LED Licence Plate

**acbrooks2** · 04-27-2008 04:03 PM

I did the red interior light mod and the white licence plate mod with bulbs from superrbrightleds. I now get a licence plate bulb out warning even though they work - why?

**pretarion** · 04-27-2008 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by acbrooks2

I did the red interior light mod and the white licence plate mod with bulbs from superrbrightleds. I now get a licence plate bulb out warning even though they work - why?

Welcome to the world of LEDs with VAG cars!!

**Buttafuoco** · 04-27-2008 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by acbrooks2

I did the red interior light mod and the white licence plate mod with bulbs from superrbrightleds. I now get a licence plate bulb out warning even though they work - why?

LEDs draw ~10x less current than an incandescent bulb of the same type...so the controller 'thinks' the bulb is burned out.

**HIstateS8** · 04-27-2008 05:17 PM

try looking on 42draftdesigns.com I use their LEDs in my car interior and on the license plate. I never had a problem with their bulbs since they already have the resistor. They provide good customer service, go have a look. I'm running their high intensity hyper white LEDs btw.

**pretarion** · 04-27-2008 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by HIstateS4

try looking on 42draftdesigns.com

Which ones are you using for the license plates, on their site they all say not intended for MKV's or Audi B6's.

**acbrooks2** · 04-27-2008 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by HIstateS4

try looking on 42draftdesigns.com I use their LEDs in my car interior and on the license plate. I never had a problem with their bulbs since they already have the resistor. They provide good customer service, go have a look. I'm running their high intensity hyper white LEDs btw.

Thanks, i will try them out. The crazy thing is that when I also changed the footwell lights for wide angle LEDs, they blew the fuse!! Is it worth all the grief I ask myself??!

**nimski62** · 04-27-2008 07:13 PM

I ordered the HIGH POWER Leds for the license place, no errors... but theyre bright as hell, draws too much attention to my plate =(

**greene08** · 04-27-2008 07:33 PM

There are a lot of threads on here about this. I've installed LED license plate lights and have done a write up on here. You need a voltage equalizer to get rid of the warning. You can find them online.

**zachf88** · 04-27-2008 09:14 PM

I did Greene08 DIY and I have no problems (my car has dis and comfort control module and what-not). I ordered bulbs from superbrightleds.com though.....

**HIstateS8** · 04-27-2008 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by pretarion

Which ones are you using for the license plates, on their site they all say not intended for MKV's or Audi B6's.

I just remembered, the LEDs I have on my license plates are the regular hyper whites. The high intensity 9 LEDs may not fit because size of the housing of the LEDs itself is boxy. You could use the regular fuse style (4 LEDs). My friend had those in his B6 no problems.

**HIstateS8** · 04-27-2008 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by acbrooks2

Thanks, i will try them out. The crazy thing is that when I also changed the footwell lights for wide angle LEDs, they blew the fuse!! Is it worth all the grief I ask myself??!

These will not blow any fuses, if you install them backwards they will not illuminate. So just turn them around and they will work just fine with no problems. I had these LEDs installed in my previous B5 S4 and now my D2 S8 no problems what so ever, one of the best mods I've done so far!

**acbrooks2** · 04-28-2008 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by HIstateS4

These will not blow any fuses, if you install them backwards they will not illuminate. So just turn them around and they will work just fine with no problems. I had these LEDs installed in my previous B5 S4 and now my D2 S8 no problems what so ever, one of the best mods I've done so far!

Which ones did you buy?