Euro lights install

[wolff at turboquattro.com]

I have both rolled my own harness and used the Blau harness. I would say if
you are really good with crimping, have a good pair of ratcheting crimpers
and have a decent DC electrical wiring understanding you can build your own
for cheaper even factoring in your own time. OTOH, if you are not so
experienced with wiring, then definately pop for the Blau...
HTH somebody,
Wolff
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Dikeman" <brett at cloud9.net>
To: "motogo1" <motogo1 at cox.net>; "Audi 200" <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: Euro lights install


> At 11:58 AM -0800 3/20/02, motogo1 wrote:
> >I'm starting a Euro headlight transplant on my 91 200. I've got info from
> >the net about building a wiring harness with relays for these babies, but
> >being a 'basic knowledge' kind of guy with regards to things electrical,
I
> >thought I'd ask if anybody that has done one of these projects would
share
> >some info. Any info on what kind of relays, inline fuses, connectors, etc
> >with specifics and sources and tips on the install would be greatly
> >appreciated. TIA
>
> Gary, I highly recommend the Blau harness.  The quality of assembly
> is very impressive.  They include full hardware(including a circuit
> breaker/fuse combo), some nice instructions, and some extras...for
> example, a switch can be put in the passenger compartment that
> controls whether the aux driving light beams come on with the high
> beams or not.  They even throw in the switch(granted, its a generic,
> not an Audi switch, but...)
>
> The wires are nicely crimped, all consistently color-coded, crimped
> very nicely with heatshrink tubing perfectly cut+positioned over the
> crimps; they use a real relay block, etc.  I think it's well worth
> the cost.  I just have to actually get around to installing mine :-)
>
> The only way it could have been better was if they used the official
> Audi boot connector to hook up to the lights(they used a generic
> 4-pin connector that has the right spacing.)
>
> Brett
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