[s-cars] Looking at the bright side of life

[Bruce]

All,

Of all the threads that show what anal lunatics we are with our S-cars, I
like this thread the best.

The "replace all the dash lights with higher wattage ones", "color them with
magic markers to get the right color", and the best of all, the "bulb
condoms" chat, really shows us in our natural habitat....obsessing to make
our cars perfect (with the definition of perfect being picking up where the
factory left off).

However, I did copy and paste the bulb part numbers, and will be doing the
swap next week. So before you flame me, I'm one of us, I swear.

Bruce
'93 S4 (soon to be with new IC bulbs and a $700 water injection system)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirby Smith" <kirby.a.smith at verizon.net>
To: "Mathieu Mouraud" <mathieu.mouraud at free.fr>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Looking at the bright side of life


> For a purer red than a magic marker will make, there are lamp "condoms"
> made from colored transparent silicon rubber that can be purchased in
> various sizes from electronics distributors.  I haven't tried them on my
> S6, but have used a red one to color a replacement lamp on my 90q radio
> and a blue one to dim the high beam lamp on my wife's 90q.
>
> kirby
>
> Mathieu Mouraud wrote:
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > I love my dashboard. I mean those glorious grey dials... But at night
they
> > kinda suck in urban area.
> > Why ? The reflection of surrounding light make them hard to read. And as
a
> > pilot I like to see things the way they are.
> > So I went to my favorite stealership and ordered 10 2watt bulb (p/n :
893
> > 919 040 A) to replace those puny 1 watters.
> > It took me about 5 minutes to remove the dashboard (unscrew two screws
> > underneath the black plastic trim, 3 screws upfront, tilt the steering
all
> > the way out and down, wiggle it in and out it'll come out).
> > You need 10 bulbs for an S4 maybe less for an S6. That includes speedo,
> > tach, water temp, computer, gas, volt/oil pressure (S6/S4) and clock.
You
> > don't need to replace battery, abs, airbag, central indicator thing
(OK),
> > turn signals.
> > You might need to have to remove the white plastic thing on the back,
held
> > in place by 2 torx screws.
> > Now that you're done, take your car around the block and enjoy.
> > Now if you're real anal about it, use a red felt marker and paint the
bulbs.
> > Oooooh mama, as Kramer would say...
> > That's it ! It costed me about $25 in parts...
> > There's a slim chance that you get the airbag light on whern putting the
> > dash back on... Good opportunity to get a VAG COM to get rid of it.
> >
> > Matt
> > --
> >
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