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

[Lee Levitt]

Never mind. Forget what I said earlier. :)

TT Projectors and A6 electronics are readily available off ebay, 
and will run in the $150 range. Then you have to do some work to 
mount the projectors, but it's worth it.

On the other hand I don't know whether the light output of the TT 
projector is substantially better than what you've already got. 
Never did a side by side comparison.

Lee



On Tue Sep 11 13:19:11 PDT 2007, Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org> 
wrote:

> 
> 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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