[s-cars] Time to revisit headlights?

[Tony Curran]

I think it's because DOT requires it. I have German lenses on my car.

Tony
96 S6

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of LL - NY
Sent: October 7, 2005 3:48 PM
To: lee at wheelman.com
Cc: Bill Mahoney; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Time to revisit headlights?


Projectors project a focused beam, like a slide or movie projector. Fluting
is designed to refract or bend that beam (which is sem-focused from the
reflector of a regular lamp), which means the fluting in the W124 is going
to cause a problem with the projector beam. I haven't even figured out
why there is ANY fluting on our C4 projector cars, the beam should
be designed to miss it anyway.
 LL - NY

 On 10/7/05, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
>
> Bill writes:
> >
> > Since I already have a half dozen mods RossatOized, I thought
> > it time to start another to improve lighting.
> >
> > I am currently running the HIR bulbs and I have ordered the
> > hella euro glass from ecs for $130. I think cleaning and
> > upgrading the lense should help immensely, but ultimately
> > think xenons the way to go. Prices appear to have come down
> > quite a bit on HID's.
> >
> > I "believe" that a TT projector will / may / could fit in the
> > housing? Has anyone done this? Would just a xenon bulb work
> > in the stock projectors
> > without melting? Bi-xenons would be the ultimate, but I
> > think this would
> > require too much retrofitting?
> >
> > What are the issues I am over looking here?
> >
>
> I'd like to hear more about this too...I'm picking up an old 300
> turbodiesel
> and will be installing ecode headlamps. I'd like to upgrade to HID, and am
> concerned about the issues:
>
> - physical mounting of the projectors
> - wiring (should not be too bad)
> - proper positioning of the projector versus the lens/reflector
> - light output control - does the fluting on the lens modify the beam
> pattern
> - high beam (I'm replacing an H4 bulb, and there is no separate high beam
> on
> this car...this may be the dealbreaker right here!)
>
> There's a lot of chatter on the Internet about light output control and
> light leaking around the HID projector...
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Lee
>
>
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