My headlights suck! What can I do?

[Jonathan Farrugia]

Tyson

let me suggest that the wiring from the power source and ground source to
the lights might be to blame. from what i have seen on vw's, not that
familiar with audi's yet to comment, the wiring connections and possibly
the wire can come to have a higher resistance over time from corrosion or
over heating of the wire/terminals.  here is a simple test, make yourself
a set of test leads consisting of some two pair wire and a fuseable link or
inline fuse and some of the appropriate terminals.  disconnect one of
your headlights and patch it in with this set up at night and compare
the output with the other one.  if its brighter you know you have a
wiring/connection issue to resolve.  fairly cheap but labor intensive some
times to fix right.

jonathan

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Tyson Varosyan wrote:

> I got an 86 4kcsq with US headlights! These lights plain out SUCK! I have
> been looking for euro H1/H4 lights for some time now on eBay but have not
> been able to find them. Any other places I should look? Is there anything
> that can be done to my stock lights to get them to actually brighten the
> road in front of me? My aftermarket fog lights make more useful light output
> than the stock headlights.
>
> And yes, I have already aligned them. Point them up and you don't see
> anything as the beam doesn't go far. Point em down and you can see maybe 20
> yards in front, beyond that, its and unknown void of space!
>
> Tyson Varosyan
> Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC.
> tyson at up-times.com
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