bro make sure you take a pic of the stock bulb lighting and then those led bulbs to see how much brighter things are

I like that idea

 

I will. I ordered 2 different kinds of LED bulbs to try.

I'm not going with any crazy colors though, just white.

 

Yeah you wish, you would like that wouldn't you, little sicko, or maybe I would like that hmm........

 

Only one way to find out!

 

Went to the shop after work today. We're not gonna make Friday. They messed up on part of the top so they are redoing it, at no extra cost to me of course. I'm told early next week it will be done. I'm kinda bummed about that. I was looking forward to starting to put **** back together this weekend. Oh well...

Here are some pics of the targa section and the seat rail being modified. The targa section is not done yet, the bumps in the headliner will be evened out and the flaps to cover the latches still have to be remade and reattached.











The welding still needs to be finished and then painted. The ammount of material removed from the rail was about the thickness of the tabs used to bolt the rail to the floor, ~3mm.

The rear window has also been cleaned up and tinted 20%. Didn't take pics of that though.

 

Top looks pretty nice, did you tell them if they nick the paint while installing anything you will take an AK-47 to the shop ? lol, I saw the paint/paper covering sections of the paint and did an internal "sssssss" (air sucking in sound) while holding my breath heh. I also want to see the LED's in the doors vs stock so I know to get them or not, looks like it makes sense, imo anything that takes strain from the electrical system in these cars is worth it, even if you have a good alt ( I have a rewound 190amp) just better I think.

 

Its actually not paper covering the car. Its a big sheet of some type of leathery surfaced material with a padded underside. I already have to take the car back to the body shop anyway to fix the bumper. The body shop owner wanted me to bring the car by after everything is done anyway so they can look over the car and fix anything that gets fucked up for me.

The LEDs should be delivered to me tomorrow or Saturday. I'll install them in the panels and take pics as soon as I get them.

 

Dude it took me a whole hour just to get to this last page. I am so jealous of you. I'm actually really pissed off that I can't afford that much work.

 

Stock door bulb:



This bulb in the door http://www.oznium.com/194-aluminum:



And this bulb http://www.oznium.com/194:


I'll be using the last type of bulb pictured.

I'll sell my pair of these http://www.oznium.com/194-aluminum to anyone who wants them for $15 shipped

 

YGPM on the bulbs

 

just ordered the set your using them ***** look bright cant wait to get em

 

oh yes, the upholstery shop... they all look alike.



i hated working upholstery....













your car looks nice btw

 

R8ish FTP LEDs anyone?



R8's have fewer LEDs and they are more spaced apart. I'm thinking about eliminating every other LED in this setup.

 

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Damn, I was thinking about that idea.. Oh well, looks good as is.

 

love the new generation audi LEDS head lights, just saw the new A4 driving around town and thought they would look sick on a 7... nice work my man.

 

dude that is f'n badass!
ya eliminate every other

 

Wonder whos ******* idea THAT was ? heh, do not remove every other its nice as it is, blank spots would look wack unfortuneately, it IS the overload of them that makes it so tight and classy looking.

 

dude where did you get that?

 

at the buysomeledsputadrillnexttoyourftplensinsertallthos epreviouslyboughtledsintothepreviouslydrilledftpso lderandwireupalltheledswealreadyspokeaboutthreetim esnowthenwirethemuptoyourelectricalsystemproperly Store

 

 

Dude I had thought about this long before you mentioned it. These lights are very bright, they are toned down a bit for this picture. At full brightness its hard to tell at distance that its not a solid light strip. Eliminating\covering up every other LED and toning them down like pictured would give them the more spaced out LED look that the R8 has.

http://www.oznium.com/thin-waterproof-ribbon
Pictured above is Neutral White.

 

thats with the LED spot lights in too right?

 

You won't mind if I steal some of your ideas later on down the road, do ya? Damn I like the way you think.

 

I didn't take the time to read this at all before. There was no drilling for these to be installed, however the backside of the FTPs are cut wide open for the LED spotlights already though. The LED strip is just pressed into place at the moment. Nothing else is holding it in place. This was the first test. Hot glue will probably be used to hold the final product in place or something similar. I have a couple more ideas in the mix as I mentioned in our last PM.

Yeah, they are not in the FTP lense in that picture though. I had taken them out to add a 4th to the wiring and widen the hole in the back of the FTP. I'm gonna reinstall them tonight. Will take pics.

Not at all.

 

i'm doing something similar but with alot biger LEDs for my Volvo's E-codes