You can actually get a little closer to pure white with a gel lens. There is a strange (unobvious) color that, combined with the VFD, will give almost a white illumination. But you sacrifice brightness to get it. You might want to check out Steve's page to check the gel colors. If I remember correctly, it was some weird color... Like "Medium Bastard Amber" or "Light Rose". That, combined with the natural VFD, gave off a nearly white illumination...

Meanwhile, I did receive an email from Steve a few days ago. He said that he has been in the hospital from pneumonia, but was released a few days ago. As I here anything more, I will post.

Thanks for the suggestion Paul. Steve's website seems to be down right now. I'll check back later.
I hope Steve recovers soon. Also, as soon as he is ready I'll order few lenses...

Heres my audi TT with a neon red. The Red and the White are spot on matches. My only complaint is it looks a bit pink when the unit is off in the day light.

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So I had to add a small amp fro the front in order to install the empeg

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I did exactly the same. I think the sound is quite good even without Bose System.

Another thing: I use the blue lense, did you try it ?

Wow, I am now looking at "light rose" and on the monitor it looks really white enough. This is for suere a lens I'll order. "Medium Bastard Amber" looks too greenish to match Audi's bright white.
Well, again, if anyone has a light rose lens, which I doubt, I'll buy it. PM me

Se7en, I anctually used the blue lens for 1 day, soon after the install was complete, and I think I would like a proper red or a proper white better.

Yes, the system sounds well even without a bose, but I remember the install I had on my old Polo had better sound quality, even consiering the car was not even nearly as good as the A3 and was more noisy. I think in few months I'll replace speakers and amps with something of better quality. The A3 is conmfortable enough to deserve this

Se7en, quick question: does the empeg siwtch off when you remove your car key, or does it stay on? Unlike my old Polo, the empeg stays always on, in my case. I have waited for 10 minutes after removing the key, and the empeg was still playing. My installer said it is normal due to the way Audi's wiring is, but I just wanted a confirmation here... ?

The AUDI Wiring harness is not exactly DIN – The Empeg plug (shown in my install here ) fits right into the AUDI plug but 2 wires are reversed. The constant 12w power and the switched 12v power wires are backwards in the AUDI. It was easier to change them on the Empeg plug – so swap the yellow and orange

Is this the A3 Dash?

It looks just like a TT.

Thank you morrisdl. I will!

Yes, it is a A3 Dash. Mine looks exactly like that, except for the colors.

Well...

Well?

I think I was too late to answer...

But I had the same problem...

So it doesn't have CAN-BUS only? Glad to hear that! Shops are going crazy because of that; because it's really difficult to use a non-factory HU...