[CocoPops]

Do you US users have one or two trunk lights?
Ours (on a RHD car) is on the right hand side as you look into the boot, just wondered if you have the same side light or the opposite.

I'd like to add a second light to the opposite side.

 

[CocoPops]

My mistake, I do have lights on both sides of the trunk...
They're just candle powered

 

[rnlabas]

ours are LEDs ...

 

[CocoPops]

Interesting....

I have the LED pack, so all the interior lights are LED except the trunk which are candles

 

[Otto]

Interesting....

I have the LED pack, so all the interior lights are LED except the trunk which are candles

Its not so hard to switch them to LEDs if you care enough. Plenty of people do things like that. Is it something you've considered?

 

[CocoPops]

I intend to

 

[rnlabas]

Interesting....

I have the LED pack, so all the interior lights are LED except the trunk which are candles

You're right - again , I was too quick - darn, I have candles too - but will be is search of an LED to change them - they just look horrible...

 

[rnlabas]

Lee -

Here's an interesting point - I love knowledge - my PR codes for this are QE5 and QQ1, which is the "tray areas package 3" and "with additional lights" - AND I was SUPPOSED to get LEDs here, but just did not. The LED P/N is (they're the same for both sides) : 8J0947409 and here they cost $27 each.

btw, since I could, I checked YOUR car too, and it seems that you might've had them as well - look in your mail for your Cat-PR Data I sent you. You have the same PR Codes as me, but your car is a model year older, so they're not on the list.

I suspect that Audi's just-in-time supply chain wasn't. So they just tossed in the ol' candles without a wink or even a nod ...

What say others I wonder ??

 

[Otto]

I am figuring that Audi just didn't think that people would care that much about the lights in the trunk. Doesn't really make sense why they wouldn't just put LEDs in every light spot. I don't think that it is a cost thing because with the volume of LEDs they are using I just don't think that makes much sense.

 

[deverelle]

Candles here too.

I found these online, but have not ordered them. I'm trying to decide how much the yellow light is going to annoy me first.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/8J0_947_409_A/ES2225952/

 

[rnlabas]

Candles here too.

I found these online, but have not ordered them. I'm trying to decide how much the yellow light is going to annoy me first.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/8J0_947_409_A/ES2225952/

Yup, these are the ones I mentioned above. Note, the plugs may be different as the LED fixtures sometimes have different ones...

 

[deverelle]

Good to know. I'm sure I'll buy them the minute someone posts a picture of their brightly lit boot. :-D

 

[nickjs1984]

Same here - not cool, Audi. Do you think there'd be any benefit to buying these as a group from somewhere? Probably not, but...

 

[MPBQ3]

This is one thing that doesn't bother me having candles in the trunk.

 

[boxbrownie]

Good to know. I'm sure I'll buy them the minute someone posts a picture of their brightly lit boot. :-D

Just an LED replacement bulb...works a treat.

Going to investigate the extra LH lamp sometime also.

 

[nickjs1984]

****...now I want this. Did you use the bulb that's been linked to in this thread?

Just an LED replacement bulb...works a treat.

Going to investigate the extra LH lamp sometime also.

 

[MPBQ3]

You people are spending way to much time in the rear hatch.

 

[boxbrownie]

I used an LED bulb I had left over from the batch I used in my ML, it came from HIDS4U, which is a bulb supplier over here in the UK.

It's basically a w5w replacement but it is designed to have all the micro emitters all on one side of the bulb (so as to throw the light just one way).

It was an X-tec marked bulb as I remember.

 

[boxbrownie]

You people are spending way to much time in the rear hatch.

Better to have a light trunk area........no way do you want to find a putrid lettuce hiding in a dark corner of the trunk three weeks after the shopping trip

 

[CocoPops]

I need extra light to ensure I've not left evidence behind of a any kidnappings.