S6 headlamps

[Carl Cobb]

Lee, where does one acquire the euro lamps for a S6?  We just drove home
four hours through the pouring rain in the redwood forests; these lamps are
awful.  Of course, our standard is a 99 E320 that we dumped in favour of the
S6 so the bar is high!

Also, any suggestions for suspension upgrade?  The stock dampers seem a bit
underdamped for my taste; car only has 56k on it so the stock dampers are
probably just lightly damped in the interest of american ride tastes (or
perceived tastes...).   At any rate the question really is:

a)  just install bilstein standard dampers;
b)  bilstein sports with aftermarket lower/stiffer springs.

Any comment on which way to to?

Regards,

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee M. Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 3:59 AM
Subject: RE: S6 headlamps


> Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> writes:
> >
> > Lee Levitt wrote:
> > > Then next weekend, the euro lamps go in (a '95.5 S6 avant),
> > > assuming they arrive by Friday....
> >
> > Oh, no. You mean if I upgrade to an S6, I have to replace
> > the headlamps with Euros?  I had to do that on my '89 200 TQ.
> > What year did Audi finally put decent headlights in US cars?
> >
>
> The headlamps on the mid-90s S6 and A6 are not *bad*. They're not
> particularly good...but they're not bad. They have a moderate amount of
> light, a reasonably sharp cutoff and fair light control. They're about a
> hundred times better than the DOT lamps on your 200, which isn't saying
that
> much :)
>
> In other words, you don't *have* to upgrade the lamps, but it will be one
of
> the items on your list...
>
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant
>