Afternoon chaps I just wondered if anyone can assist or have any thoughts on my little “problem”.
I’ve had my S3 for about 5 months now. It was a great buy and the price was so low for a 1 owner car it would have been rude not to take it! However, it was very much a “standard” car, which is probably why it was so cheap, but after reading around a bit I got caught by the “upgrading” bug. It is amazing what you can pick up with a bit of bartering on eBay!!
Recently I’ve had the MMI swapped out to the 7” screen, powered mirrors added and reversing camera added (all way above my skill level...). However, in that process the new stuff fitted (donated from an RS3) had the later, white back lights. I was living with it but it did look slightly off in the cabin against the standard red, especially at night. So I have been slowly and methodically altering things.
From eBay I got a new switch panel from a 2017, changed all the interior lights to LED and I’m about to swap out the window switches etc in the next couple of days. However, I have encountered an ongoing issue with the light control switch. I have tried a couple recently, allegedly from late 2017 cars but they still appear to have the red back lighting.
So my question is I suppose, is the later models backlighting white or red when the switch is activated?
My model is pretty basic in the light department so it does not have auto function etc., and when I started looking for one I was amazed at the bewildering variety of combinations available so I have posted a picture of mine.
Part number from the original for reference is 8V0941531AB.
I’ve had my S3 for about 5 months now. It was a great buy and the price was so low for a 1 owner car it would have been rude not to take it! However, it was very much a “standard” car, which is probably why it was so cheap, but after reading around a bit I got caught by the “upgrading” bug. It is amazing what you can pick up with a bit of bartering on eBay!!
Recently I’ve had the MMI swapped out to the 7” screen, powered mirrors added and reversing camera added (all way above my skill level...). However, in that process the new stuff fitted (donated from an RS3) had the later, white back lights. I was living with it but it did look slightly off in the cabin against the standard red, especially at night. So I have been slowly and methodically altering things.
From eBay I got a new switch panel from a 2017, changed all the interior lights to LED and I’m about to swap out the window switches etc in the next couple of days. However, I have encountered an ongoing issue with the light control switch. I have tried a couple recently, allegedly from late 2017 cars but they still appear to have the red back lighting.
So my question is I suppose, is the later models backlighting white or red when the switch is activated?
My model is pretty basic in the light department so it does not have auto function etc., and when I started looking for one I was amazed at the bewildering variety of combinations available so I have posted a picture of mine.
Part number from the original for reference is 8V0941531AB.
