[Biturbos4] So, those Depo replacement headlights are really good!

[Andrew Lundy]

It's pretty easy to fix the lenses when they start to yellow. You just wet
sand them and then polish them out. You can use a headlight polishing kit
(I've used the Meguiars kit in the past, but I'm sure they all work well).
To get the best results the key is to wet sand first. There are a lot of
tutorials out there, I used one from the allroad forum on QW. Figure about
an hour a lens.

After you get the headlights looking like new, go to a tint shop and have
them apply a clear bra over the lenses. This keeps them from yellow out
again. Most people don't do this step, and this is really the trick. If in
a few years the clear bra yellows or gets beat up, you just pull it off and
apply a new bra.

I did one of my cars like this 2 years ago and the lenses still look brand
new. It was the third time I did them, and I finally got smart and did the
clear bra...that made all the difference!! Good luck!

Andrew

On Sep 25, 2016 7:43 AM, "wilson" <wnorthrup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Ti.
>
> You mentioned earlier that a reason you are interacted is the potentials
> for the lenses to yellow/cloud from sun damage.
>
> Has anyone looked into UV protection to limit this?  If I could keep my
> e-codes running longer, without replacing,  that would be ideal.
>
> On Sunday, September 25, 2016, Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 08:41:02AM -0500, Joel Liggins wrote:
> > > D2S plug and play E-codes
> > >
> > > http://m.ebay.com/itm/Plug-Play-DEPO-1999-2001-AUDI-A4-
> > B5-XENON-HID-CHROME-ECODE-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHT-/121968597048?nav=SEARCH
> >
> > FYI.
> >
> > I sent a question to the seller "fishcake321" about this one,
> > specifically about whether it uses D2S bulbs and whether the factory
> > ballast can be mounted on it.  Also I asked if the factory self-leveling
> > feature is retained.  Here's his answer:
> >
> > ------- X quote X--------
> > 1.  Item #121968597048 comes with H7 housing since it's ecode headlight,
> > not D2S, so you can not use your factory xenon bulbs nor ballasts,
> > however, the unit does come with new xenon H7 HID bulbs AND ballasts.
> > The connection part is still plug and play to your main connector.
> >
> > 2.  As mentioned in the item description, minor trimming on the stock
> > factory socket is needed to fit to the new ecode headlight, but no need
> > to buy new parts.
> >
> > 3.  Ecode headlight has extra city light feature located in the inner
> > high beam housing.
> >
> > 4.  You can transfer your stock auto-leveling motor to the new headlight
> > to continue using it.
> > ------- X quote X--------
> >
> > I was looking for an equivalent of the Valeo Euro HID housing, which
> > uses D2S bulbs and has lets you mount the factory ballast on it.
> > It also supports auto-leveing (no modification necessary), has
> > city light, and clear side markers.  The Euro low beam uptilt on
> > the right side is more aggressive than the U.S. version.
> >
> > It doesn't appear that Depo makes such a thing...
> >
> > -Ti
> >
> >
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