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Brighter rear indicator bulb
As some of you may know, my rear lights are 'all red', the indicator section having had some kind of tint applied, rather than the US type of light unit fitted.
This is all well and good, but the indicator flashes a very dark orange (well, actually, red) and this can upset the occasional MOT tester and be, perhaps, a little less obvious to drivers behind me. I have spent countless hours and hard-earned cash on all sorts of LED bulbs, but none (not even Cree ones) is really bright enough, although amber bulbs do show through as amber. What I think I really need, is a normal incandescent bulb, preferably in amber, but with a higher wattage. Something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-AMBER-C...item1e8bc67f8a but with more than 21W. Does anyone know if such a bulb exists?
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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You thought about just buying the whole outer light unit? They're only £30-£40 a side
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Currently '8-less Previously: - Aqua Blue Pearl D3 S8 - Kamut Beige leather, ACC, B&O, factory RSE, solar sunroof, electric blinds, ski bag, Homelink, comfort headrests. - Aqua Blue D2 S8 - Grey leather/Alcantara - D3 A8 3.0 CVT - D3 3.7 V8 |
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I have a 'standard' set, but I like the look of the 'all red' rear light clusters.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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Bloody boy racers
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1996 A8 4.2 QS. Bose, Solar roof, um...um... rally sport towbar. Now gone to a new home as the Traders 8. Bright yellow bus o love. |
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I could't solve this problem and with heavy heart I 'downgraded' from the proper US rear clusters back to the European ones. The US clusters are well packed until the solution is found.
US clusters need extremely bright green colour leds/bulbs to deliver satisfactory amber, but I couldn't find the bright enough ones.
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I found that the green LEDs showed green through my lenses and the amber ones showed amber. But they just aren't bright enough and I now have dozens of useless LED bulbs!
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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Yes, it is all about brightness. For genuine US lenses you need ultra bright green.
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Try 1156 halogens.
e.g. http://www.goodmart.com/products/eik...-h1156-bp2.htm http://www.ebay.com/bhp/1156-bulb-halogen but I accept no responsibilty for melting! |
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How about these? http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2-x-P...413576028.html Have not tried myself and they are not cheap so could be just another set that's not bright enough but stated 800lm is probably as bright as it will get.
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Currently 8less 2011 Q7 S Line 3.0TDI, 2016 Tesla Model S 90D 8 history: 2006 A8 Sport 4.2TDI quattro SOLD, 1997 S8, reached end of life with gearbox failure |
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I need amber ones, and the only one I can find is this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nokya-1156...item25ac4a3fc2
But it's only 27Watt and, at £22 per bulb, plus import taxes, I'm not convinced.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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