[s-cars] Re: USA vs Euro Headlights for HID Application

[Igor Kessel]

Mtgadbois at aol.com wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> Have a question or two for all you lighting experts.  I have an 95.5 S6 with
> the standard USA lights.  It appears that the upgrade path I see from the
> postings is to go to euro lights (H1s) and then to add HIDs.  How about just
> adding HIDs to USA lights.  The cutoff on my driver's side headlight appears
> to be rather dramatic.  Are euro light reflectors that much better?  Can't I
> just adjust mine to be reasonably close to those? Heat shouldn't be a factor;
> don't HIDs run cooler than H1s?  I recall when I put H1s on my old 911 they
> ran so hot I was able to cook the bugs before they hit the glass.  Help?
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> Thanks all
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> Mark Gadbois
> Bone stock 95.5 S6 Sedan

You can do that. Just don't forget to replace the DOT lenses with the
horrible fluting with the Euro ones with the Assymmetric European Beam
fluting.

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Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros