Re: TQC euro lights

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

At 09:27 AM 9/3/96 -0600, you wrote:
>
>I got around to installing the ur-quattro front valence and under body
>panels this weekend. I was planning on installing the late model
>sloped euro H1/H4 headlights I have acquired, but ran into a snag.
>At this point, I would guess that I don't have all the mounting brackets
>for these lights.
>
>For comparison, I layed out the euro H1/H4 lights, the US quad
>headlights and some brackets for the 85-87 4000/GT headlights.
>All these lights mount with 4 screws, 2 on top under the hood and 2
>from the front, under the headlight. The quad headlights had front
>screws which are accesed from behind the front bumper. The euro
>lights seem to mount in the same manner, but the lower front screws
>are accesed from behind the lower front headlight trim. To do this,
>there must be some sort of lower bracket(s) which the headlight
>attaches too, which also attaches to the front sheetmetal from
>behind the bumper. Also the upper inner screw on the euro lights
>seems to be accesed from the front, not the top. To do this, there
>must be a 90 degree bracket which is mounted to the underside
>of the upper front crossbrace.
>
>Could someone with these euro lights let me know if the brackets
>I am describing are present in their installation and how many
>brackets are used.
>
>Thanks.
> -
>Dave Lawson  dlawson@ball.com
>
Dave, your right, you don't have all you need to mount those.  I installed
these in my TQC in March.  You need the one piece mounting metal bracket for
each light (i.e. one per side).  The metal bracket is difficult to
describe... even when it was not attached to the lights I had to look at it
for awhile before I figured out what to do with them!  I don't remember the
part number for them, but I remember when I ordered them from Shokan, the
guy said, "Mounting into a US 4kq?  You'll need the bracket then."  They
included them at no cost (or if they charged me, it was included in the
total cost).  Good luck.

BTW, If you're using a '85-'87 4kq/4k grill, you will need to take about a
1/4" off the bottom of it to make it fit right in your '83 tqc.  But test
fit this first!  YMMV!

Regards,

John Karasaki

The Karasaki's, proud owners of AUDI automobiles

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