Ambient lighting in the B7????

[Tiffy]

OK before anyone says anything, i have searched and searched but can only find info for the B6......

Looking to retrofit some ambient lighting to the Avant as in previous BMW's i have owned they look great.

What do i need ect....part numbers would be great and a fitting guide also..........

 

[D2NY G]

you can buy them on ebay for about 20 quid i did and they come with instructions quite easy tbh the drill holes are already marked out

 

[RMH1A4cab]

Try here

http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/audi-a4-s4-cabrio/58054-how-retrofit-ambient-interior-lighting.html

 

[Tiffy]

Have you got a link please???..........

 

[Tiffy]

beat me.....lol

 

[Danny-boy]

I did this about a month ago.

Took 10 mins and was about £10.

Forgot to plug my sunroof cable back in and had to take the light back out though.

 

[Tiffy]

just changed my Interior lights for white LED's and checked this out....all is in place so i will order the Ambiant module from Audi asap.....cheers chaps

 

[B_FUR]

Anyone got a pic of these fitted? Interested to see how they look.

cheers

 

[RMH1A4cab]

This is the affect, a low red light.

 

[hades-]

OK before anyone says anything, i have searched and searched but can only find info for the B6......

Looking to retrofit some ambient lighting to the Avant as in previous BMW's i have owned they look great.

What do i need ect....part numbers would be great and a fitting guide also..........

B6 and B7 are the same

 

[B_FUR]

cheers RMH what i expected, same light effect i used to have in the Vectra of all places

 

[Tiffy]

Its a nice classy touch that looks superb......for the sake of £10 its a no-brainer.....

 

[Rastamouse]

Anyone know if this is possible with the rear interior light?

 

[hades-]

Anyone know if this is possible with the rear interior light?

yes iv had it in a few B7's
same part number
and theres a few guides kicking about

 

[Rastamouse]

I take it that you need the map reading one and not the single perspex type one?

 

[jdp1962]

Ambient lighting looks good. Also, from reading the guide on Tyresmoke, it has the look of a job I can do myself.

I've just rang Bexley Audi to order the part. It's £12.09 + VAT, so I have to go in and pay in advance. If I can do that before 2pm today, it should be available tomorrow.

 

[jdp1962]

I've ordered the part, and it should be in tomorrow. Ahead of that, though, I thought I'd unclip the covers and have a look inside the cluster, to get an idea of what I'll be doing. First thing I noticed was that when the white plastic cover is removed, it has a small rectangular box clipped into it, to which is connected a wire feeding back into the cluster. I'm thinking this possibly something to do with the bluetooth system (a microphone, perhaps?), because the location of this little box corresponds with a small perforated grill area on the cover.

Can I safely lever the box out of its little housing? If not, the cover is left dangling by the wire, which will make it a little tricky to drill the two holes for the LEDs.

 

[A4_MaJiK]

Anyone know if this is possible with the rear interior light?

Did it ever come from factory with the rear or is this just a retrofit modification? Intrigued to see how this would look...

 

[hades-]

its a retro

 

[hades-]

I've ordered the part, and it should be in tomorrow. Ahead of that, though, I thought I'd unclip the covers and have a look inside the cluster, to get an idea of what I'll be doing. First thing I noticed was that when the white plastic cover is removed, it has a small rectangular box clipped into it, to which is connected a wire feeding back into the cluster. I'm thinking this possibly something to do with the bluetooth system (a microphone, perhaps?), because the location of this little box corresponds with a small perforated grill area on the cover.

Can I safely lever the box out of its little housing? If not, the cover is left dangling by the wire, which will make it a little tricky to drill the two holes for the LEDs.

it could be the BT mic if you have it fitted
also theres movments in there for alarm and 1 for the cc unit

 

[jdp1962]

it could be the BT mic if you have it fitted
also theres movments in there for alarm and 1 for the cc unit

Thanks, Bez. I do have OEM phone prep and bluetooth fitted, so I'm pretty certain it's the mic. If so, am I safe to ease this little box out of its housing on the underside of the cover?

 

[hades-]

yeah just take it out

 

[jdp1962]

yeah just take it out

Ta, will do. Stand by to be blamed when I break it, heheh!