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eCode Rear Tail Lamps
Bring completely NOT HAPPY with Audi's joining the German triumvirate to market red-rear turn signals for the US-NA (btw NOT required by the DOT), I have already ordered a replacement set of LED rear lamps with AMBER signal LEDs.
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They'll be here for testing and PlugNPlay configuration even before my car lands...:laugh:
They'll be here for testing and PlugNPlay configuration even before my car lands...:laugh:
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ECode Rear Tail Lamps DeCoded
Got the ROW Lamp Assemblies today - GREAT deal and the BEST PART is that they are simple : There are only four (4) wires one for each of Ground (Green); Orange (Brake); Red (Tail) and Black (Signal). I used an adaptor kit from Audi (P/N 8U0 051 444) as a guide and test block to verify the pinouts and functionality. When my car gets here, I'll now be ready to make the switch and expect it to be a piece of cake - will keep y'all posted :nerd:. Meanwhile I might expect that AudiUSA will have done something weird for us, perhaps combining the Tail and Brake for example or something else, and I'll have to un-adapt the side-marker light if present, as these don't have them. See below for reference -
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Got the ROW Lamp Assemblies today - GREAT deal and the BEST PART is that they are simple : There are only four (4) wires one for each of Ground (Green); Orange (Brake); Red (Tail) and Black (Signal). I used an adaptor kit from Audi (P/N 8U0 051 444) as a guide and test block to verify the pinouts and functionality. When my car gets here, I'll now be ready to make the switch and expect it to be a piece of cake - will keep y'all posted :nerd:. Meanwhile I might expect that AudiUSA will have done something weird for us, perhaps combining the Tail and Brake for example or something else, and I'll have to un-adapt the side-marker light if present, as these don't have them. See below for reference -
this is the type of stuff I came here to hear about! excited to see what these babies look like! and to hear what coding is required along with them. I love seeing people upgrade their cars with the Euro goodies 
Don't know what happened to my pic of the wiring pin-outs, but here they are again ...
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My biggest concern at the moment is that AudiUSA chose to have our lamps use BOTH the signal (red lens) and brake light up here for both/either signal or brakes. That could be a simple connection at the lamps - a mere additional wiring connection - OR, they could use a multiplexed signal from the BCM across just one wire to both lamps, which would make my conversion a bit more complex - and likely require an additional wire not unlike what I had to do on my B8 coupe. I still don't have wiring diagrams to trace and haven't a car to pick apart yet, but remain both optimistic (a separate wiring harness for us sounds too expensive just for this) and undaunted; any questions, just ask me ...
My biggest concern at the moment is that AudiUSA chose to have our lamps use BOTH the signal (red lens) and brake light up here for both/either signal or brakes. That could be a simple connection at the lamps - a mere additional wiring connection - OR, they could use a multiplexed signal from the BCM across just one wire to both lamps, which would make my conversion a bit more complex - and likely require an additional wire not unlike what I had to do on my B8 coupe. I still don't have wiring diagrams to trace and haven't a car to pick apart yet, but remain both optimistic (a separate wiring harness for us sounds too expensive just for this) and undaunted; any questions, just ask me ...
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How about this:
They're a bit bling for me!
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