[s-cars] euro tail light mods for US spec cars?

[Tony]

Marc,

I did this mod with my sedan and it was a straight swap. No phaffing around
to make it fit. The only mod I did was to disconnect the 5W connector in the
bulb holder as we here in Canada have to have DRLs which Audi implemented by
turning all the lights on all the time. So the 5W ambers was on all the
time.

Are you sure you have avant lenses which may be different than sedan ones?

By the way, the lenses I have are from a 95-97 A6 which are red but flash
amber which are different to the earlier versions which had amber lense for
the turning signal.

Tony
96 S6

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Swanson" <mswanson at sonitrol.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:32 AM
Subject: [s-cars] euro tail light mods for US spec cars?


> I recall a little while back overhearing at an S-head gathering mods
> that need to be made to the euro tail light assembly to work with US
> cars...
>
> I just installed a set on my car last night and I see two issues..:
> 1: the trunk release binds on the top of the light bar
> 2: the plate doesn't quite fit.. this I'll fix by simply cutting a small
> notch in the plastic near the top of the assembly, behind the reflector
> area.
>
> What have you guys done to the lights/trunk release handle to make
> things work without binding?
>
> Oh, and BTW, those 4 nuts on the far outside edges of the trunk lid come
> off relatively easily, but getting the threads started on assembly
> SUCKED.  I think I've probably got a few extra bits of hardware resting
> inside the trunk lid now...
>
> Thanks!
> --
> -Marc Swanson-
> 95.5 //S6 Avant
> 87 4ktq
> 88 90q
> www.mswanson.com/audi
>
>
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