Ultrawhite Headlights
santoli9 at cox.net
santoli9 at cox.net
Sun Jun 6 09:48:12 EDT 2004
> the intensity of my bulbs are pathetic.
Two words: Relays & Eurolights.
If you relay your lights, you eliminate the voltage drop caused by all power going through the switch contacts, and small gauge wire. I bought my harness at www.suvlights.com . It was pretty much plug and play, and I am very happy with the quality and fit. Blau also sells harnesses (expensive), and Daniel Stern sells a kit that allows you to build your own with his high quality hardware, and your wire. One issue with relaying is the autocheck feature. It will cause you to have a continuous bulb out warning. There are a few ways around it. One is to jumper it out completely (you can see when a headlight is out anyway). This is the easiest. But, Im not sure about 95, but on my 96 that autocheck module also gives warning if a running light is out, which the driver would not otherwise see. A better way is to jumper together the two shunts for the headlights in the warning module, thus eliminating only the headlight warning. A third way is to individually relay each side so that both sides see current, thus no warning. A third way is to buy a modified module from Blau (expensive).
http://www.audipartsworld.com/parts%20dept/bodyelectrical/c2/c2b/c2b2/c2b2b/euro_wiring_harness.htm A fourth way is to run the actual light current back through the module. But this approach is counterproductive in terms of eliminating voltage drops.
Adding Eurolights will dramatically improve your visibility by improving the light pattern, and allowing you to use H4 bulbs. Then you can get Osram Silverstars (NOT Silvania Silverstars). See the bottom of this page: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/blue/good/good.html
Euros can be pricey. But theyre well worth it IMHO. You might find a set used. Some listers have bought theirs from German e-bay at, I gather, considerable savings.
Oh; Also you should read this: http://www.20v.org/light.htm
And search the audifans archives. There are many, many, many, many, many threads on lighting.
HTH
Steve
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