eurolite lens comedy, and city light sockets

[Lawrence C Leung]

THe city light sockets for my GTi are definitely bayonette type. AFAIR
they seal simply with the plastic of the plug. Haven't had these out in
so long, I don't remember for sure. 

LL - NY

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 12:54:42 -0700 "Ken Keith" <auditude at neta.com>
writes:
>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, 
>
>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.
>