[s-cars] re. Euro Lights?

[Stott Hare]

My W.A.G. explaining the different shape of the Euro vs DOT spec high 
beam reflector portion is this: the reflector is shaped to 
match/maximize the light output given the filament position/orientation, 
since the DOT utilizes a 9006 High beam, the euro an H1 bulb, unless the 
filament locations/dimensions are identical between the two style bulbs, 
the reflector shapes would have changed to match.

Stott Hare
95 S6A
DOT headlamps with HID low beam bulbs.  Euro lenses and HIR to be added 
soon.

pkrasusky at ups.com wrote:

>Dave, Sean, Brian, and others euro lit:
>
><<<Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:42:00 -0500
>From: djdawson2 at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] re. Euro Lights?
>
>
>Sean,
>True, that may be the case, WRT the projector.  I have never taken more
>than a cursory look at those.  So I may be missing something.  However,
>I think the beam patter is more controlled by the lens... the cutoff and
>such.>>>
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>
>Ladies-
>
>FWIW, I've got Krazy Keith Maddock's Chernobyl'd Euro unit aside my DOT
>halogen projector in my garage, from when I lobotomized mine for HID
>(Super K - I donated the lens to Dave Ellis here last week 8-). Karma
>baby!).  The reflector on the Euro is more bulbous, the DOT slightly
>more conical (less round toward the back).  That, the different lens,
>the inclusion of a city light bulb, and the adjustable Euro vs. DOT
>cutoff selector are the differences.
>
>What effect the Euro's bulbous reflector has on light output I don't
>know / care, just my useless tidbit there for ya's to chew on.  I'm sure
>its that way for a reason tho and likely improves things.
>
>And I put antiseize on them.  And I didn't put antiseize on them.
>_Thud_Neighhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
>
>-Paul stirring the pot for gits and shiggles K.
>
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