Interior Lighting / LEDs

[Conquistador]

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but are these types of LEDs dimmable?

i.e. will all the mood lighting settings in the MMI still work as before (like when you unlock the car, the interior lights fade on) or are they only able to be flicked ON or OFF?

[snapdragon]

Originally Posted by Conquistador

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but are these types of LEDs dimmable?

i.e. will all the mood lighting settings in the MMI still work as before (like when you unlock the car, the interior lights fade on) or are they only able to be flicked ON or OFF?

Yes, but you may notice a flicker when dimmed, as they use pulse width modulation. that means power is turned on and off very fast, you don't notice on incandescents, but some notice it on LEDs. The D4 has LEDs as standard and these also flicker which I think is a bit bad.

[tc4332]

I have already done the puddle lights
Amazon.com will not allow these leds to be shipped outside the US.
I found the same thing on "www.chinabuye.com"
Just copy the description "Best Plus T10 6w 12-smd 2835 LED White Light Car Steering Lamps (Dc 12v / Pair)" and paste it in the Chinabuye search box.
I have just ordered another bagful to finish off my motor.

[daviesbike]

I did both d3s not long back very satisfying mod. Really lifts the interior . No camera will ever capture how nice it looks that's why I didn't bother posting them. Great Audi puddle lights for 15 quid on ebay too

[snapdragon]

God bless the chinese.

[Duffy]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3810610392...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I used these to do my jalopy yesterday, great difference for the money! Couldn't get into the glovebox one (between the AMI and CD it's crowded) and I discovered that the boot lid is leaking from the handle onto the bulb holder inside the lid but other than that very easy and rewarding.

Thanks for the guide

[ainarssems]

Those are error free bulbs and you can see resistors on them which draw extra current to avoid errors when fitted as sidelights. For interior lamps there is no error monitoring so there is no need for error free bulbs and I would strongly advice not to use error free bulbs as the resistors create large amount of extra heat and some people have reported them melting plastic holders/lenses. At least keep an eye of them and don't leave them on for long period s of time.

[Johnmed]

M-A8, great write up. Could you or someone else who has done the mod provide a link to the specific 16 501 LEDs?

Looking on eBay there's a LOT of choice, all I want is white light and no resistors.

Are these ok?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=190929841243

Thanks in advance.

John.

[tc4332]

No, No, and No.
Please read my dire warnings of these LEDs overheating. I would not want you to have the scare that I had.
Non of the internal lights will give you a fault condition when they fail therefore they are not CANBUS. Use LEDs without the extra "CANBUS" resistor. All you are doing is drawing unneeded current that is transferred into heat. A lot of HOT.
The only "501" bulbs that are fault checked via CANBUS are the parking lights (that is side and tail).
The only reliable and safe method that I have found is to replace the 501 with a non "error free" LED but add a 501 in parallel.
Trups does a nice little loom that will do this for you. Contact him at:-
Sales@emtuning.co.uk
This loom is "plug & Play".
Please be safe.

[1781cc]

Thread resurrection - anyone have a guide on how to get the roof interior light out as the bulb has died? its the white plastic driver side cover that I need to get out but dont want to damage the trip