[s-cars] HID wiring

[JC]

Jason - you are exactly right - the DOT spec includes that fuzzy periphery as a requirement while Euros are contrarily spec'd for sharp cutoffs. To each their own I guess, most people really seem to prefer the Euro but obviously not all... And that IS why DOT requires what they do...

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On Oct 17, 2011, at 10:36, "JAM" <jscarstuff at charter.net> wrote:

> I'm not sure I wholly agree with the assessment that euro lenses on the DOT headlights are the way to go.  When I did this "upgrade," I noticed that the light travels much farther straight ahead of the car and this is what I think everybody says is the improvement.  My problem is where I loose a lot of light on the perphery.  It seems that the DOT lenses put more fluting in front of the high beams to create more spread of the light and illuminate the sides of the road better.  I really felt like I lost something when I upgraded to the ecode lenses....for those of us who live in the country know we need to keep our eyes peeled for deer and other critters who like to jump out of the darkness into the path of my 2 ton moving object.
> 
> I'm sure others disagree but its just my $.02.
> 
> Jason Mawhinney
> '95 S6 w/ecode lenses (for better or worse)
> '90 CQ
> '83 urq
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JC" <jc at j2c3.com>
> To: "'Tom Green'" <trgreen at comcast.net>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>; "'Mike Miller'" <mikemilr at blackfoot.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] HID wiring
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> 
>> From my expereience w/ the low-beams and the fact that the C4 highs are
>> decent to begin with (caveat below), I imagine that a 35W HID in the high
>> beam would be decent but 55W HID in the high beam would be unreal, but still
>> not threaten the reflector heat-wise.
>> 
>> Mike - I don't think Jared put E-code Euro lenses on your car, did he? this
>> is a MUST before or at least same time as further HID upgrades. super easy
>> procedure for a guy like you who is mechanical.  you'll find the OEM highs
>> to be MUCH better once that gets squared away... it is true that the DOT C4
>> lights, like the DOT 200 lights, suffered massively in comparison to the
>> Euro versions... My old 200 sported full Euro 100 light assemblies (yep had
>> to change the grill and lose the 200 square-light look but well worth it...)
>> boy were the DOT 200 lights terrible - massively unsafe for anything other
>> than urban-street-lit driving IMO.
>> 
>> John J. Cunningham
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>>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tom Green
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 7:49 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] HID wiring
>>> 
>>> These UrS headlight housings do not have metal reflectors for
>>> the high beams, so they don't support 100W euro bulbs.  Any
>>> extended use will show on the reflector as it distorts and
>>> the reflective coating flakes off.  The HIR bulbs might be a
>>> suitable substitute there.
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>> 
>>> On Sunday  October 16, 2011, at 10:27 AM, "Mike Miller"
>>> <mikemilr at blackfoot.net  > wrote:
>>> 
>>> > And here in Montana, the vast majority of my nighttime
>>> driving is with
>>> > the high beams on :-) The 80w/100 Euros in my 91 200q were
>>> much better
>>> > than the highs on the 95 S6.
>>> >
>>> > --mike
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: JC
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > <snip> The OEM high beams are fine for me but if I lived in
>>> Montana or
>>> > someplace I might go HID 35w or even 55w for those too... Where I
>>> > live/drive now I seldom get a chance to use high beams
>>> anyway so it's
>>> > not an issue... Adding aftermarket fog/driving beams under
>>> the bumper
>>> > would more likely be my only lighting upgrade and even that
>>> prob not
>>> > on the menu.
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