Post 98140)

:love:
*thud*
:o

tc4332 14th August 2015 01:04 AM

In 1958 when I was first posted to Germany we had big Magirus Deutsche trucks and they had swinging indicators, but they were semaphore arms with a light on the end. They operated fully electrically, whilst our British manufactured wagons had an arm that was pulled out with a mechanical linkage from a lever in the cab.
Then we had to remove these semaphore trafficators and fit flashing indicators.


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