[s-cars] Can Allroad headlight components fit UrS4 housings?

[Lee Levitt]

Chris,

Sorry, I left out an "A6". All year allroad and pre 2002 A6 projectors are
the same 60 mm units. The 2002 and later A6 projectors are 90 mm units and
will not fit.

So the allroad projectors and the early C5 A6 projectors are identical.
Others on the list have been able to mount them in C4 headlamps, whether
they were S4 or S6 I don't know...and this may be relevant.

The TT projectors are smaller and are easier fits. The A6 (and allroad)
projectors are larger and throw more light, but are more difficult to fit.

Tab repair kits are available from Audi, but since you're getting these
free, go for it...and by the way, the allroad (and A6) electrics are easier
to use than the TT electrics. The allroad/A6 electrics are all enclosed in a
single weathertight box, while the TT electrics span two boxes that are more
difficult to move over to the C4...functionally they're identical.

Lee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris chambers [mailto:fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:28 PM
> To: lee at wheelman.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Can Allroad headlight components fit 
> UrS4 housings?
> 
> Lee,
> 
> I'm a bit confused with your reply. Are you saying that you 
> don't know if the allroad headlamp's components can be made to fit my
> UrS4 headlight housings, but either way don't tear em apart 
> because they are much more valuable than other parts that do fit?
> 
> The Allroad headlights aren't costing me anything, I acquired 
> them because the mounting tabs on the headlights are broken.
> 
> Why would you suggest A6 headlamps instead of TT ones?
> 
> Thanks
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> --- Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
> 
> > Chris,
> > 
> > Don't take the allroad headlamps apart...for your purposes they're 
> > identical to a 2001 and earlier headlamp, but are much more 
> valuable 
> > on the open market due to their slightly more powerful high 
> beam and 
> > different esthetics (gray rather than silver innards). Sell them on 
> > ebay and buy a set of A6 lamps (pre 2002).
> > 
> > With regard to fitting...um, maybe. My mechanic had a lot of fun 
> > fitting a pair of TT projectors into my C4 A6 ecode lamps. 
> Turns out 
> > most of the discussion on this list is related to S4 lamps, 
> which are 
> > somewhat different internally.
> > 
> > I'm accumulating ecode parts now, have one TT ecode 
> projector, looking 
> > for a couple more. I may also have pre2002 ecode A6 projectors and 
> > might try to update one of my C4 cars with those...the A6 
> projector is 
> > larger than the TT and throws substantially more light. That having 
> > been said, the TT projector upgrade is pretty significant 
> over stock 
> > ecode lamps...
> > 
> > Oh, and I think, but have not confirmed, that the xenon lens is a 
> > necessary addition to the upgrade. The ecode lens has some fluting 
> > directly in front of the projector, while the xenon lens 
> does not...I 
> > think the fluting diminishes the performance of the projector and 
> > splays the light some...the cutoff isn't as sharp as I would have 
> > expected.
> > 
> > Lee
> > '99 A6 quattro avant (ecode allroad xenons)
> > '97 A6 quattro avant (tt xenons)
> > '96 A6 quattro avant (tt xenons)
> > 
> > On Tue Mar 27 19:48:37 PDT 2007, chris chambers 
> > <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I am acquiring a set of complete headlights from a 02 
> Allroad and I 
> > > find myself wondering if the lights/electronics could be used 
> > > instead of the TT components and be fitted inside UrS4 headlight 
> > > housings.
> > > 
> > > I don't have TT headlight components to compare, and 
> unless I hear 
> > > otherwise I'll be tearing into the housings to see how sizes 
> > > compare.
> > > 
> > > Any thoughts?
> > > 
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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