I've been trying to find the illuminated trims, haven't been able to see for a couple of months whether they still do them or not?
Designlicht is an option to EU (Code 7TH), so it seems, new RS3 can have them iluminated.
What I have no idea if carbon ones are also iluminated or not...
I attach the best photo I have found but it's matt aluminium and not the race one.
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Anybody know if that inlay lights are ON durring driving, or are only ON when you open the door?
Thanks!
The UK brochure doesn't say that the race design are illuminated?! I have gone with the standard trim, I think it looks better but really wanted the illuminated!!
wow looks great ... screw that carbon fiber
I emailed Audi customer services and after a couple of days, being impatient I asked my dealer and he passed the query onto Audi sales office.
Chap in sales office suggested if you have interior light pack then the lights are on the inlays, ILP is standard on UK RS3.
A day later Audi customer services got back to me and said none of the UK RS3 inlays have illumination.
So clear as mud, not much the wiser but more than likely no illumination.
Guess I'll only really know when the car turns up, fingers crossed tho ;-)
It won't have them, have the same pack on my S3... everything is illuminated except the inlays.
Macintosh88
said that they do come in the RS3 he posted a photo of it ?
Excerpt from Audi media site:
"Decorative inlays are optionally also available in carbon fiber or aluminum Race, whereby the latter variant sees the integration of a design light on the doors."
Doubt the UK would get a different version of Aluminium race so dealer, Audi sales and customer services are all guessing wrong.
For me this is something worth speccing over TPMS - I loved the lights in my previous car on the doors and I think that would add class. If I can get a good deal for an RS3 I will be adding the aluminium inlays to my order.
But, we don't all know if this 100% adds the lighting to the inlays. No brouchure says it does and Audi says it doesn't.
I do not know if it is different for different markets / countries, but here in Sweden it is clear that Aluminum Race Design Light, it´s the full name of the inlays. And I have seen it myself that they are lighting.
It would be strange that they did different inlays for different countries.
Will you still be able to change your order? I would have thought it was rolling down the production line by now!I think I'm going to pay the extra for the Alu Inlays, I really am not sure about the standard trim and I hope they come with the lighting.
Will you still be able to change your order? I would have thought it was rolling down the production line by now!
Cheese grater finish
@AudiNutta - I'm thinking there'll be enough to look at (especially with the VC dash as well as the pop up display) that these inlays will be irrelevant.......
On the Audi RS Q3 I'm currently in, the price for "Carbon inserts" before discount was £250.00. I'll admit that was for five pieces, the four doors and the dash in front of the passenger. The RS3 appears to have six pieces, with an additional little piece on the drivers side. I don't think its a justifiable increase from £250.00 to £850.00 and there is always the option of having them wrapped in carbon effect material if folk do decide the standard finish induces car sickness
My wife was impressed with the option of additional "Audi rings" lighting, which I'm assuming is a dealer fitted option:
http://www.uk.audi.com/uk/web/en/models/a3/s3-saloon.mediathek_infolayer.Z4G0052133G.html
The new RS3 doesn't come with Audi Rings, it has projectors that show "Audi Sport" on the ground. Will attach a picture of it on a TTRS. All 4 RS3's I've seen, haven't got it but it is in the brochure!!
I didn't mean to suggest the RS3 came with them as standard, which is why I said a "dealer" fitted option. I understood from the "standard features" that the RS3 comes with illuminated "RS3" logos on the kickplates
The RS3 also has the Audi Sport logo beam
I understood from the "standard features" that the RS3 comes with illuminated "RS3" logos on the kickplates