ambient lights

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helpmeplease

Discussion Starter · Nov 29, 2001

what's ambient lights?

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Re: ambient lights (helpmeplease)

small red LEDs in the ceiling in BMWs and Audis. they shine down in your lap and on the console w/ causing glare. They make the cabin at night seem more warm and "real." for the most part they just help you find buttons more quickly.
supposely, that reduces driver tension.

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German_Emotion

· #3 · Nov 30, 2001

Re: ambient lights (HIDGolf)

is it possible to install them to our cars?

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Cullen

· #4 · Nov 30, 2001

Re: ambient lights (2002_Jetta_GLI)

Ambient light is directionless by definition

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HIDGolf

· #5 · Nov 30, 2001

Re: ambient lights (Cullen)

Cullen
really? well the BMW 528i sportwagen that I drove that had them, you could not even see where the light was coming from, unless you were directly under them, because they were so far into the ceiling. This I felt limited the scope of the light, giving it focus.
HMP
i imagine you could the talk to guys in the Audi A4 forum, they were talking about this a few weeks ago. I would try to find a car that did not have these integrated into the ceiling consule, but rather in a separate consule, by themselves. This should mount w/ little or no mods to your ceiling, minus routing the wires to the wires that lead to the switch that controls the overhead lamp.

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Mark1

· #6 · Nov 30, 2001

Re: ambient lights (HIDGolf)

I've already done something similar in my A3 Jetta. I got a cheap LED brakelight with 14 red LEDS, cut the strip in two so I had two 7 LED sections, and glued them inside my domelight on both sides of the domelight bulb mounting. Wired them to a tiny toggle switch I mounted on the domelight lens (got power from the maplight). So at night, I can turn the LEDs on and get a nice red glow that I can use to read tape cassette labels, find the seatbelts, etc. without wiping out my nightvision. In the Navy we call it darken ship lighting.

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Cullen

· #7 · Nov 30, 2001

Re: ambient lights (HIDGolf)

quote:[HR][/HR]Cullen
really? well the BMW 528i sportwagen that I drove that had them, you could not even see where the light was coming from, unless you were directly under them, because they were so far into the ceiling. This I felt limited the scope of the light, giving it focus.
HMP
i imagine you could the talk to guys in the Audi A4 forum, they were talking about this a few weeks ago. I would try to find a car that did not have these integrated into the ceiling consule, but rather in a separate consule, by themselves. This should mount w/ little or no mods to your ceiling, minus routing the wires to the wires that lead to the switch that controls the overhead lamp.[HR][/HR]

I am not good at terms so I found that on the net!
But this is a fact that the term is refering to a LIGHTING TYPE.

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German_Emotion

· #8 · Nov 30, 2001

Re: ambient lights (Cullen)

is anyone interested in this mod? wanna find out how to do it?

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Cullen

· #9 · Nov 30, 2001

Re: ambient lights (2002_Jetta_GLI)

quote:[HR][/HR]is anyone interested in this mod? wanna find out how to do it?[HR][/HR]

Which one?

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German_Emotion

· #10 · Dec 2, 2001

Re: ambient lights (Cullen)

installing the audi/bmw- like ambient lights in our mkivs.. what parts do we need?

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HIDGolf

· #11 · Dec 3, 2001

Re: ambient lights (2002_Jetta_GLI)

the new 3 series maybe a good place to start, I have the overhead unit here at work, its retangular and has interior, twin maplamps, twin amient lamps. I honestly do not know about the audis. I try going to dealerships and measuring the overhead units in the cars on the showroom floor.
But keep in mind, these lamps were designed to be mounted at such a heigh, at this angle, this far from the drivers eyes, buy moving it to a different car altogether, could cause some problems.

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