[V8] Euro what?

[Ron Wainwright]

I've got Euro lights with stock wattage bulbs & there
great!
 I'm going one step farther though & adding HIDS for
the Low's.

 But a local friend relayed his stock lights & that
made an improvment.....but NOTHING beats the Euro
lights!

 Here is a pic of my Euros,
http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/68533/audi_pics_680.jpg

 Ron

--- Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com> wrote:

> Again, sorry for commenting on old threads........
> 
> ..... I have been surprised with my V8's light.  I'm
> quite happy with 
> it.  I'm getting a good voltage to the bulbs
> (~14VDC) and the lenses are 
> pretty dang clean for being used.   It lays out a
> better spread than the 
> wife's Chevy although I think everything DOT
> approved, even the best DOT 
> lenses, will pale next to an HID unit. 
> 
> Clean lenses + 14 Volts + relayed harness + clean
> and good contacts at 
> the Kostal connector = good lighting.  I'd love to
> have Euro lenses, but 
> I can just find better things to spend $300 on! =) 
> Especially on an 18 
> year old car.
> 
> ~Scott S.
> 
> 
> 
> Kent McLean wrote:
> 
> >Peter Littlewood wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I've always thought that Audi lights have been
> terrible at best.. are you really saying that US
> versions are even worse?
> >>On the odd occasion that V8s or 200 (5000) come up
> for sale here in the UK they never fetch more than
> £500. 
> >>Would it be worth me buying these cars and sending
> the headlamps to you guys?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Yes, US DOT headlights are pitiful. When we say
> "candlepower", it is the light 
> >of a single candle that those lights throw. If
> another car is behind you, you 
> >can see you car's shadow in front of you, even
> though your lights are on.
> >
> >As for sending UK lights over here, not a good
> idea. We 'Mericuns drive on the 
> >right side of the road, and so your beam pattern
> would shine up and into 
> >oncoming traffic.
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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