[V8] Euro what?

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Euro Headlight HOUSINGS are the same.  Only difference is beam  
pattern for LHD vs RHD.

HTH

On Jan 9, 2008, at 8:41 PM, diemarthadie at aol.com wrote:

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>  Well... ok... now I'm upset... nobody tells me nuthin'.  UK lights  
> are a problem?  Great.
>
> One of my 2 "EURO" lights came from Wales the other was (I think)  
> Belgian.  So, if there is, indeed, a difference...
>
> What are the p/n on the "Euro" light that is correct vs. the p/n on  
> the "UK" light that is biased inappropriately, and has anyone  
> modified a UK light?
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> I got good deals buying the lights singly instead of a matched  
> pair, but if they won't really work, I...um...didn't.
>
> I certainly don't want to offer them to ANYONE as "Euro" lights if  
> they are NOT!
>
> John
> Bummed in Baltimore
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com>
> To: Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com; Peter Littlewood <littlepete_19 at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 6:58 pm
> Subject: Re: [V8] Euro what?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Kent McLean wrote:
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>> Peter Littlewood wrote:
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>>> 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?
>>>
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>> 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.
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>> 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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