Euro H1/H4 installation (CGT)

[Jonathan Monetti]

I pulled my mounting brackets and thought they looked much too short
(width-wise) to meet both lower tabs on the euro's...but I'll lay off the
beers and take another, better look tomorrow.  Maybe Dr. Dremel is up to the
task.

Also good to know that yours are secure with just 3 mounts.  I was pretty
bummed about that lost tab.  I may yet try to rig something there, just
because I'm a nervous nellie.

For markers, I'm wondering if I might wire the city lights for this purpose,
and use yellow bulbs...but that might be a poor compromise due to their
position.  I'm told that a certain year Passat bulb socket that allows for
dual filament is a good drop in for the turn signal mod you mentioned.

Thanks
Jon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Sanborn [mailto:eric_audi.ql at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 9:05 PM
> To: Jonathan Monetti
> Cc: Quattro at Audifans. Com
> Subject: Re: Euro H1/H4 installation (CGT)
>
>
> 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/
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