[s-cars] HID wiring

[Harold McComas]

IIRC, the DOT actually had a requirement to "throw" some light upwards to 
illuminate overhead signs. Of course this dates back to when the signs were 
not reflective.

Harold


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> 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:
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>> 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