[s-cars] re. Euro Lights?

[Bill Mahoney]

Brian illuminated~
>The nice flat beam and 45 degree angle on the right
>side of the road that's present on the Euros is
>non-existent on the DOT's, just blurry light. There IS
>marked difference, I know because I too thought I
>could get by cheap when I got my avant. I bought new
>Euro lenses and HID's and installed on the DOT's.
>Bright light yes, nice flat cutoff no.

B man
I believe the 45o cutoff is a function of the mask on the projector.  This
must be how euro lights are made.
Having lobotomized my DOT's for the ecode + Chinese HID upgrade recently, I
dremel'd the mask on each light 15 degrees so that instead of the light
being cut off evenly half way up, I gained 15o extra light, up and to the
right.  This is small but much appreciated when looking for street signs and
animals at night.  If I had to do it over, instead of a straight cut 15o, I
would make a few notches ala 'Jaws" for a mean looking light show on the
rear of SUV's at traffic lights.
This is a very worthwhile and no cost mod IME.
Cheer's
Bill~very bright right~M