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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 06:35 AM
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Stolen from the A6 forum. Will definitely be doing this mod to my wife's A7.


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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 07:31 AM
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Corvette gauges have done that OEM at start up since 1997 ( C5 ) model yr as have a few selected models from other makes
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Yes, it's prevelant in many sports cars. That's why I'm happy to know it can be done by reprogramming the A7.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by CharlieSlasher
Yes, it's prevelant in many sports cars. That's why I'm happy to know it can be done by reprogramming the A7.

Are you talking about the spinning of the needles or the changes in redline LED? Because on the A7 the redline LED stays the same length as the car starts.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 09:53 AM
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Please post DIY on how to accomplish this.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Are you talking about the spinning of the needles or the changes in redline LED? Because on the A7 the redline LED stays the same length as the car starts.
Both... Neither is a stock setting.

It must be set by programming the ecu with a vag-com or other tool.

You can enable a hand sweep on start which basically tests the guauges by sweeping them and also lights the redline LEDs.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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Guess it's time for me to go hang out in the VAG-COM Discussion forum and figure out how to mess around with my (soon-to-be) new Audi.
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Both... Neither is a stock setting.

It must be set by programming the ecu with a vag-com or other tool.

You can enable a hand sweep on start which basically tests the guauges by sweeping them and also lights the redline LEDs.

There must be physically LEDs on the tachometer beyond what's available for this mod to work. And I wonder why there are LEDs beyond the actual redline of the car....
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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There must be physically LEDs on the tachometer beyond what's available for this mod to work. And I wonder why there are LEDs beyond the actual redline of the car....
It's possible that the redline actually shifts down based on oil and engine temperature - even if it's at 4k. (And perhaps Audi is reusing the same instrument panel for other higher performance models later on...)
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Yes... There are un-lit LEDs. Whatever is programmed into the ecu, displays the appropriate redline.

This allows it to be reprogrammed and changed if needbe
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