How to LED your car the eff out

[evo_ski]

7000lm is WAY too fucking bright. You are going to blind the hell out of everyone your beams hit. HID is 3200 and that is plenty. If your HID's don't provide enough light for you to see well you either have horrible vision or your headlights are in terrible condition. Brighter isn't always best.

[WeekendDriver]

I would take the 7000 lm figure with a grain of salt. But yeah, why not start with cleaning the headlights (esp. from inside) and the lens?

[Jermunji]

I try them out. If they dont work you can always sell them


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[gmudan]

I think I'll leave it. Might not have enough room behind my fogs because my IC piping anyway.
I wish there was a pair of dogs I could buy already retrofitted.

[deAutoLED.com]

If it means you send me your bulbs to test at no charge I'm in! I'll replace everything lol

:) We wish we could!

But we have our LEDs tested to work and look good in your Audi model - interior LED:
http://deautokey.com/product/audi-b6...ite-error-free

Reverse:
http://deautokey.com/product/audi-b6...or-free-bright

And we have our de360 LED kits - turn 360 degrees so you can achieve the best beam angle in your reflector housing - this is a big deal as you are NOT stuck with whatever they send you - you can actually point the LED diodes in the best spot.
Why is this important?
-it eliminates any blinding glare
-creates more visibility and light where you want it
-every housing is different so it really matters where you aim your LED diodes and with our kit you can choose the best option:
http://deautokey.com/product/led-hea...ast-1800-lumen

All Audi LEDs:
http://deautokey.com/category/leds-for-audi

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you

[Spike00513]

Just ordered these to copy Matt.
If there are any objections, please speak!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/No-Error-FOR...JU~qXx&vxp=mtr






Or is 6-LED cluster better?
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...w-WOW-just-WOW

Looks similar to what I found on autolumination.
scroll halfway down for '6 LED, Cool White' BAX9S cool white, $7/ea
http://www.autolumination.com/otherleds.htm






Or Philips H6W halogen such as WhiteVision or BlueVision?

[deAutoLED.com]

That is very old diode chip technology, we have something that is brighter if you are interesting in some testing of other models at a discount - let us know as we have a very bright bax9s h6w LED in white - [email protected]

Thank you

[JUSADUB]

Anyone know what size resistors I would need for the tail lights? Previous owner put in can bus LED tail lights, reverse and back up bulbs. It keeps telling me that the brake light bulbs are out.

[deAutoLED.com]

Anyone know what size resistors I would need for the tail lights? Previous owner put in can bus LED tail lights, reverse and back up bulbs. It keeps telling me that the brake light bulbs are out.

Our LEDs do not need any outside resistors but we do sell outside resistors that you can tap into your wires and will eliminate errors - if you are interested email [email protected] but we suggest forget adding the outside resistors which have to be mounted to metal and get very hot and go with our error free reverse LEDs.

But of course up to you but we want to let you know there is an alternative.

Thank you

[Spike00513]

[deAutoLED.com]

We never updated the thread - the brand new updated BAX9S reverse LEDs can be found here - very very bright brand new chip set / error free / plug and play (these are small enough to be used as city LEDs also):
http://deautokey.com/product/2015-au...e-reverse-leds

921 model:
http://deautokey.com/product/audi-b6...or-free-bright

[Spike00513]

regarding the tiny overhead dome lights (not the festoon ones)

(there is 4 of them)

would these fit, and would they be a good choice?
ad says they're on a BA9S base.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-Osram-T...-/172382741807

[deAutoLED.com]

regarding the tiny overhead dome lights (not the festoon ones)

(there is 4 of them)

would these fit, and would they be a good choice?
ad says they're on a BA9S base.

Those normally stay dimly lit or not the right polarity. Audi needs non-polarized bulbs.

If you are interested in just those 4 and not the entire kit you can email [email protected] - show that pricing and they can probably match it.

Thank you

[Spike00513]

Those normally stay dimly lit or not the right polarity. Audi needs non-polarized bulbs.

If you are interested in just those 4 and not the entire kit you can email [email protected] - show that pricing and they can probably match it.

Thank you

Can you post pics of your LED bulbs themselves?

IDK man, this new stuff by Osram and Philips looks pretty high quality,
good enough for big chain stores like Wal-Mart and Autozone to stock it on shelves.
And these are big OEM names. Stock headlights on German cars are probably from Osram...

[itsmatt33]

Can you post pics of your LED bulbs themselves?

IDK man, this new stuff by Osram and Philips looks pretty high quality,
good enough for big chain stores like Wal-Mart and Autozone to stock it on shelves.
And these are big OEM names. Stock headlights on German cars are probably from Osram...

this has always been my biggest issue with deautoled.com. Not only have they always been the more insanely high priced but they refuse to post pictures of their LEDS because they think the AZ community would be too stupid to tell what is actual quality and make a snap decision against them. You will find in either this thread or their original product release thread in this section that I asked the same question and they denied to show pics because it would be "too difficult to tell what is quality v not quality."

[evo_ski]

I have 99 cent bulbs in my car and have for about 5 years. You just have to know what type of led and how many to know what brightness you are going to get.

[Spike00513]

this has always been my biggest issue with deautoled.com. Not only have they always been the more insanely high priced but they refuse to post pictures of their LEDS because they think the AZ community would be too stupid to tell what is actual quality and make a snap decision against them. You will find in either this thread or their original product release thread in this section that I asked the same question and they denied to show pics because it would be "too difficult to tell what is quality v not quality."

Well. I got the Osrams. They had plenty of pictures!
They also don't work.

I have 99 cent bulbs in my car and have for about 5 years. You just have to know what type of led and how many to know what brightness you are going to get.

Well then. I may need to do this then.
The Osrams I got cost 1 billion dollars
and they don't even work...

Anyone know why?

So, I went bit by bit, piece by piece. I'm not done yet.
Only did the overhead festoons. Not the small ones, or mirror visor.
Did the trunk light, and it glows a bit when off, for a short period of time. I hear that's expected with real LED's.

But the big issue now I'm trying to figure out, is the door lights.
It seems the car wants all the lights in the door to work, or it turns them off. Checked fuses, they're good. Maybe it can't detect electricity usage now, in these efficient LED's?
Weird. The packaging says they should work for most cars, but *might* need load equalizers. What the heck is a load equalizer? I ain't no physicist
I only installed a couple. Would that make the load unequal? Do I need to finish all 4 doors?

So yeah. I put the white puddle lights in. Wow, looks good!
Gotta get out those ugly incandescent red door side lights.
So I do. And when I do that (w/ red Osram LED's), now none of it works.
If I open the door, they DO turn on, but each time only for half a second.

Long story short boss,
I installed the bulb and it ain't workin
So much for Fancy Legitimate OEM High Quality
I wish this post had less words, but unfortunately this is the painful truth of my car. I swear I'm not making up a riddle to solve.

I'm willing to bet that when I get over to the side markers and what-not, and try to LED-ify those, that it will be even more issues
But it must be done. Those stock incandescent lights from 1342 B.C. are so ugly and dim.

[itsmatt33]

Well. I got the Osrams. They had plenty of pictures!
They also don't work.



Well then. I may need to do this then.
The Osrams I got cost 1 billion dollars
and they don't even work...

Anyone know why?

So, I went bit by bit, piece by piece. I'm not done yet.
Only did the overhead festoons. Not the small ones, or mirror visor.
Did the trunk light, and it glows a bit when off, for a short period of time. I hear that's expected with real LED's.

But the big issue now I'm trying to figure out, is the door lights.
It seems the car wants all the lights in the door to work, or it turns them off. Checked fuses, they're good. Maybe it can't detect electricity usage now, in these efficient LED's?
Weird. The packaging says they should work for most cars, but *might* need load equalizers. What the heck is a load equalizer? I ain't no physicist
I only installed a couple. Would that make the load unequal? Do I need to finish all 4 doors?

So yeah. I put the white puddle lights in. Wow, looks good!
Gotta get out those ugly incandescent red door side lights.
So I do. And when I do that (w/ red Osram LED's), now none of it works.
If I open the door, they DO turn on, but each time only for half a second.

Long story short boss,
I installed the bulb and it ain't workin
So much for Fancy Legitimate OEM High Quality
I wish this post had less words, but unfortunately this is the painful truth of my car. I swear I'm not making up a riddle to solve.

I'm willing to bet that when I get over to the side markers and what-not, and try to LED-ify those, that it will be even more issues
But it must be done. Those stock incandescent lights from 1342 B.C. are so ugly and dim.

lol the point of this thread was to post LEDs that DO work and are bright as shit and affordable and you chose to buy a diff brand?

[deAutoLED.com]

this has always been my biggest issue with deautoled.com. Not only have they always been the more insanely high priced but they refuse to post pictures of their LEDS because they think the AZ community would be too stupid to tell what is actual quality and make a snap decision against them. You will find in either this thread or their original product release thread in this section that I asked the same question and they denied to show pics because it would be "too difficult to tell what is quality v not quality."

We feel we have explained this fairly and thoroughly many times.

Many LEDs can look similar but not act the same. We have seen LEDs that looked similar overheat or cause electrical issues/errors. If you are judging our LEDs based on a photo of the actual LED and not the actual product in use and real feedback then we are sorry to hear that as we explained it many times that a way a LED looks doesn't matter at the end and how it performs in your car and housing is all that matters.

We have many examples of customers that contact us and we can share a list of issues people had with real feedback


We receive many emails of others that tried other LEDs with issues and think ours will too:




We want to add that there are a lot of outdated and older LED technologies that actually cost a lot for what you are getting that are posted here. All of our LEDs are using the latest LED technology and they have a very high CRI that makes it look like a cleaner white light without any blue tint.

We do take pride in what we offer and feel the prices are fair compared to what many other brands offer. If you feel OSRAM/PHILIPS works that is fine but they are a mass brand and many times do not work in the VW/AUDI and does not have the resistor setup to work correctly as it costs more so while we know those are a widespread LED in many retailers it doesn't mean they always work and have had plenty of people contact us with issues with zevo and other popular brand where our LEDs did not have any issues.

Many of the LEDs listed here are not bright or error free or have issues with flickering, staying dimly lit or are too blue.

We have no issues with our kit and have many happy customers:
http://deautokey.com/product/audi-b6...ite-error-free

Features:
-The lights will "fade out" when you turn off your car just like your current stock lights
-These will not stay on or “glow” after you shut off your car like other sets
-Crisp White color – No cheap blue or yellow tint
-Works with MFD (car controls)
-No Errors
-Lifetime Warranty
-No footwell spotting like other inferior LED sets

We have a set of insanely bright bax9s bulbs that are error free.

1156 Reverse - bright error free:
http://deautokey.com/product/univers...all-car-models

For City LEDS - bax9s model they have been a popular seller with great feedback:
http://deautokey.com/product/city-le...its-audi-b6-a4

We also wanted to add that many of the LEDs posted here are older technology and outdated and actually a lot of money for what they are selling.

For comments about zevo/osram/philips being all over you are right. They are a mass market brand for many car models but they do not always work 100% in the VW/AUDI models and have had a lot of feedback about these not working and why we advertise here. We still have emails from people that tried many popular brands, off ebay/amazon LEDs and had issues so they start the email "I tried many LEDs and had problems and want to know yours will 100% work." And we understand the emails because after trying to many you start to believe you won't find something that does work.

[itsmatt33]

We feel we have explained this fairly and thoroughly many times.

Many LEDs can look similar but not act the same. We have seen LEDs that looked similar overheat or cause electrical issues/errors. If you are judging our LEDs based on a photo of the actual LED and not the actual product in use and real feedback then we are sorry to hear that as we explained it many times that a way a LED looks doesn't matter at the end and how it performs in your car and housing is all that matters.

We have many examples of customers that contact us and we can share a list of issues people had with real feedback


We receive many emails of others that tried other LEDs with issues and think ours will too:




We want to add that there are a lot of outdated and older LED technologies that actually cost a lot for what you are getting that are posted here. All of our LEDs are using the latest LED technology and they have a very high CRI that makes it look like a cleaner white light without any blue tint.

We do take pride in what we offer and feel the prices are fair compared to what many other brands offer. If you feel OSRAM/PHILIPS works that is fine but they are a mass brand and many times do not work in the VW/AUDI and does not have the resistor setup to work correctly as it costs more so while we know those are a widespread LED in many retailers it doesn't mean they always work and have had plenty of people contact us with issues with zevo and other popular brand where our LEDs did not have any issues.

Many of the LEDs listed here are not bright or error free or have issues with flickering, staying dimly lit or are too blue.

We have no issues with our kit and have many happy customers:
http://deautokey.com/product/audi-b6...ite-error-free

Features:
-The lights will "fade out" when you turn off your car just like your current stock lights
-These will not stay on or “glow” after you shut off your car like other sets
-Crisp White color – No cheap blue or yellow tint
-Works with MFD (car controls)
-No Errors
-Lifetime Warranty
-No footwell spotting like other inferior LED sets

We have a set of insanely bright bax9s bulbs that are error free.

1156 Reverse - bright error free:
http://deautokey.com/product/univers...all-car-models

For City LEDS - bax9s model they have been a popular seller with great feedback:
http://deautokey.com/product/city-le...its-audi-b6-a4

We also wanted to add that many of the LEDs posted here are older technology and outdated and actually a lot of money for what they are selling.

For comments about zevo/osram/philips being all over you are right. They are a mass market brand for many car models but they do not always work 100% in the VW/AUDI models and have had a lot of feedback about these not working and why we advertise here. We still have emails from people that tried many popular brands, off ebay/amazon LEDs and had issues so they start the email "I tried many LEDs and had problems and want to know yours will 100% work." And we understand the emails because after trying to many you start to believe you won't find something that does work.

My LEDs do all the same things you advertise for yours at a fraction of the price and are over 5 years old.

And are you seriously suggesting that at the least and auto enthusiast community wouldn’t be able to tell the difference bewtaeen quality soldering and inferior soldering? Or if yours have a metal thermal release setup vs if they didn’t? Or is it that you guys are scared we’ll find your china replicas for a fraction of what you charge?

Seriously have never had a vendor advertise their product without a picture of the product itself. If you have customers who are picking products based on which look the fanciest then you probably don’t want them as a customer anyway.

[deAutoLED.com]

this has always been my biggest issue with deautoled.com. Not only have they always been the more insanely high priced but they refuse to post pictures of their LEDS because they think the AZ community would be too stupid to tell what is actual quality and make a snap decision against them. You will find in either this thread or their original product release thread in this section that I asked the same question and they denied to show pics because it would be "too difficult to tell what is quality v not quality."

My LEDs do all the same things you advertise for yours at a fraction of the price and are over 5 years old.

And are you seriously suggesting that at the least and auto enthusiast community wouldn’t be able to tell the difference bewtaeen quality soldering and inferior soldering? Or if yours have a metal thermal release setup vs if they didn’t? Or is it that you guys are scared we’ll find your china replicas for a fraction of what you charge?

Seriously have never had a vendor advertise their product without a picture of the product itself. If you have customers who are picking products based on which look the fanciest then you probably don’t want them as a customer anyway.

If you had that experience that is great but what you are saying is false. We have seen many LEDs that look similar not act the same.

Our turn signals are a deeper amber and bright in direct sun light - we have many different LEDs we have not seen offered by other companies with many happy customers.

If you feel you found something at a fraction of the cost that works for you that is fine but we are going by honest feedback and letting you know it isn't the same just because it worked. There are many things that can be different between LEDs. We are not saying people are picking LEDs because they look fancier and you seemed to have ignored half of what we wrote to simply write lies instead of look at facts.

Look at real emails and feedback that we wrote in our last reply. Our LEDs look exactly like those but they do not have fires or melt adapters or have errors.


We have emails every single day where people tried other LEDs and said it didn't work and found us and want to make sure "yours work without any issues, please confirm" - this is daily and people lose confidence due to all these other LEDs and our point in our reply and posting is to simply say when you shop with us: you receive an LED that works, that won't have issues, that looks good AND was tested in that specific housing vs random LEDs that never made it into your specific car before purchasing so it becomes a gamble. Sure you can suggest what you'd like and go ahead at the end you will not receive angry emails directly or have upset customers if it doesn't work so caring is probably not a priority but trying to say we offer the same thing seems to be more of a priority. When we suggest a product we back it up with our guarantee and a lifetime warranty and quickly replying to any emails so we make sure it works and looks good so our customers are 100% happy.

As we said you can choose what you'd like but many that want something with high CRI, clean white, bright, no errors and customer service can come to us - we also are not seeing much lower prices. We are seeing $30-45 LEDs being suggested from 2014 that are STILL being sold in 2018 - they are very old technologies we would not even sell and ones we didn't even sell in 2014 that are being suggested here. But as we said if you are happy that is fine but what you are saying about our company is false and you wanting to say it is the same thing when it is not.

While we are modest here are just a few products that work where others did not but of course it is the same even though they don't act the same? Hmm.

2014 mk6 Jetta reverse LEDs that are 100% error free where other models are not
Our bay9s front turn signals are bright in the MK7 LP housing vs any other bay9s on the market and trust us people have tried but are unable to find any that come close to
Passat b7 brake/tail
MK6 GTI City LEDs for the stock housing (not the bi-xenon model)
Footwell LEDs for all car models throughout all Audi models
Reverse LEDs that are bright and error free in all models except the Audi q7 but we are working on a new setup for this model and have a 2018 error free model currently for sale
Brighter City LEDs for the Audi
Brighter reverse LEDs without flickering or errors
MK6 Stock tails reverse LEDs - from our knowledge we still only offer the error free model on the market
MK6 Euro reverse LEDS (we were the first to market with error free model 3 years ago)
JEEP SRT brake/tails - only LED on the market that is 100% error free
MK6 rear amber turns - brightest on the market that can be seen in direct sun light, comparisons vs competitors and posts have been made
Pwy24w front turns for the MK7 that we have never sold since they were not bright or fit 100%, after 2.5 years there is finally enough new technology out there that we were able to use some new brighter amber diodes on a bulb that could fit into the VW.
Brand new front turns for the MK6 JETTA that are error free - no other model on the market has this setup. :)
Our MK7 sun visor LEDs are custom made and we only offer them:
http://deautokey.com/product/mkvii-v...ite-error-free

[Spike00513]

If you had that experience that is great but what you are saying is false. We have seen many LEDs that look similar not act the same.

Our turn signals are a deeper amber and bright in direct sun light - we have many different LEDs we have not seen offered by other companies with many happy customers.

If you feel you found something at a fraction of the cost that works for you that is fine but we are going by honest feedback and letting you know it isn't the same just because it worked. There are many things that can be different between LEDs. We are not saying people are picking LEDs because they look fancier and you seemed to have ignored half of what we wrote to simply write lies instead of look at facts.

Look at real emails and feedback that we wrote in our last reply. Our LEDs look exactly like those but they do not have fires or melt adapters or have errors.


We have emails every single day where people tried other LEDs and said it didn't work and found us and want to make sure "yours work without any issues, please confirm" - this is daily and people lose confidence due to all these other LEDs and our point in our reply and posting is to simply say when you shop with us: you receive an LED that works, that won't have issues, that looks good AND was tested in that specific housing vs random LEDs that never made it into your specific car before purchasing so it becomes a gamble. Sure you can suggest what you'd like and go ahead at the end you will not receive angry emails directly or have upset customers if it doesn't work so caring is probably not a priority but trying to say we offer the same thing seems to be more of a priority. When we suggest a product we back it up with our guarantee and a lifetime warranty and quickly replying to any emails so we make sure it works and looks good so our customers are 100% happy.

As we said you can choose what you'd like but many that want something with high CRI, clean white, bright, no errors and customer service can come to us - we also are not seeing much lower prices. We are seeing $30-45 LEDs being suggested from 2014 that are STILL being sold in 2018 - they are very old technologies we would not even sell and ones we didn't even sell in 2014 that are being suggested here. But as we said if you are happy that is fine but what you are saying about our company is false and you wanting to say it is the same thing when it is not.

While we are modest here are just a few products that work where others did not but of course it is the same even though they don't act the same? Hmm.

2014 mk6 Jetta reverse LEDs that are 100% error free where other models are not
Our bay9s front turn signals are bright in the MK7 LP housing vs any other bay9s on the market and trust us people have tried but are unable to find any that come close to
Passat b7 brake/tail
MK6 GTI City LEDs for the stock housing (not the bi-xenon model)
Footwell LEDs for all car models throughout all Audi models
Reverse LEDs that are bright and error free in all models except the Audi q7 but we are working on a new setup for this model and have a 2018 error free model currently for sale
Brighter City LEDs for the Audi
Brighter reverse LEDs without flickering or errors
MK6 Stock tails reverse LEDs - from our knowledge we still only offer the error free model on the market
MK6 Euro reverse LEDS (we were the first to market with error free model 3 years ago)
JEEP SRT brake/tails - only LED on the market that is 100% error free
MK6 rear amber turns - brightest on the market that can be seen in direct sun light, comparisons vs competitors and posts have been made
Pwy24w front turns for the MK7 that we have never sold since they were not bright or fit 100%, after 2.5 years there is finally enough new technology out there that we were able to use some new brighter amber diodes on a bulb that could fit into the VW.
Brand new front turns for the MK6 JETTA that are error free - no other model on the market has this setup. :)
Our MK7 sun visor LEDs are custom made and we only offer them:
http://deautokey.com/product/mkvii-v...ite-error-free

Take your bulb. Put it on the desk.
Take a picture. And post it.

Like this:

[deAutoLED.com]

Take your bulb. Put it on the desk.
Take a picture. And post it.

Like this:

Which one are you referring to - we most likely can find many posted by customers. We will not take any photos as we already spoke the honest truth about our products. At the end of course it is up to the consumer and they can decide. If you feel you are finding something similar and are happy we are not saying otherwise. What we are saying is that it is not the same as someone is claiming and we are backing it up with proof of others having issues with the same exact looking LED. Did you see the email we posted twice where another competitor had the same looking LED but the competitor had complaints about LEDs melting their housing so it was confusing the consumer.

Here is a photo of our turn signals here from a customer - white pcb board:

[evo_ski]

The amount of smoke and mirrors from DE makes me never want to buy anything from you guys.

You are acting as if your product has the possibility to land my car on the moon. It is a light bulb. It either turns on or it doesn't. If I were to have an issue with anything I have I would research it and try to fix it, but acting like your bulbs have some secret sauce that no other bulb on the market has is laughable.

[deAutoLED.com]

The amount of smoke and mirrors from DE makes me never want to buy anything from you guys.

You are acting as if your product has the possibility to land my car on the moon. It is a light bulb. It either turns on or it doesn't. If I were to have an issue with anything I have I would research it and try to fix it, but acting like your bulbs have some secret sauce that no other bulb on the market has is laughable.

If that is what you feel from our replies we apologize but the truth is that is not what we are saying as we are simply sharing what our LED offers and real feedback.

People that shop with us never have issues and always positive feedback and that is all we are sharing. We are also sharing other feedback we hear. You can decide to take it how you want but we know people that actually are considering us will see this for what it is - real feedback and confidence in what they will purchase with us:























Where people say they have issues with many but ours:

[Spike00513]

https://www.shopdap.com/000-052-409-d.html

🤔

OEM LED with no error resistor

https://www.shopdap.com/000-052-409.html

[deAutoLED.com]

Odd thing is that there has been many reports of OEM Philip LEDs glowing after the car has been shut off in many VW/Audi Models and they state that this is "normal"

Just a heads-up - if it works that is good.

I just installed OEM Philips LED interior lights ordered from my local dealer. It looks great, however it does continue to have a faint glow one turned off the map lights continue to flicker once off too.

The installation instructions indicate that an afterglow is normal. I am a little disappointed that the oem led lights don't completely turn off. Anyone else have this problem and have a fix?

Good news is that the kit assumes you may not have the pano sunroof and includes 2 extra lights. I was able to use these for the footwells

[B6Sticks]

The LED afterglow is the LEDs running off residual power in the circuit, since they require such little power to run. This is normal and you dont have to worry about your battery.

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