abulmash

I'm a new owner and I wanted to start on replacing all of the bulbs that are out in the interior. I've been reading through the VFAQs on this on this site and various others, and they're very helpful. This might seem like a silly question, but I can't find pictures of the interior anywhere with this covered, so...when the gauge cluster is illuminated, should the S4 badge also be illuminated? It seemed like it should to me, but I wasn't sure, and wanted to see if that's something that I needed to work on replacing with all the switch lights that are out.

I've also seen CDs online from "Bentley Publishing" that are CD versions of the repair manuals. Is this the best way to go, or is there something else I should be looking for? These seem to go for about $80-$100.

Thanks in advance!

Turbo_Anarchy

When you replace the dash bulbs upgrade them with brighter bulbs. I think the originals are 1.2 watt, put in 2 watt bulbs. there is a writeup on Scarfans.org.

kday

The Bentley is the only game in town, but you can find it cheaper than that...

Emerald-UrS4

while at home nursing a cold. I used SUNLED XLMR11D14V, and they gave perfect illumination.

kday

Not to say it couldn't be done, but it would take some trial and error to get it to look right.

LEDs in the seat heater switches (and most of the other console switches also) work very well though.

~640nm (red) 3mm LEDs plus appropriate 1/8 watt resistors and a modicum of soldering skill is what's required.

abulmash

Thanks.

The only ones that are out are the the switches (I know one of them is driver's side seat heater); nothing is out on the gauge cluster. So you guys removed the factory bulbs and wired in LEDs, instead? I'll have to look into that. I assume the look is the same, you just did this for the reliabilty of LEDs over the factory bulbs?

Where can that manual be found for less?

kday

I paid $65 as I recall for the Bentley, but the vendor I used ("The Parts Connection") is reportedly out of business now.

The LED look is the same, actually a little bit brighter for the seat heaters. The problem is finding the correct incandescent bulb -- they are red bulbs of an odd size and not readily available as far as I know.

abulmash

Thanks, I appreciate the input.

Emerald-UrS4

I used LED's with integrated resisitor, so all I had to do is solder them in... use the T1 type. There is a write up by Fred Munro on s-cars.org, check out the link. The ones I used gave exactly the same look, I can't tell the difference now, I'm very happy with the outcome.<ul><li><a href="http://www.s-cars.org/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=Downloads&amp;file =index&amp;req=viewdownload&amp;cid=3">http://www.s-cars.org/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=Downloads&amp;file =index&amp;req=viewdownload&amp;

|skolnick

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