Series 200 to Series 100 Headlamp conversion

[Tom Nas]

"mark schofield" <200quattro at lineone.net> wrote:

>Both the headlamps on my 200 are shot and neither of the alternatives of
>paying VAG stupid money for new ones or a tiresome and lengthy trawl
>around the breakers are attractive (the 200 was a pretty rare beast in
>the UK). On the other hand, 100 Series cars are pretty common. Has
>anyone out there BTDT with regard to doing a headlamp swap, Audi 200 to
>Audi 100? By the way, the car is really too far gone to be considered
>worth preserving for posterity so maintaining the original appearance is
>not that important to me. It'll probably be looking a sight worse soon
>if I don't do something with the existing lights!

It will look very weird, and if it's just the lenses which are sandblasted
on your car I would replace these, or even just the reflectors.
However, a headlight swap is doable (just swap grill, headlights and front
indicators). It would include a little rewiring as the 200 has main beam on
a different connector for the H3s, whereas the 100 has single-bulb H4
lights. The 100 lights are OK, not as good as the 200 lights but probably
better than yours are now...

Good luck!

Regards, Tom