Okay i've been buying, returning, exchaging the LED bulbs for three times. But every time i had them installed, they just lit up for couple seconds and then went off... i noticed thatb4 the lights went off, they kinda flashed a little. So i thought it was probably the voltage that's doing the trick.

So does anybody know what's wrong with those bulbs??

for those who installed the LED bulbs successfully, whichkind/brand of bulbs did you guys buy??

Here's the bulbs i bought... (should've asked ppl what they used first...)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-Bul...7688QQtcZphoto

 

from what i know you need to add a inline resistor, and the problem is, that might add excessive heat to the small space you put it in. i do remember running across some leds with built in resistors, but as you can imagine ,that might spell trouble heat+light+smallspace+expensive parts.

i ended up just saying forget it.

ive had several friends that have permanently broke/shorted their license plate assemblies on the A3, A4, Mercedes E350. I wouldnt mess around with it too much.

 

thanks man.
and i'm gonna answer my own question here... har
I also found some info regrading this.

apparetly, we need a 6 OHM, 50 watt Load Equalizer
something like this: http://superlumination.com/images/le..._equalizer.jpg

the whole story can be found here:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3619705

I'm not so sure if it's the same for A3, but since itscalled VAG... i assumed they are.

anyways... has any of our A3 fellows here did the LED bulbs swap?? share your experience with us,plz

 

Does anyone understand what the LED flashers are??
so we wouldn't need the Load Equalizer if we had the flashers??

http://stores.ebay.com/US-Home-Direct/FAQ-Problems.html

 

Wow, I never even thought about doing this. Unfortuneately I don't have any advice to share, but keep us updated. I may do this as well if you end up finding a good solution.

Good luck!