Euro Headlight bulbs

[Henry A Harper III]

> One of the bulbs in my Euro headlights has lost its low beam. I
> checked the
> wires and fuses and all is otherwise well. Before I go to the trouble of
> getting into the driver side headlamp I would like to upgrade the bulb
> wattage in both.  Does anyone have a source/recommendation for a higher
> wattage longer-lasting bulb for '91 200 20V Euro headlamps ??

It's my understanding that you can have higher wattage OR longer life, but
not both. I've used normal-wattage Sylvania/Osram H4s in two cars with
eurolights for over ten years and have had only one failure to date. That
seems pretty good to me.

Henry
1991 200 quattro, 123k?, pump->rack hose & bomb in, not quite enough tools
for distributor
1988 GTI 16v, 258k