DRL bulb replacement....

[Trups]

Under the hood is an expression and comes to mind when talking about been in the engine bay, not american at all and based in the UK.

i dont sell whole lamps, they are hassel to get in and like you said finding some that work error free is hard.

i do interior kits for an RS4, i have a few pictures from a customers i did but i can start another thread if members here want to see it.

[PetrolDave]

Under the hood is an expression and comes to mind when talking about been in the engine bay, not american at all and based in the UK.

Excuse me, I've been living in the UK for nearly 60 years and the phrase "under the hood" didn't start to come into common use in the UK until it got imported from the US of A along with pop culture. So please don't try to suggest it's a UK based phrase - that's b*ll*cks.

When you mean "in the engine bay" the British phrase is "under the bonnet", and most certainly NOT "under the hood".

Hood = American term for the cover over the engine bay of an automobile

Bonnet = British term for the cover over the engine bay of a motor vehicle

[TonyHayers]

Under the hood is an expression and comes to mind when talking about been in the engine bay, not american at all and based in the UK.

Excuse me, I've been living in the UK for nearly 60 years and the phrase "under the hood" didn't start to come into common use in the UK until it got imported from the US of A along with pop culture. So please don't try to suggest it's a UK based phrase - that's b*ll*cks.

When you mean "in the engine bay" the British phrase is "under the bonnet", and most certainly NOT "under the hood".

Hood = American term for the cover over the engine bay of an automobile

Bonnet = British term for the cover over the engine bay of a motor vehicle

[guffy]

interesting stuff

Pedantry

Completely unnecessary rant PetrolDave!

I'm interested in upgrading the rear lights, but have always been put off by the associated dash warnings.

[Trups]

whats the problem if i said hood or bonnet? you clearly understood what i ment so it cant be an extinct word in the uk for which i have lived all of my life also.

[Brooner]

I'm with Dave on that one about the Bastardisation of the English language by American culture which leads to massive obesity and slovenly pronunciation so i too am a

[Trups]

Ok, back to the bulbs, i have just come back from a mate who runs a garage who owns an RS4 and he let me test my idea to the car as long as i replaced his number plate light which i did, but only back to stock as he wants to sell the car.

i got on Well, ERROR FREE, and the kit will be plug and play.

for the test i used:
LED 9w bulbs (these bought an error up plug in on there own)
LED decoder which is plug and play, slight modification needs doing to this but if i offer up a kit i will mod and supply so all you do is fit.

i have ordered some 20w LED bulbs so before i order a load of decoders in i want to try the 20w bulbs as they may work error free.

i am looking at a delivery date of mid AUG for the new 20w bulbs which are new on the market.

For the time been i need a member who is willing to try out the setup i have here in stock, i will post free of charge to you and all you would need to do is install them and run them and check on them everyday?

any volunteers?

Thanks

[PetrolDave]

I'm with Dave on that one about the Bastardisation of the English language by American culture which leads to massive obesity and slovenly pronunciation so i too am a

I have no problem with Americans speaking and writing American, but in Britain we should speak and write English. And to have someone arguing that "hood" is English really takes the biscuit.

Completely unnecessary rant PetrolDave!

That's your opinion, which you are entitled to - but some us have to protect English from turning into American.

The fact that you cannot use words to express yourself and have to resort to using a smilie is an indication that you have lost the ability to use language - another sign of the creeping Americanisation that has to be halted.

i got on Well, ERROR FREE, and the kit will be plug and play.

That's encouraging, hope you can develop a fully LED and fully error-free solution.

[TonyHayers]

The fact that you cannot use words to express yourself and have to resort to using a smilie is an indication that you have lost the ability to use language - another sign of the creeping Americanisation that has to be halted.

Maybe I'm just not a xenophobe. Do you not like "brown people" ruining your England either?

[ArthurPE]

how about leaving us Americans out of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIaiW1XrzxA

[Timster]

Shouldn't it be Nob, not Knob ?

[Eashan]

Ok, back to the bulbs, i have just come back from a mate who runs a garage who owns an RS4 and he let me test my idea to the car as long as i replaced his number plate light which i did, but only back to stock as he wants to sell the car.

i got on Well, ERROR FREE, and the kit will be plug and play.

for the test i used:
LED 9w bulbs (these bought an error up plug in on there own)
LED decoder which is plug and play, slight modification needs doing to this but if i offer up a kit i will mod and supply so all you do is fit.

i have ordered some 20w LED bulbs so before i order a load of decoders in i want to try the 20w bulbs as they may work error free.

i am looking at a delivery date of mid AUG for the new 20w bulbs which are new on the market.

For the time been i need a member who is willing to try out the setup i have here in stock, i will post free of charge to you and all you would need to do is install them and run them and check on them everyday?

any volunteers?

Thanks

I would try these out for you.

[Trups]

Email me on sales@emtuning.co.uk and we can sort them out for you.

Thanks

[PetrolDave]

Do you not like "brown people" ruining your England either?

That's you showing your prejudices now

I have good friends of many races, colours, religions,.. whatever category you care to put people in.

Multiculturalism is about protecting what makes us different and acknowledging those differences, not all becoming an even "mush" of sameness and mediocrity.

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Anyway, back to error-free LEDs...

I'm sure I read that the Audi bulb failure detection system works by generating very short (a few ms) pulses of lower than normal voltage (approx 5V) across the bulbs - short enough and low enough voltage to not generate any visible effect, even at night - so surely it should be possible to design a circuit that simulates the off resistance of the bulb when a short duration and/or low voltage is applied and removes that low resistance when a normal voltage is applied for a normal duration? That would give the aesthetic, low power and fast start-up benefits of an LED bulb, but without the power loss of a parallel resistor.

[ROY]

Ok, back to the bulbs, i have just come back from a mate who runs a garage who owns an RS4 and he let me test my idea to the car as long as i replaced his number plate light which i did, but only back to stock as he wants to sell the car.

i got on Well, ERROR FREE, and the kit will be plug and play.

for the test i used:
LED 9w bulbs (these bought an error up plug in on there own)
LED decoder which is plug and play, slight modification needs doing to this but if i offer up a kit i will mod and supply so all you do is fit.

i have ordered some 20w LED bulbs so before i order a load of decoders in i want to try the 20w bulbs as they may work error free.

i am looking at a delivery date of mid AUG for the new 20w bulbs which are new on the market.

For the time been i need a member who is willing to try out the setup i have here in stock, i will post free of charge to you and all you would need to do is install them and run them and check on them everyday?

any volunteers?

Thanks

Interested in these, put me down for a set
Pm me when you have the kit available