round lights?- HID lites

[Schaible, David]

Setup used factory lamp housings, my lamps in the vw were 9004 halogens I think, the hid bulb came with some adaptor to make it plug in the lamp housing just like changing a bulb.  I believe the vw setup to be very similar to factory 20v headlamps where the bulbs were reasonable wattage but the reflector setup just sucked. I don't remember what the factory 20v bulbs were, but my 9004 upgrade was awesome and I don't think the bulbs project more than a few mm more off the back of the headlamps than the original if it's tight in there, I remember the euro lites were a lot bigger and required moving the jumper post.

I got them from HID country in florida off the web, they have like every bulb option, listed below is what I got, once again I can't say enough of how much better these are.  I went with the 4300 degree color which is closest to most factory hid setups, the higher temps are really purple in spectrum.  I am now considering getting the low temp bulb setup to install in some cheap ass foglamp housings because the yellow lites reflect so much less off water and water vapor. My vw had the expensive piaa fogs that got totally trashed being low to the ground, the lens got trashed as well as broken housing.   I have the yellow hella foglamps on my 20v avant and they are ok but I have had several meltdowns on the relay and attached wiring. The hid setups are 3x as bright at 0.5x the wattage and they are cheap also.....and supposedly the hid bulbs last several times longer than halogen but I cant attest to that yet......and if you ever want to switch back to a factory bulb it's a simple 5 minute bulb replacement

Hope this helps, it may be a great option to euro lites and replacement euro lens if they are NLA.



Digital Slim HID Kit (Price Ea: $147.87) x Qty: 1 
Model: 9004Bi-Xenon_4300K Factory 
Bulb Size:9004 BiXenon Heat Color:4300K Factory







David Schaible
JRS Pharma LP
2981 Rt. 22
Patterson, NY 12563
845.878.8343




-----Original Message-----
From: feelstranger [mailto:feelstranger at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:08 PM
To: Schaible, David; 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: Re: round lights?

David, was this a set up that used the factory lens, or was it an 
independent projector lamp of some sort?


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From: "Schaible, David" <David.Schaible at jrspharma.com>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 12:23 PM
To: "feelstranger" <feelstranger at hotmail.com>; <200q20v at audifans.com>
Subject: RE: round lights?

> For what it's worth, a very viable option may be to upgrade the stock 
> lites to HID,  I recently did the upgrade to my 98 jetta TDI which rivaled 
> the 200s for worst lites in history.  I installed a package for $150 which 
> included digital slim ballasts, wiring harness, & bulbs. Super easy 
> install, plug and play for that setup. The difference is literally nite 
> and day.  Best $150 I ever spent on an auto.  The only weird thing is that 
> for the brites the setup is an electromagnet that changes the angle of the 
> bulb, there is no other bulb, or filament, same lumens etc but just angled 
> higher down the road, so the total draw is like 35w per lite regardless. 
> Very very very happy customer.
>
>
>
> David Schaible
> JRS Pharma LP
> 2981 Rt. 22
> Patterson, NY 12563
> 845.878.8343
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com] 
> On Behalf Of feelstranger
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 11:03 AM
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: round lights?
>
> Folks,
> Just exploring an wild-hair idea I've been thinking about...
> anyone here ever tried, or heard of anyone trying to fit a quad round 
> light set up to a 20V?
> Round e-code lights are easy to source and cheap.
> I suppose all that is needed are headlight buckets that would be mountable 
> since most of my fancy trim is in tatters anyway.
> I just realized that the turn signals could be a problem.
> Just curious if there is any experience out there.
>
> Nat
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