[s-cars] Can you say "procrastinate"?

[Robert Myers]

Lee,  You are making an assumption that I upgraded to HID projectors.  The 
upgrade was just to install HID capsules into the standard projectors not 
to go on to the preferred but more ex$pen$ive solution.  Now, if you have a 
good line on a nice set of HID projectors for cheap...  ;-)


At 12:53 PM 9/11/2007 -0700, Lee Levitt wrote:

>Yes, they are more expensive...about $250 for a pair rather than
>$100, IIRC, but that's not 5X.
>
>If you're going to go through all the trouble of installing HID
>projectors, and then upgrade the lenses, you might as well spend
>the extra bux and do it right...
>
>This of course is why I want to run 996tt calipers on my 3200 lb
>A4 rather than Boxster calipers :)
>
>Lee
>
>
>
>On Tue Sep 11 12:10:30 PDT 2007, Stott Hare <stott at gwi.net>
>wrote:
>
> > Only problem being the HID lenses were 5x as expensive last time
> > a group buy
> > was done.
> >
> > -Stott
> > 95 S6A
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Lee Levitt
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:40 PM
> > To: Robert Myers; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Can you say "procrastinate"?
> >
> > Hold on there Bob!
> >
> > I would not install the Euro lenses over HID lamps. If you're
> > going to bother with swapping the lenses, buy a set of the HID
> > lenses from PG Performance.
> >
> > The difference is that the HID lenses have little or no fluting,
> > whereas the Euro lenses have a moderate amount. What this means
> > to you is that with the Euro lenses, the HID beam pattern will be
> > somewhat distorted, on the order of 10-20% (guessing).
> >
> > With the HID lenses, you'll get less dazzle (uncontrolled light)
> > and more illumination where you want it (or at least where it's
> > supposed to go!).
> >
> > I've got two sets of HID'ed euro lamps in my driveway, and as
> > soon as I can't find anything else to spend the money on, I'm
> > going to buy a couple of sets of HID lenses...
> >
> > Just my .02.
> >
> > Lee
> > '01 A4 stock xenons
> > '99 A6 allroad xenons
> > '97 A6 HID'ed euros
> > '96 A6 HID'ed euros
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue Sep 11 09:16:58 PDT 2007, Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi Y'all,
> >>
> >> I'm _FINALLY_ ready to install the Euro lenses on my '95.5 urS6
> >> HID'd headlights.  It looks like replacing the lenses should be
> >> pretty straightforward except for the usual "gotchas".  Looks
> >> like pull the headlights, snap off the several spring clips and
> >> separate the lens from the light body/reflector assembly and
> >> then reassemble w/ the new lenses.  It also looks like there is
> >> some sort of gasket (adhesive?) to deal with.  So what are the
> >> gotchas?  Do I need anything special or unusual for the job?
> >> Surely it can't be as simple as it looks at first glance.
> >>
> >> Beuller?
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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