[urq] Maintaining an old Urq

[Todd Phenneger]

Eric,
Thanks for the post.  I've considered this for some time but have never moved forward with it.  For the rear Tail/brake lights what did you go with.  It looks like the standard or cheapest option is the 19-LED 1156/1157 base bulbs.  I think if I did it though I'd lead toward either of the high power options like the 3-watt Luxeon unit or the 3x1watt High Power bulb which seems to have the highest lumen output of the bunch.  I looked at the SMD LED's as well but I'm not very familiar with the SMD type.

What did you do for Instrument lights?  Have you dont this on any other cars.  I want to convert my 91' CQ over to LED Red instrument bulbs.  I may do the same with my dads C4-A6 too if I can find the right bulbs.

Thanks

--- On Sat, 6/19/10, Eric J. Fluhr <efluhr at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> From: Eric J. Fluhr <efluhr at austin.rr.com>
> Subject: [urq] Maintaining an old Urq
> To: urq at audifans.com
> Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 3:30 PM
> Urq-folks,
> 
> FYI, I've been converting my Urq to various LED lights a la
> 
> superbrightleds.com  (I have no affiliation
> with this site, I've just been happy with their
> products).  My rear driving 
> and brake lights are terrific now!
> They have these "tower" style led bulbs that provide great
> lumens, 
> instant-on response, and low current
> draw to help compensate for the aging wiring in our
> cars.  My buddies all 
> like the result on my Urq.
> 
> I've also swapped my blinkers over, but this takes a little
> more work than 
> just replacing the bulbs because
> of the way Audi wired the dash light (ever noticed that the
> dash hazards 
> behave differently with ignition on
> versus ignition off...now I know why).
> 
> I'm now working on replacing other bulbs in the car (like
> the instrument 
> cluster) with some of their other
> specialty LEDs, and so far I have been very happy with the
> results.
> 
> Later,
> Eric
> '82 urq
> 
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