What have you done to your Audi or Volkswagen today????

[Monk BANzai]

^^ details... cost? location?... Inbox me if needs be...

[ztune]

White led interior: festoons, ba9's, t10's...inside bright like a taxi. fogs are led as well. yet to get the park light bulbs changed to led also. all canbus/error free/obc.

[TRDGUY]

^^ where did you buy your led fog bulbs ?

[ztune]

Ebay. 80w. 12 led around and 4 at the front projected by a convex lens. Have the warning cancellers/resistors on them as well. A bit of flash occurs for a few seconds from them when the car starts.
Will upgrade to the higher powered ones with the fans at the back later on.

[TRDGUY]

Nice ^^. How easy was the interior lighting change to the new LEDs?


I did a swap on my coil packs for the " red " ones from ECS ( R8 ) , iridium plugs ....

[ztune]

Interior light changing were easy. Flat head screwdriver to wedge the housings out and phillip-head screwdriver to get the number plate light housings.

14 t10's 9-led (flat, 1 sided):
8 wedges for the puddle lights and red housing on doors
1 glove box
2 below seat
2 driver and passenger foot-well
1 trunk

4 ba9's 5-led 360 degree (bases were a bit slack when set in but doesn't lose contact at any point):
2 front dome
2 rear dome

2 42mm 8-led festoons with heat sink:
2 front dome
2 number plate

Had some error free/canbus/obc p21/bas15's in the rear lights but that turned out to be a disco ball with hyper flashing so back to regular bulbs until I get the correct canbus bulbs.
Red tail light blinks when they are on, reverse remains on but dim when off, and indicator hyper-flashes when in use. All bulbs were their respective colors.
Using then in the E39 BMW ad they are working fine except for the few seconds of flashing when starting up.

Question: My inner lights/bright light in the headlight doesn't come on. Only the outer/dim lights work alone when I flick dim/bright. No message on the obc about a blown bulb. Any thoughts on this?

[TRDGUY]

Your headlight high and low or the supposedly daylight running light ?

Because the daylight running light which is just a normal bulb that would be the inner most bulb to the grill ( twist to lock type ) doesn't come on but I think it was turned off from firm , I guess with vcds you can activate again. Doesn't bother me.

I did change my park lights to leds bought them from car plus in cipero st. Sando

[ztune]

From the description you gave, it would be the DRL's. Didn't know we have that, thought I had a blown bulb. That design/bulb just gay if that is the case. Bright sun and halogens on, don't look too nice, then the inner location I don't like also. Plus it's a halogen next to 5000k/white hid in the night.
Could reset or rewire them to park lights and put some led white or amber, have it looking like a royal saloon. Nice trial and error project to work on.

Have a pair of 2-sided t10's/wedge for the park light. Don't want the bright look where the actual led pointing forward through the lens but rather pointing to the sides into the reflective housing. Car plus bright and early Saturday morning.

[TRDGUY]

From the description you gave, it would be the DRL's. Didn't know we have that, thought I had a blown bulb. That design/bulb just gay if that is the case. Bright sun and halogens on, don't look too nice, then the inner location I don't like also. Plus it's a halogen next to 5000k/white hid in the night.
Could reset or rewire them to park lights and put some led white or amber, have it looking like a royal saloon. Nice trial and error project to work on.

Have a pair of 2-sided t10's/wedge for the park light. Don't want the bright look where the actual led pointing forward through the lens but rather pointing to the sides into the reflective housing. Car plus bright and early Saturday morning.

The ones i installed are just right not to bright , emits perfectly on the reflector so you don't get that projector appearance

[A172]

Took it to Kerwin in San Fernando and he did that as part of his normal service with oil and filter change.

Basically took off some air hose and cleaned the dirt/gunk off of it using some foam/chemicals that I didn't ask about

Not sure if there are symptoms of it being dirty. Supposedly over time as the buildup increases, the throttle body must open more to compensate for the reduced airflow.

tried Kerwin this week with the C180, def great work

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[Pointman-IA]

Ebay. 80w. 12 led around and 4 at the front projected by a convex lens. Have the warning cancellers/resistors on them as well. A bit of flash occurs for a few seconds from them when the car starts.
Will upgrade to the higher powered ones with the fans at the back later on.

ECS Tuning bulbs for the E39, would you recommend them?

[ztune]

yeah, Hella, Osram Sylvania, Phillips 12v 55w if you reinstalling original. Doesn't matter where u buy it from.

[ztune]

installed the led park lights today myself. carplus couldn't change them. took about 2 hours to take off the bumper, headlight, changed park lights and re-install. t-25 bolts, t-30 bolts, 10mm nuts, 2 phillip screws, patience and elbow grease. Some unwanted blue emiiting though. Same led show white in other parts of the car.

[aaron17]

any word of rear led city lights?

[Pointman-IA]

yeah, Hella, Osram Sylvania, Phillips 12v 55w if you reinstalling original. Doesn't matter where u buy it from.

What I noticed is that the Phillips bulbs I ordered from the UK are of a higher quality to that I was checking on the North American market.

[ztune]

nah. i eh know about that comparison. never had reason to research those conventional bulbs. never had any of the osram in both cars blown yet. prefer the l.e.d look and china is where it coming from.
can't afford them WeissLicht Illustro LED Headlight/Fog Light Bulbs lights from bimmian.com @ US120 a pair x 3 for the e39...

[neexis]

Replaced left and right Front Sway Bar End Link (stabilizer rod)- Part# 1K0411315R
Right Inner Tie Rod 1K0423810A
Right Tie Rod End 1K0423812K

Installed 2 Continental ContiSport Contact 5's (my stock tyre) on the front after a pothole incident. I was surprised that Laughlin had these tyres since they're only available to the UK/Euro regions.

Wheels balanced and aligned

[jhonnieblue]

How much u paid for the tire


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[neexis]

How much u paid for the tire


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To my surprise... $1150 plus vat.. so about $1295
Much cheaper than the Pilot Super Sport

[L'Audi]

Picked up a set of 19X9.5 (square set) et35 Avant Garde M550s for my B7 today. TBC...

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Picked up a set of 19X9.5 (square set) et35 Avant Garde M550s for my B7 today. TBC...

Nice! When you're abroad the wheel choices available are amazing.

[Team Loco]

Attempted to replace inner axle cup in octavia 1z. Attempted. Damn cup is stuck

[ztune]

Anyone changed out their grill from their B7 S line to the RS4 grill? I am getting reviews that the RS4 grill would not work on the S line bumper.

[Big Z]

Attempted to replace inner axle cup in octavia 1z. Attempted. Damn cup is stuck

Look into an axle puller, if you havent tried this already

[Team Loco]

Yyp. Plan too. Thanks

[Monk BANzai]

becuz i haz suspension issues to sort...

[greggle71]

A while back but replaced stock MK6 Jetta front bumper and grille with US GLI front bumper and grille as well as GLI rear diffuser and side skirts

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Pics?

[greggle71]

Front grille


Side skirts


Rear diffuser

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Nice conversion. Looks clean!