Crimp vs. Solder & wire coloring?

[David]

I was told by a reliable source that after you drill the hold, a little acetone or paint thinner wil,l take the silver paint right off the inside of the red reflector. But I am not sure how to make a silver reflector for the back side. I have a second center peice to play with. Maybe cut the whole section oout what woudl end up being the housing for the fog, then pint  it with that chrome/silver paint then glue it back together? or would I just be better off begging one of my fellow q-listers in Europe to send me a used center section (in return for an appropriate amount of $$, of course)?

Dave
87.5 CGT
SE Virginia
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From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
Date: 2003/12/03 Wed PM 02:30:49 EST
To: David <duandcc_forums at cox.net>
CC: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Crimp vs. Solder & wire coloring?



> I will also be trying to
> retrofit a rear fog into the CGT. I have an rear fog switch from
> Europe just waiting. There is a plug that has nothing attached to it
> in the trunklid, 2 wires. It's right near the spot where a rear fog
> would have been on the center panel. Is that the fog wiring? Is the
> other end somewhere in my dash ready to be plugged into a switch
> (could I be that lucky?)?  I assume I jsut need to cut a hole in the
> center panel for the bulb holder...right?

I don't know how far that wiring goes, it certainly is a teaser to see 
the connector just hanging there, though.

The trouble is the reflector bar itself.  I "opened up" a spare/junk one 
once to see how this would work, and as I recall, the inside of the red 
plastic is painted silver and the inside of the "reflector" for the fog 
light is not silvered.  On a US reflector bar, that is.  In other words, 
cutting a hole for the bulb is the least of your worries, you'd have to 
remove that silver paint and also figure out a way to create a reflector 
behind the bulb.

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

http://www.humanthoughts.org/

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