Euro's installed, on to the fog lights

[jason510 at att.net]

I managed to fit a pair of rectangle Hella 550 driving lights into the bumber of my '87 4000Q

The dummy reflector lens location does not work as the bumper mounting brackets are directly behind it. I mounted the hella 550 in place of the bumper turn signals. Had to relocate the the turn signal function to the corner marker light locations. Used a jigsaw to trim and enlarge the hole in the the aluminum bumper to make room for the Hellas. Had to take the plastic housing off of the Hellas and mount just the glass/metal body assembly of the lens, bent the mounting tabs to bolt the lights on, aiming done with shims. The install was fairly difficult and has a few drawbacks (lights would be vunerable to damage if you hit anything with your bumper) but the install looks very slick and integrates well with the existing bumper. The improvement in lighting was phenominal comparred to the lighting provided by the stock DOT lenses, very bright even with just 55W H3 bulbs and there is always the option to go up to 100W H3 bulbs. 

http://www.performanceproducts.com/ProductPage.aspx?productname=Hella+550+Driving+Lights&productid=103218&producttype=10&referer=1469



-Jason Gray

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:26:20 -0800 (PST)
From: ti at amb.org (Ti Kan)
Subject: Re: Euro's installed, on to the fog lights
To: tfh400036 at yahoo.com (Tony Hoffman)
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
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Tony Hoffman writes:
> So, I got the Euro's installed today. I also have the fog lights from
> the European 90 (4000) and markers. Anyhow, the question is, has anyone
> installed these on their US spec car? I'd like to put them in, but fear
> the bumper brackets for the US cars are the major concern. Any advice
> would be greatly appreciated.

There isn't enough room behind the dummy lens on the US bumpers
to fit a real fog light.

-Ti
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