lewis1
Registered User
Hi does anyone know how to code my indicators as daytime running lights (orange) as seen done before on my 2006 A3 S Line. Cheers
Don't think so but seen them on a couple and has anyone got the coding for vagcom?
Im going to uni in september and running the car with stance for looks basically as will be in garage for high percentage of the year, i have seen a few a3s now with the option on and would just like to know how it is done, i will run them at my own risk
Buy a VCDS cable and find out for yourself !
How do you qualify for uni if you're daft enough to even think about running indicators as drl's ?
Im not going to spend however much on a cable to find something like this out...hence why I'm using a forum. And saying how I qualifiy for Uni is a stupid thing to say, especially as a lot of mods ive seen aren't necessarily 'road legal'
I did answer before & the fact you're asking to get nicked for dangerous driving, people will think your turning when your not etc, opens up a can of worms you may regret & as much as you may or may not be sensible at reading lights on cars, others are not.
Had my MOT last week so havent got to worry about it for a while, my dads mate has garage so would just pop it through anyway...at the end of the day its my car my decision and my preference
Yes there are many mods on the market that aren't necessarily road legal - but a 'mod' where you remove the means to clearly indicate to other roads users......
Do you also want to code in the brake lights being constantly on or your reverse lights for that matter? I mean you may as well take things to the next level and start setting the 'scene' rather than following it.
Not sure if this thread is serious
So much flaming... amazing!
Does anyone actually have any solid evidence to say that they aren't legal in the UK?
I'd like to make a point about some other UK spec cars that also have orange DRLs. All E60, facelift e90/91/92/93, and F10 bmws to my knowledge have orange lights on the front that aren't indicators. and they're used as police cars.
UKDM volvos, up until recently, all came with orange DRLs. Also used as police cars.
There are even some commercial vans, transits, sprinters, etc that have them on the side of the van. Also used by the police!
So if all these vehicles are on uk roads with these lights, then whats the frikkin big deal?!
So much flaming... amazing!
Does anyone actually have any solid evidence to say that they aren't legal in the UK?
I'd like to make a point about some other UK spec cars that also have orange DRLs. All E60, facelift e90/91/92/93, and F10 bmws to my knowledge have orange lights on the front that aren't indicators. and they're used as police cars.
UKDM volvos, up until recently, all came with orange DRLs. Also used as police cars.
There are even some commercial vans, transits, sprinters, etc that have them on the side of the van. Also used by the police!
So if all these vehicles are on uk roads with these lights, then whats the frikkin big deal?!
Edit: I had this mod for a while, got stopped by a traffic car, which was in fact an e61 like the one above, they said nothing about the indicators as DRLs.
To the OP, if u do this mod, make sure u reduce light percentage to around 20%
I was going to say the same thing!
many, many cars on the road with orange side lights. If the indicators where on really bright then I could see this being an issue as there would be little difference to see the flashes
Yes but allot of these cars have separate indicators & the daily drivers know this already, but if the drivers look at a car & see an orange light on where the indicator should be, they will react as though it was indicating, there's a difference to the scenario you've put forward.
and the drl should turn off when main lights are ON
if you set the audi to then on they do stay on with main lights
Yeah i completely agree with you, I am on your side here, I am completely against the indicator as DRL theory.
So much misconception here lads...
First off sorry for digging up and old thread but you’re all making this seem like this mod is certain to cause a crash every mile. I have my 2006 A3 set up this way (with 1/3 of brightness) and it works the following way. When lights are off indicators are off except when indicating. When parks/low beams are on the indicators come on at 1/3 brightness. When you’re indicating the bulb at appropriate side is alternating between fully off and 100% bright and after it comes back to being 1/3 constantly on. Sorry to be captain obvious here but when this is being compared to reverse or brake lights you probably forgot Volvos, BMWs and Range Rovers run amber sidelights on EU models...
Out of interest, how did you set it up with that much intelligence on your A3
“That much intelligence” no, I was being sarcastic in my last post haha...
I got myself a second-hand VCDS cable when I retrofitted a set of factory xenons as it was cheaper than any garage around the area and decided to do a few other mods while I was at it, for example I also turned the inner fog light into a parking light so the whole cluster lights up but it still fully functions as a fog light... but regarding the indicators I had to play with the brightness a bit because I didn’t like it being overly bright and I think 33% looks ok...