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D3 - Lights Headlights, xenons, foglights. Everything outside the car that glows |
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LED Number Plate
So, FINALLY I got round to tackling these screws which on many A8s just don't want to unscrew.
Looked across the globe for different solutions but went my own way. Drilled the heads off, large bit to shave the head of completely, necessary. Don't worry, plastic isn't that fragile as you may think, its a very tough and flexible piece. Used some PlastixRX or something, plastic/headlight polish, to clean the lenses, compare one side to another [IMG][/IMG] Got pair of these from MyLitCo - £10-£12 [IMG][/IMG] I use a Bosch glue gun as it gives out more heat if you leave it good 10-15min on the stand, then glue comes out almost like a thick soup, fills in the holes and cracks nicely. I chipped off the plastic screw socket completely, finished edges on both sides with stanley knife. Filled the holes over with hot glue. Let it cool for 10-15min, cold day in the garage with no heating [IMG][/IMG] Shaved off the extra glue with a sharp olfa blade, slice by slice until blade glides on top the lens surface shaving off last excess of glue. Used very strong double sided foam strips which I got with my number plates. Can use no more nails tape, from B&Q, red one. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]
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2006 D3 S8 5.2 V10 Ceramic Brakes, Bang&Olufsen, DTV, DAB, Rear Camera, BT, TPMS, Soft Close, Auto Boot, AMI , 4 Zone AC, Home Link, All Electric Blinds, Fingerprint, Ski Hatch, Black Extended Leather, Heated Sport Seats, Alacantra, Carbon Trim inc Aluminium Pack 2. 2015 A3 S line 1.4 TFSI - for the missus to keep her away from my car. Standard S-line equipment, no extras. 2006 D3 A8 3.7 V8 - SOLD but not forgotten |
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I have just fitted them to my number plate lights,3 smd chips with finned heat sincs on the top,what a difference they look amazing
I have also just fitted a Hid kit ( I thought all A8's had Hid's ?? How wrong I was ) upgraded the main beam bulbs to H7 osram ultra 5000k going to put the same in the fog lights,I have just got replacement side light bulbs 13 smd chips,company sent the wrong ones hence they were not fitted at the same time as the Hid's,what a nightmare of a job as well,had to buy a pet snake to get in and replace them Managed to do it by removing air box and un doing the power steering reservoir,tight but manageable |
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Not sure exactly what you've fitted to your headlamps, but do you have auto levelling and headlamp wash and bulbs matched to the lens/reflector type? If not it's a likely MOT fail.
The only "proper" way with HID's is to fit all the OEM kit, headlamp units, etc. etc. I tried "bluer" main-beam bulbs on my old PF S8 which only had HID dipped beams, but they were still pretty rubbish. As for front fog lights, there's a very good reason why they optionally can legally be yellow. The longer wavelengths actually penetrate fog better, the higher the colour temperature the worse they are due to extra back scatter. So I would avoid bluer bulbs there.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 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". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) 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. Agate Grey/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. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, 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! Last edited by HPsauce; 29th January 2014 at 04:36 PM. |
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I have the washers not sure about the self levelling,got projector lights with the correct projector light hid kit for projector light units these are 6000k not sure what oem colour temp Hid's are I would have thought around 5 - 6000 k
Main beam bulbs are just a brighter white We will see about the mot when it's due if need be I will put the original bulbs back in |
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The beam pattern will be what they really look at. Not sure they can tell if you have levelling anyway.
OEM are usually around 4300K I think, best for optimum light output.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 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". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) 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. Agate Grey/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. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, 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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When I was looking at putting after market Hid's in my car I did a little research and found an article where a man had wanted to do the same thing so he had found an article on a government website about the fitting of after market Hid's
He said he had found the mot failure would be Hid's fitted where you could see the bulb through the headlamp lens as apparently this alters the beam pattern The other thing was if a car is fitted with oem Hid's it must have self levelling and washers and they must work If they are fitted as an after market addition the bulbs must be behind the projector lens and if fitted with the levelling and washers they also must work,if these are not fitted then they will not affect the mot because they are not fitted to test ? A mate of mine has just put them in his A6 with normal light lenses and side by side his is totally different to mine and will be a mot failure Please correct me if iam wrong ? Ps I will see if I can find the article again |
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