Banwell
previously LeeS3
Has anyone investigated swapping these out yet? They are noticibily more yellow than the xenons..
h5djr said:I assume it's the same on the S3 as other A3s. When the car is fitted with Bi-Xenon headlights with the DRLs in the inner lights, these can be turned on and off using the roller switch next to the main lighting switch - where the headlight height adjustment switch used to be and next the the instrument brightness switch. I think you will find I is on and O is off.
According to my Owners Manual, DRLs are a 21w bulb in the inner headlight units on cars with xenon plus headlights and on vehicles with halogen headlights, the dipped headlights will come on with reduced intensity.Excuse my ignorance!!! Are these only available on zenon equipped cars?
mitch78 said:Xenon bulbs are designed to last AT LEAST 3000 hours, so bulb replacement shouldn't be an issue even if they're on all the time. The car I've just got rid of had xenons and I used them whenever I was in the car. I had it nearly 3 years without any problems and I covered a lot of miles in that time.
The difference between xenon bulbs and halogens, in terms of bulb life, is that halogens are limited by the number of hours they are turned on. This is because the filament can only take so much heat. As xenons don't have a filament this isn't a problem. Their life is affected more by the number of on/off cycles than the time they are on.
I hope someone finds that useful.
emzino said:lol. well can the DTL's be changed for something abit more "whiter"?
AL_B said:Had a look at changing the sidelight bulbs, very very fiddley, and I cannot reach the bulb holder itself. Anyone else tried? On my old 8L S3, you could pull out the sidelight bulb carrier by just firmly tugging on the wires, but didn't want to try this on my brand new car. Anyone know if they can be changed by the same technique?
AL
AL_B said:I have a feeling that because the DIS (auto check) system in the new cars is so sensitive, fitting LED's for the DRL's will cause a bulb fail warning. (See Xenon Side Light thread)
The Load Resistors that you can buy, are pretty big by the looks of things, so if you wanted to do side lights too, then space is going to be tight. AND the load resistors get very hot apparently.
So unless someone manufactures some LED bulbs that have built in resistors to fool the auto-check system, then I think we are stuck with yellow bulbs.
AL