What bulb type is the license plate light?

[madrussian]

Trying to do a LED conversion.

Thanks!

[ice cream man]

Front Doors (Puddle lights & red door edge lights): 2 194-type wedge base bulbs in each door; total 4

Front Footwells: 1 194-type wedge base bulb in each footwell; total 2

Glovebox: 1 194-type wedge base bulb; total 1

Front Maplights: 1 BA9S-type bayonet bulb on each side; total 2

Front Overhead: 1 42mm Festoon-type bulb on each side; total 2

Front Vanity Light (Mirrors): 1 37mm Festoon-type bulb on each side; total 2

Rear Doors (Puddle lights & red door edge lights): 2 194-type wedge base bulbs in each door; total 4

Rear Footwells: 1 194-type wedge base bulb in each footwell; total 2

Rear reading: 1 BA9S-type bayonet bulb on each side; total 2

Trunk: 1 194-type wedge base bulb; total 1

License Plate: 1 37mm Festoon-type bulb on each side; total 2

Totals:

14 194-type wedge base bulbs

4 BA9S-type bayonet base bulbs

4 37mm Festoon-type bulbs

2 42mm Festoon-type bulbs

THANKS to TSLICE.

[madrussian]

if i buy a 39mm festoon bulb that says it replaces the 6418 bulbs will that work?

i cant find 37mm festoon bulbs in super white...

[D0lphinGrey]

Yeah that should do fine. for the number plate lights any size range from 36-39mm should fit.

[A4 JooN 2.0T]

Trying to do a LED conversion.

Thanks!

my friend did this on his c280 4mat and the housing melted LOL

[TSlice]

He probably had a short. My LEDs run much cooler than the bulbs they replaced. And as panameras said, anything in the range of 36-39mm should work, and I think it is actually better to err on the side of too large because they will stay in place better. Mine were a little short, and I had to bend the holders and use a little solder to get them to stay in place firmly.

[TSlice]

Oh, and in case you were wondering, white LEDs look sick on the license plate! I don't know if you seen the plate lights on the new Lexus ISs, but they look just like those. Here's a bad pic. of mine:

[optionfans]

how you guys do the LED conversion??

I tried but the car show up bulb error in dashboard....and way to fix it?

[D0lphinGrey]

Oh, and in case you were wondering, white LEDs look sick on the license plate! I don't know if you seen the plate lights on the new Lexus ISs, but they look just like those.

TSlice, from my other thread I undertand you don't get a bulb out warning for having LED license plate lights. Is that true? You see, I have red display as well but I get a dash warning light every time I put it into Drive (Tiptronic)! It's a little frustrating. Do you know what kind of resistor to use?

[audia420turbo]

yes i got them too looks sick with black car and chrome plate frames looks very much like the lexuses i think thats how its spelt

[Rommulus]

Does anybody know if these bulb #'s (posted by Ice Cream Man) are the same for a B6? In particular the liscense plate bulbs? Thanks for the help!

[gpxluke]

I don't know what type...but i have a set of LED license plate bulbs that I wanted to put on...however it always throws out error code...so i just left it at my gloves box lol

[TSlice]

TSlice, from my other thread I undertand you don't get a bulb out warning for having LED license plate lights. Is that true? You see, I have red display as well but I get a dash warning light every time I put it into Drive (Tiptronic)! It's a little frustrating. Do you know what kind of resistor to use?

Correct, I don't have the bulb-out error on my red DIS. I don't know what to tell you since all I did was a direct swap with no resistors of any kind. If you knew the wattage of the bulb, you could pretty easily figure out what size resistor to use. Do you have the trip computer? My car doesn't have the trip computer; I don't have the little button on the end of the wiper stalk that lets me see my MPG and other information on the DIS. Could this have something to do with it? I noticed that when running VAG-COM, I do have an error code stored -- something along the lines of: "license plate light short to B+ or bulb out." So the car definitely knows the problem is there. I'm guessing it has something to do with the trip computer, but like I said, you could pretty easily add a resistor and get rid of the warning, and since both bulbs are on the same circuit, one resistor with the correct value for two bulbs would work and make everything a little easier. Hope this helps...

[TSlice]

Does anybody know if these bulb #'s (posted by Ice Cream Man) are the same for a B6? In particular the liscense plate bulbs? Thanks for the help!

Don't know for sure, but I would assume they are. It's very easy to check, just grab a philips-head screwdriver.