2008 vs 2011 comparo
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Is that really how it works from the factory on a US Model? If so.. I guess it explains the Red blinker (vs. orange for the ROW.) Just VAG channel 46 and +4048 (SAE tail lights)... then it will work the same as in the ROW (only the red bar on top for the blinker, lower bar for tail light, and middle for brake lights. I just upgraded my 2009 with the 2010/2011 lights... REALLY wish i has just purchased the ROW lights with the orange bar. blah. Anyway.. if you want the same behavior as ROW.. just VAG and you will have it (that's the way my car is set up right now.)
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Thanks
Here's a quick video of my lights in action...
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Reading these posts, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that preferred the earlier tail lights. Thought it was just me. I love the DRL's on the front, but I just don't like the rear LED's at all, maybe because they don't really seem to look like LED's as I expect them or maybe because they just look like the sort of cheap sh*tty lights on a Japanese or Korean car. Doesn't help having previously had an A6 with those ultra cool LED tail lights which everyone would remark about!
Audi seem to have mastered the front DRL's on all of their models, but it's almost like they can't make their minds up about the rear ends which are different on every model!
Sometimes in moving forward I think Audi inadvertently step sideways or backwards, the new A8 being a good case in point, which has gone from being what used to look like a distinctive luxury car, to what now, from any distance further than 20 feet, looks just the same as an A4.
Audi seem to have mastered the front DRL's on all of their models, but it's almost like they can't make their minds up about the rear ends which are different on every model!
Sometimes in moving forward I think Audi inadvertently step sideways or backwards, the new A8 being a good case in point, which has gone from being what used to look like a distinctive luxury car, to what now, from any distance further than 20 feet, looks just the same as an A4.
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Yeah, I agree, I think Audi really has lost something with the lighting design... it might sound a bit nit-picky but it is less distinctive, but at least the sheet metal is still pretty sweet.
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I do like the design, AudiUSA killed it by changing the way they light up. The Q5 in Europe and USA works the same, why did Audi North America change it for the Q7?.
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Other than the blinker being red vs. orange... how is it different in the US?
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There was another post which explained this as well earlier in the thread. The US spec cars use both the strip at the top of the light and the center section when the turn signals are activated. In ROW cars, just the top strip blinks while the center is only activated with the brakes(and also is orange vs red in the US). In your video above the setting is ROW other than having red centers.
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There was another post which explained this as well earlier in the thread. The US spec cars use both the strip at the top of the light and the center section when the turn signals are activated. In ROW cars, just the top strip blinks while the center is only activated with the brakes(and also is orange vs red in the US). In your video above the setting is ROW other than having red centers.
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