eurolite lens comedy, and city light sockets

[Ken Keith]

Well, I finally swapped out the lens to my H4/H1 eurolight for my 
4kstq project.  It was pretty easy, after I figured out how to undo 
the clips.  You're supposed to put a flat screwdriver in the oval hole, 
and pry them back away from the glass.  Apparently installation 
consists of hooking the clip behind the housing, and pressing down 
and forward towards the glass (while pressing the glass lens 
against the housing, compressing the gasket), until it snap into 
place.  The first one was scary, not knowing if I should let the clip 
snap against the glass like that.

But anyways, the comedy in the subject line comes from what I 
found once I pulled the original lens off.  Some may remember me 
posting some pics of a bubble in the passenger side lens.  I bought 
these lights from Blau, and was getting a replacement lens from 
them.

After I had the lens off, and actually had the new lens on already, I 
touched my finger on the bubble to see if it was raised on the 
inside.

I couldn't believe it when the bubble turned out to be a flake of 
reflective material that was sitting on the lens!  It was an 
oval/bubble shaped piece of "silvering" or whatever it's called, which 
must've been stuck to the glass via static.  There were one or two 
other small pieces in there as well.

If I had known this kind of thing could happen, I certainly would 
have checked for it.  I think if I would have simply blown into the 
back of the headlight with my breath, it probably would have come 
off.

I called Jim at Blau (Jim Blau?), and told him what was up and 
arranged to return one of the lenses.

The other thing I wanted pass along is that they gave me some 
bulb holders for the city lights.  These bulb holders are not the 
correct ones for the eurolights, although they will probably work.  
These are a press fit into the hole, but the hole is designed for 
holders that lock into place with a turn.  I discussed this with him, 
and basically told him it was cool.  I'm glad they made an effort.  I 
did think the Audi-style part number on the little baggies was 
misleading, since they are not actually Audi parts as far as I can 
tell.  There are no Audi/VW style p/n's molded onto the actual 
socket, nor do they really look to be of the same style or quality I 
would expect if they were factory.

The only real "problem" I have with the sockets provided is that 
they do not seal like they might if they were original.  The just sit in 
the holes with a press fit, and the holes are not round.  So, there 
are some gaps around the socket that could allow junk or moisture 
into the assembly.

The plastic that the housing is made out of is actually pretty easily 
scratched.  Pushing the replacement sockets into the holes results 
in distorting the plastic a bit.  I opted to just put the plugs back in 
that they came with, and not worry about it for now.  The eurolites 
and car is not on the road anyways.

Later,

Ken
'88 5kcstq
'85 4ksq t project
'87 5kt t donor
'94 SL2 spare