|
|
|||||||
| D2 - Lights Headlights, xenons, foglights. Everything outside the car that glows |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools
|
Display Modes
|
|
|
|
#1
12th February 2011, 07:19 PM
|
||||
|
||||
Will do thanks, it flickers like it's about to light up then doesn't now so could it be the ignitor? On the plus side I've been running the car on V Power as too lazy to go to the LPG filling station and it drives like a dream. Wish I'd run it on petrol more often. Could someone tell me where the ignitor is and where to find it?
__________________
2009 Audi RS 6 Saloon V10 - 420mm Ceramics, Keyless, Soft Close, Adaptive Cruise, Glass Sunroof, Blinds, Twin Pane & UV, Freeview & DAB, High Beam Assist, MTM bits, Audi Exclusive Bits, MRC, Milltek, GYEF1 ASY2's, Bluetooth streaming music to AMI mod - 753 PS/1021 NM 2016 Audi S3 Saloon, Sepang, S-Tronic - B&O, Tech Pack etc... Company Car 1995 Audi A8 4.2 V8 quattro Sport - Bose, Solar, Blinds 
|
|
#2
12th February 2011, 08:57 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
 from memory it is normally inside the housing
__________________
Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . .  Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble  Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs Last edited by Architex_mA8tey; 12th February 2011 at 09:01 PM.
|
|
#3
18th February 2011, 10:08 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Thanks Neil, I popped into Revo yesterday, I couldn't even work out how to get the bulb out. The Xenon plus design on this is different to the ones on my S8. The ballasts aren't mounted to the headlight for starters. Ben had the bulb out in seconds and said it's blown so I will swap them over to see if that's defiantly the case then get another on order otherwise its going to start getting expensive.
As it's dark when I leave work the car hasn't moved for a good few days (apart from my Revo visit yesterday) but I got my dad to drop me to work in it this afternoon and it felt amazing being driven in and as my dad drove off at snails pace (as usual) it made a lovely awesome V8 vruuum noise. I haven't been bothering with LPG lately. V Power all the way and about 24 MPG on the way to Revo
__________________
2009 Audi RS 6 Saloon V10 - 420mm Ceramics, Keyless, Soft Close, Adaptive Cruise, Glass Sunroof, Blinds, Twin Pane & UV, Freeview & DAB, High Beam Assist, MTM bits, Audi Exclusive Bits, MRC, Milltek, GYEF1 ASY2's, Bluetooth streaming music to AMI mod - 753 PS/1021 NM 2016 Audi S3 Saloon, Sepang, S-Tronic - B&O, Tech Pack etc... Company Car 1995 Audi A8 4.2 V8 quattro Sport - Bose, Solar, Blinds Last edited by Singh; 18th February 2011 at 10:11 PM.
|
|
#4
19th February 2011, 04:34 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Ben was spot on, turned out to be the bulb in the end. How very odd but at least it's not something more expensive.
__________________
2009 Audi RS 6 Saloon V10 - 420mm Ceramics, Keyless, Soft Close, Adaptive Cruise, Glass Sunroof, Blinds, Twin Pane & UV, Freeview & DAB, High Beam Assist, MTM bits, Audi Exclusive Bits, MRC, Milltek, GYEF1 ASY2's, Bluetooth streaming music to AMI mod - 753 PS/1021 NM 2016 Audi S3 Saloon, Sepang, S-Tronic - B&O, Tech Pack etc... Company Car 1995 Audi A8 4.2 V8 quattro Sport - Bose, Solar, Blinds
|
|
#5
22nd February 2011, 04:09 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Fitted some new bulbs today, thought I may as well do both while i'm at it and what a great opportunity to change from 4,300 kelvin bulbs to 5,000 kelvin. It's the perfect combo IMO. Still looks OEM but instead of an occasional yellow hue it's now white. I'm awaiting nightfall now so I can try the difference. 5000kelvin should give a little less light then 4300kelvin in theory however the bulbs that were in the car were old and only gave out the same amount of light as a halogen and were no match for my old plus headlights. I'll report back after sunset and some country lanes
__________________
2009 Audi RS 6 Saloon V10 - 420mm Ceramics, Keyless, Soft Close, Adaptive Cruise, Glass Sunroof, Blinds, Twin Pane & UV, Freeview & DAB, High Beam Assist, MTM bits, Audi Exclusive Bits, MRC, Milltek, GYEF1 ASY2's, Bluetooth streaming music to AMI mod - 753 PS/1021 NM 2016 Audi S3 Saloon, Sepang, S-Tronic - B&O, Tech Pack etc... Company Car 1995 Audi A8 4.2 V8 quattro Sport - Bose, Solar, Blinds
|
|
#6
22nd February 2011, 05:53 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Kelvin on Xenon bulbs changes with age anyway - the kelvin increases, and less less light output as you say.
__________________
  Yeah baby!!2002 Aqua Blue S8 with Milltek - Now sold  SL55 AMG Silver with designo red leather and 20" Carlsson 1/16 Utlralight Wheels
|
|
#7
22nd February 2011, 06:14 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Amar
What's the correct fitting for bi-xenon bulbs? Just wanted to check for future reference as the manual very handily says changing bulbs is beyond the wit of intelligent Audi customers and to refer to your dealer  I seem to be in need of a few bulbs - keep getting a bulb failure warning that I'm thinking is brake light, but the lights are working fine statically. I'm thinking one of them may be a cheap dodgy bulb (they're stop and tail so plenty of scope for naff bulbs) so going to replace regardless and see if it cures it. The rear roof light isn't working either, although the map lights are so appears to have power.
|
|
#8
25th February 2011, 01:54 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Had a similar issue with my mercedes S430, one of the bulbs was ''on'' but it would flicker, was very weak and the cluster was saying ''bulb burnt''. I switched the left/right bulb to see if it was the ballast or the bulb, and it was the D2S Xenon bulb. Replaced the bulb with a new phillips original bulb and has beeen fine ever since. !
|
|
|
|
Architex_mA8tey 
Hybrid Mode
