Euro H1/H4 installation (CGT)

[Eric Sanborn]

Jonathan Monetti wrote:

>I bought a set of H1/H4's, and they've been in the attic for a while.
>Brought them down, and with the front end of my car mostly disassembled,
>realized what most of you probably already know...they don't "just fit."
>Silly me.
>

My H1/H4 set came with some damaged brakets also.  Mine are installed 
quite securrly without spending a dime.  Now I had two golf wiring 
harnesses that got me all the 40 amp relays I would need (1 for each 
filment).  As far as the bracket goes I am going to make the leap of 
faith here that our cars are identical.

The top of the US headlights are secured with just screws. The bottom is 
supported by an intermediate bracket that then bolts to the body.  This 
bracket has two bolts holding it to the body and supports the lower two 
bolting points for the lights. With a hack saw, some bending, and a 
right angle grinder (dremel would work great too) I modified this lower 
bracket to fit the euro light assembly.  One of my tabs was torn out so 
I used washers to help secure.  The outboard upper bolt should line up 
perfectly.  My headlights are supported by the bottom two bolts and the 
one upper.  They are rock solid.  Of course my turbo's BPV is right 
behind the passenger unit and the A/C - radiator stuff is on the other 
side so changing bulbs pretty much requires pulling the assemblies.  I 
guess you have to make some sacrifices.

You will probably want to add marker light capability elsewhere since 
the factory units will no longer fit.  I modified my bulb holder on the 
turn signals and wired these in with dual filiment bulbs.  Some day if I 
get around to it I will add side markers too, but it is a ways down the 
list.

Sadly I didn't take any pictures of my installation.  If you look close 
you will notice that the spacing of the lower mounting bolts are close 
enough from US to Euro that you can just bend the bracket to make it 
work.  Then just trim them down a little so they fit.

-- 
Eric Sanborn
'85 4ktq

http://sofadog.net/4ktq/