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    A3 no tail leds

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    For those who taught or hoped the A3 (Cabrio) would have the led taillights, sorry...


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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    Any pics of the headlight assembly?
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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    Quote Originally Posted by Jason@PenskeAudi View Post
    Any pics of the headlight assembly?

    I'll check and/or ask (my Dealer)

    Ehm... I presume you mean a pic straight from the front?
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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    I have 2 pics for you. Hope this is what you want to see.

    Without Xenon & leds.


    With Xenon and leds.
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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    Wow, those look great!

    Thanks a bunch-- I appreciate it!
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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    Quote Originally Posted by Jason@PenskeAudi View Post
    Wow, those look great!

    Thanks a bunch-- I appreciate it!
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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    I'm actually trying to source some parts for a possible retrofit to a 2007 A3, and those pics are a great help. I think they might actually be plug and play. There are 3 listings for the cabriolet headlights on ETKA for the 2009s -- Halogen/Xenon/Xenon with "curve" (adaptive I presume)

    Unfortunately I can't pull up any other info including price, etc since it's not technically available in the states yet!
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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    Can you post the part numbers from ETKA for reference?

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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    i thought they did have LED rear's??

    just got this from the audi UK website, i'm guessing thats only in a part of it tho

    Two-part rear lights
    Striking LED optical fibre technology in the rear lights creates a clear, distinguishing feature, especially at night.

    http://www.audi.co.uk/audi/uk/en2/ne...t/gallery.html

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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    Quote Originally Posted by matmaxedout View Post
    i thought they did have LED rear's??

    just got this from the audi UK website, i'm guessing thats only in a part of it tho

    Two-part rear lights
    Striking LED optical fibre technology in the rear lights creates a clear, distinguishing feature, especially at night.

    http://www.audi.co.uk/audi/uk/en2/ne...t/gallery.html
    And the optical fibre is used to transport the light from the light bulb behind it.
    There are no common leds to be found (like in the rear lights of the A6 Avant with Xenon at the front).
    I think they call it 'Nightdesign'.
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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    This sure looks like LEDs... I guess we'll see- prob not from the pic up top

    http://www.audi.co.uk/etc/medialib/c...0080.Image.jpg

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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    These are leds!



    Do you see any (led) dots in the rear lights of the A3 cabrio .

    Like these?

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    Re: A3 no tail leds

    The picture I linked to certainly looks like it could have LEDs in the tails. The pic you posted above may or may not be the same as I can't really discern anything due to the closeness of the shot. I guess you physically handled them so perhaps you know more, but the picture evidence is still inconclusive from my perspective. Who knows what the face lifted A3 will bring in terms of tails as well so even if the lights in the first pic are not LED there is still some hope.

    Thanks for the visual cues on LEDs though. Very helpful

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