led drl bulbs with resistors installed (pics)

[plokm]

I just installed led bulbs for my drl with 6ohm 50watts resistors and it does not throw any bulbs out codes. I also installed led city bulbs and license plate bulbs with 25ohm 25watts with no codes.

drl....1156 bulbs
city....194 bulbs
License.....39mm Festoon bulbs



bulbs looks much whiter in person.








License Plate
Installing the resistors you will need to tap the brown and grayish purple looking wire. its pretty simple. I mounted my resistors right under the trunk latch with 2 wire tie/strap. If you look you can see the black straps on each sides of the resistors holding it down to the trunk door. When you remove the cover off the trunk door, it will be a lot easier to see where i mounted it.

[b7ftw]

very nice... very blue though.... but very nice!

[plokm]

very nice... very blue though.... but very nice!

yeah in the pics does look blue but in person is more white with a hint of purple

[Bryan]

where did u get it !? I am thinkin to get a set.. but ECS sells it too expensive.. =P

[fromGMCtoAUDI]

Hey plokm, do you have the red DIS or the colored one? DIS: driver info display in the gauge cluster.

[Bryan]

BTW did u lower your car ?

[airbornerifleman]

looks nice, where did you place the resistors? more pics?

[plokm]

i got the resistors at superbrightleds.com

[plokm]

Hey plokm, do you have the red DIS or the colored one? DIS: driver info display in the gauge cluster.

i have colored display

[plokm]

BTW did u lower your car ?

yeah.. i have coilovers

[jimmya4]

can you link us to the led's you used? and are you running the day lights at night?

[Bigswede]

Hi. Looks very nice.
I have one question though, if you would look at your light turn knob (located to the left of the steering wheel) does the red dot that indicates where it's pointed at blink (at night, or when it's dark) or flicker or even go out???
When I did this mod it died on me and the dealership got me a new one, and I killed the project...
Hope this was just a one thing, that happened to me.
Best regards
D
P.S: This is the thread from then.
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...highlight=knob

[Quattro]

nice

[BLACKa4QUAT]

i have colored display

thanks man appreciate the help over pm
my led drls were sitting there driving me crazy, the bulb out warning was too annoying.




heres a couple of pictures of mine, on the close up the city light was out. those are next to go LED. i have adaptive bi-xenons, and color dis as well, got to try to pick resistors tomorrow and give this a shot, i had used a 10 ohm 25 watt with no success.

I have one question though, if you would look at your light turn knob (located to the left of the steering wheel) does the red dot that indicates where it's pointed at blink (at night, or when it's dark) or flicker or even go out???
When I did this mod it died on me and the dealership got me a new one, and I killed the project

what resistor did you use and how did you set it up? and how long before your switch broke? i might give this a try while i'm still under factory warranty (@47k now)

[plokm]

Hi. Looks very nice.
I have one question though, if you would look at your light turn knob (located to the left of the steering wheel) does the red dot that indicates where it's pointed at blink (at night, or when it's dark) or flicker or even go out???
When I did this mod it died on me and the dealership got me a new one, and I killed the project...
Hope this was just a one thing, that happened to me.
Best regards
D
P.S: This is the thread from then.
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...highlight=knob

i check and it's normal. I dont have any problem

[BLACKa4QUAT]

i check and it's normal. I dont have any problem

do you have a link to where you got your resistors?
i know fry's by my house has the ceramic bar like ones for a buck, but some kits i've seen have heat sinks on them, and are alot more $$ when i can wire stuff myself with wire taps.

[plokm]

can you link us to the led's you used? and are you running the day lights at night?

nope Im just running the drl in the day.

resistors click Here:


drl bulbs: are 1156 bulbs does matter which one you get
i got these click here

[plokm]

do you have a link to where you got your resistors?
i know fry's by my house has the ceramic bar like ones for a buck, but some kits i've seen have heat sinks on them, and are alot more $$ when i can wire stuff myself with wire taps.

im pretty sure the ones at fry would work all along its 6ohm with 50 watts and is wirewound resistors

If you going to order just the resistors online I think v-leds on ebay have the best deal.

The resistor is only 10 dollars shipped..CLICK HERE

[BLACKa4QUAT]

sweet, i got my bulbs from the same place, how many led's in yours? i got the 24 leds

[Brent]

I installed some smoked L.E.D taillights and am having a sensor problem. I was told to use 75 ohm resistors and they gave me no other details. Ive tryed 5, 10,and 20 watt/75 ohm resistors and my sensor keeps chiming at night thinking my lights are burnt out. Do you know anything else about how to cure this problem?

[Hockenheim]

And on another note what about an S8 conversion?

[plokm]

I installed some smoked L.E.D taillights and am having a sensor problem. I was told to use 75 ohm resistors and they gave me no other details. Ive tryed 5, 10,and 20 watt/75 ohm resistors and my sensor keeps chiming at night thinking my lights are burnt out. Do you know anything else about how to cure this problem?

well 75ohm resistors will produce the same amount of resistants no matter how many watts you have. you might have to get a differnet ohm resistor. try a lower ohm resistor. one on each side.

[fly300kts]

I installed some smoked L.E.D taillights and am having a sensor problem. I was told to use 75 ohm resistors and they gave me no other details. Ive tryed 5, 10,and 20 watt/75 ohm resistors and my sensor keeps chiming at night thinking my lights are burnt out. Do you know anything else about how to cure this problem?

Playing with the resistors wattage will not cure your problem you need to change the resistance. Do you know the draw in volts or mvolts of your LED?

[freddybignutz30]

When Installing the resistors does one end go tapped to the (+) wire and the other end to the (-) wire?

Is this correct? Please LMK

[4ty-phive]

I could search this, but I'll ask anyway. How does one go about changing the city light bulbs? Is it as easy as pulling the bulb out from the back of the housing?

[ECS Tuning-Audi]

I could search this, but I'll ask anyway. How does one go about changing the city light bulbs? Is it as easy as pulling the bulb out from the back of the housing?

Yep. On our Ziza City Light, you simply pull out the old and the new sits in the housing. There was a technical DIY floating around a couple months ago, but its quite simple: These city lights fit in the same location as stock. You simply pull the OEM lights out and put these in. The inline resistors handle the bulb out warnings on non-color DIS cars.

[4ty-phive]

^Thanks for the speedy reply

[ECS Tuning-Audi]

You avatar is speed racer, I had too!

[freddybignutz30]

When Installing the resistors does one end go tapped to the (+) wire and the other end to the (-) wire?

Is this correct? Please LMK

nevermind GOT IT!

[Latin Audi]

You avatar is speed racer, I had too!

Lol. I bought the ZiZa city lights. Really easy install and no problems.

[arce909]

And on another note what about an S8 conversion?

Is this possible? Can u fit these LEDs in a b7 headlight?

[brownishwater]

Anything can be done if you throw enough money at it. ^^^^

[Mordaine]

plokm, what lip are you running? and where can you get that?

[fly300kts]

I did check already
Both housing diameter are almost the same (checked with Catia software, not physically). The main issue is not the LED but to find the A8 chrome housing

Phil

[plokm]

plokm, what lip are you running? and where can you get that?

ABT lip

[4ty-phive]

You avatar is speed racer, I had too!

Yup...I'm inspired by it

[xULx]

Yep. On our Ziza City Light, you simply pull out the old and the new sits in the housing. There was a technical DIY floating around a couple months ago, but its quite simple: These city lights fit in the same location as stock. You simply pull the OEM lights out and put these in. The inline resistors handle the bulb out warnings on non-color DIS cars.

Chris,

I have a color display and the Ziza City Lights DO NOT throw codes. Guess Im lucky, but there hasn't seemed to have been any issues with them. Great product.

[ECS Tuning-Audi]

Chris,

I have a color display and the Ziza City Lights DO NOT throw codes. Guess Im lucky, but there hasn't seemed to have been any issues with them. Great product.

Hey thanks for the feedback! The City lights seem to be hit or miss on color DIS displays cars, which is why we post the warning and accept returns, so I 'm glad yours works!!

[Leo14]

Thanks for the other pics man, I really appreciate it. Now I can get this done no problem ^^

[Filly]

hey plokm is that an s4 front bumper on ur b7?