Euro Headlights

[Derek Pulvino]

True enough.  I guess I can wait until it happens again, and long enough to 
be able to troubleshoot, and just keep checking backwards.  Of course then I 
run the risk of blinding everybody on the way home when that fateful day 
occurs again.

Is the headlight switch very prone to failure?

dp


>Another possibility to consider is a marginal headlight switch in the
>steering column.  I know, the relays have reduced the load to next to
>nothing, but if they were "on the verge" before, it's certainly a
>possibility...
>
>Ingo
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Derek Pulvino" <dbpulvino at hotmail.com>
>To: <200q20v at audifans.com>
>Cc: <mdearing at mhtc.ne>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:28 PM
>Subject: Re: Euro Headlights
>
>
> > I'd have to agree with the poor relay setup as well...or are you sure 
>you
> > also connected the low beam input wire to the relayed harness in a solid
> > manner?
> >
> > I find this somewhat interesting as I've had a similar problem on my car
> > however very intermitently, and I'm using the harness from Blau.  The
>lights
> > usually work fine, but I think three or four times, I've had my lights
>only
> > work on the brites.  I know it's not corroded relays as I switched the
> > relays around and problem happened again after that, nor is it a bad
>ground
> > as there is a single common ground for the entire relayed wiring loom.
> >
> > In my case, the only other thing I could think of was a bad connection
>from
> > the low beam wire in the factory loom to the low beam input on the 
>relayed
> > harness.  I haven't been able to kill my problem due to it's
> > intermitance...whenever I get in to try and fix it, the problem has gone
> > away.  So at this point things work fine through no effort on my part.
> >
> > Derek P
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:04:31 -0500
> > From: michael <mdearing at mhtc.net>
> > Subject: Re: Euro Headlights
> > To: 200q20v at audifans.com
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> > Glad to see you are on the Euro headlight topic.
> >
> > I installed the turbo lights on my 91 200 20v two years ago, along with
> > a direct to battery relay kit, all from 2Bennett. Great pattern, lots
> > of light. I live in the country and the brights save me from deer.
> > There are two problems that arose after installation, (1) bulb out
> > warning on the telltale and (2) lights will not come off bright without
> > turning the lights completely off.
> > (1) I cured by bending the pin on the light relay per a suggestion
> > somewhere on this list.
> > (2) I have not figured out yet. I know of one other 91 200 20v owner on
> > the list who had this problem but has sold his car.
> >
> > Has anyone figured out how to cure this? Going in the dark, even for a
> > couple of seconds, on a country road is too exciting and completely
> > unacceptable to passengers.
> > - michael
> >
> >
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