Few techie questions about lights....

Now owned my A3 for 3 weeks done 3700 miles in that time so have got to know it well, have noticed a few things that someone will hopefully shed some light on:

1) When the car is running the needles on the clock are permantly lit which is fine however I've noticed that when I go into a tunnel or underpass (eg in Birmingham) I've noticed that the dials are lit/glowing as I enter the underpass and as it darkens the the dials fade out leaving only the needles glowing red anyone noticed this, if I have the lights on the dials obviously stay lit.

2) I've noticed that when the light dial is off you can actually push it in does this do anything? Can't do it when the lights are on, also when I turn the lights to sidelights the symbol lights up green however when I switch it to dipped headlights that symbol stays red, is this normal or should this go green as well?

Finally has anyone used the PIAA Plasma Spark Blue bulbs I bought a set as they are supposed to be 7200K and give you a HID affect, however after installation I've found that they hardly give out any light, even when its pitch black the beam is not very good, even thought they are supposed to give out the equivilant of 100w. Anyone got any suggestions for a really good dipped beam bulb that is close to HID and gives out good light? As I might use the plasma spark blues in the high beam lights instead.

Cheers

Mark

Hi Marc thanks for you respones.

No deffo not pulling the dial out, basically when you turn the dial to sidelights, all the switch gear lights up with the normal red glow, with the sidelight symbol being green and the dipped healight symbol being red, when you switch the dial to dipped headlight I would expect the dipped headlight symbol to go green but it doesn't.

Hope this makes sense what does everyone elses do when they switch to dipped headlights? Will try and get some pics posted up later.

If the chrome bulbs are not as bright as the plasma sparks then I won't be buying them as its bad enough with the ones I've got, again I'll take some pics when its dark just to show how little of the road they light up, normally I wouldn't be bothered but at £70 a pair they weren't cheap!

Cheers

Mark

I've pulled my knob out quite a few times but never for my fog light lol......

Plus it will be shining a nice red colour so other people will see it in the fog....

PMSL Ouch rear ended in the fog, you wouldn't want a head on collision either....

I'll grow up now lol