[s-cars] Keeping DRLs with a McCullough HID kit via the fogs? Is it possible?

[Sean Douglas]

Quoting Igor Kessel <KBATPO at comcast.net>:

 
> Mmmm Dave, I still stubbornly stand by the opinion that actually my Euro 
> tail lenses (look red/blink orange) are brighter and are more distinct 
> (read: safer) than the all-red DOT ones found in the American UrS cars. ;-)

Dave: We've had this "discussion" before and I have to agree with Igor, the 
flashing amber is much more distinctive than red, too bad ours didn't come 
with the side, fender mounted indicator or the more fashionable mirror 
mounted. Hmm, I wonder how hard this would be :-)

> With all due respect to both Sean and yourself I would politely 
> disagree. As I was doing my home work and assessing various options I 
> myself had looked into the OEM HIDs off a '97 Euro S6+. I promptly 
> scrapped the idea due to the two compelling reasons:
> a) @ ~$2k/ea. it was an outrageously expensive proposition at the time.
> b) as you have rightfully pointed out, the idea of a replacement 
> bulb/ballast assy as a whole does not rub me the right way as an engineer.

Yes, >$2k is very expensive, but I paid less than half that on ebay.de. I'm 
crossing my fingers that a bulb doesn't go kaput.

> 
> Bingo! The TT projector assy off a Euro TT (or its twin bro: the BMW 
> 740i) is w/o a doubt the best way to go. I have the 740i ones in my own 
> car, bought off ebay.de and brought over here by a friend of a friend at 
> my request. I ended up with the proper OEM European HID headlights and 
> the whole conversion cost me prolly less than the cheapest hack kit out 
> there.
>

Yes, the e-code projector is a very good solution, either from a TT or C5 A6. 
The projector from the C5 is bigger and takes a little more work for it to 
fit. I think either Tom M or Mark S did the C5 retrofit. There is nothing like 
the sharpness and cut-off of the e-code beam pattern.

Cheers,

Sean Douglas