[s-cars] Toward an OEM HID upgrade for S6's

[Daniel Hussey]

Every HID kit I've seen is a breeze to wire up so I can't imagine why the
OEM HID's would be so difficult????

Or, am I second guessing Audi engineers talent of making the simple
absurdly, and unncessarily complex again?

Later,
Dan
'94 S4 (Black/ecru)... For Sale
'95 S6 Avant (Europa blue/ecru)
Seattle, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
To: "'Jan Nielsen'" <audis8 at online.no>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 10:44 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Toward an OEM HID upgrade for S6's


> Jan-
> Please find out, if you can, the part number and vendor for the
> replacement bulbs- this was not the case previously, maybe some
> ingenious vendor figured out a niche market for this.
>
> Still an extremely expensive solution for Xenon HID lamps- far
> more than a conversion, even w/ Euro lamps.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Nielsen [mailto:audis8 at online.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 7:48 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com; TM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Toward an OEM HID upgrade for S6's
>
>
> This is not right, a very good friend of mine has a 95.5 S6 4.2 with
> HID's and one of his bulbs died, he found someone in germany i think
> that delivered bulbes for these lamps. he bought 2 just in case and
> changed one of them, worked like a charm.
>
> Jan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
> To: "'jeff posto'" <jpostup at yahoo.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Cc: <jeff.postupack at analog.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 3:51 AM
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Toward an OEM HID upgrade for S6's
>
>
> > Jeff-
> > As has been mentioned previously, the OEM HID lamps for the UrS6 are
> > not repairable- if the bulbs burn out, they cannot be replaced, repair
>
> > necessitates complete replacement of the entire assembly.
> >
> > Due to this major fault, I believe most people are seeking other
> > alternatives, such as Igor and Bob's C5 A6 solution.
> >
> > Taka
> >
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