Hi all,
Well it's been a while since I've had time to come on here and give you an update. Family life and work does tend to take over sometimes! Anyway it's been almost a year since I bought my S3 8L and have always fancied fitting some DRL's to it. But what I wanted to avoid was the downgraded chavvy aftermarket look of the lamps that are available to buy. So I took the plunge, bought some descent Tube Led strips and took upon stripping down the original lamps and modding them myself. Now I know DRL's are not to everyone's taste on the older cars but I think these look pretty much in keeping with what Audi may have done at the time if they were a legal requirement like they are now.
Well here they are after 2 days work and alot of work! Hope you like.........................
Getting the bumper off was much easier than I thought...
The lenses came away quite easily too with some heat...
Next job was to remove the chrome trim and spray them satin black for a meaner look...
Now the first test fitment of the Led Tube with the newly sprayed trim...
And with the Lens back in place...
They also flash orange with the indicators which is very cool..
Now when I put the first one back on the car I wasn't happy with the way the strip sat. Something just wasn't right...
So on the other side I tried moving the Led Tube back a bit....
Now that looks just right!.....
So I took the other side apart again and made the necessary adjustments.
Pretty pleased with the results...
I have also upgraded with headlight bulbs to 6000k and fitted a HID conversion on the full beams. It is like driving a rally car through the lanes now!
Well it's been a while since I've had time to come on here and give you an update. Family life and work does tend to take over sometimes! Anyway it's been almost a year since I bought my S3 8L and have always fancied fitting some DRL's to it. But what I wanted to avoid was the downgraded chavvy aftermarket look of the lamps that are available to buy. So I took the plunge, bought some descent Tube Led strips and took upon stripping down the original lamps and modding them myself. Now I know DRL's are not to everyone's taste on the older cars but I think these look pretty much in keeping with what Audi may have done at the time if they were a legal requirement like they are now.
Well here they are after 2 days work and alot of work! Hope you like.........................
Getting the bumper off was much easier than I thought...
The lenses came away quite easily too with some heat...
Next job was to remove the chrome trim and spray them satin black for a meaner look...
Now the first test fitment of the Led Tube with the newly sprayed trim...
And with the Lens back in place...
They also flash orange with the indicators which is very cool..
Now when I put the first one back on the car I wasn't happy with the way the strip sat. Something just wasn't right...
So on the other side I tried moving the Led Tube back a bit....
Now that looks just right!.....
So I took the other side apart again and made the necessary adjustments.
Pretty pleased with the results...
I have also upgraded with headlight bulbs to 6000k and fitted a HID conversion on the full beams. It is like driving a rally car through the lanes now!