5k/100 euro lights into 5kcstq/200

Wallace White wallace at stanfordalumni.org
Sun Aug 12 21:54:36 EDT 2001


Mike -

> When you see the difference at night, you won't care about the change in
> appearance!

It's dark now and I'm about to go see! My old lights weren't that bad,
or so I've been thinking.

> I'm not sure which year you have, but I'd do a trial install
> and check again.  On my 86, the tolerances were close, especially the rear
> cover for the housing against intercooler and intake hoses, but they worked
> with no cutting

I ended up cutting off the head of the adjuster. You can turn it easily
enough just on the shaft. The adjuster head interfered with the large
intercooler pipe, no matter how I tried to rearrange it.

> Yes, you can find a small door gaurd type of overlay if you want, but if
> your car is square, it'll be the same gap found (but hardely ever noticed)
> as on the non T Cars.  

Hmm, I'll have to check a normally aspirated car then. Seems like a big
gap to me.

> You will need to get new 9004 to H4 connectors.  I
> ran a Comp LTD harness and 9004 pigtails right off the jumper post under the
> hood.  With 80/100 H4's the difference, as they say, is night and day.  The
> $'s saved over the turbo euro's also get you over that strange front end!
> Keeps people guessing as to your cars powerplant too!

Luckily the junkyard donor had all the connectors already--but no
relays. I'll add them another day (yes, that means redoing some of it).

I still have to figure out how to remount the chrome plastic trim that
goes above the bumper. I have my old one and the one from the donor car,
and neither seems to line up.

- Wallace
  '87 5kcstq 167k



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