Do I Really Want One?

[Matt Suffern]

Does anyone have the overseas hookup?  I used to own a Volvo 940T, and
there were a couple of enthusiasts on the other side of the pond that
would strip junked European Volvos of their e-code headlights and ship
them over here at a fraction of the cost of a new factory set.

Do we have an "outpost" over there?

And how bad are the Chinese knock-offs?


On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:
> Matt Suffern wrote:
>>
>> What makes the Euro headlights so expensive to add now?  Did they used
>> to be cheaper?
>
> They were originally about $350 each. Add to that about $150 for a
> third-party relayed harness (if you don't do it yourself), and you
> were looking at $850 without labor. I think Audi dropped the price,
> but that may have been awhile ago and maybe they are now NLA. You
> can find Chinese knock-offs for cheap. (China still builds a version
> of the Type 44).
>
> It'd be worth asking the seller for more info -- when was the timing
> belt done, does it have the original UFO brakes, is it chipped, etc.
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> 1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
> gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"
>
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