Re: Headlights on mid-80's 5000

[Igor Kessel <i6941TB@gnn.com>]

>Does anyone out there with the dual-lamp-per-side headlight setup
>on a mid-80's 5000 have comments on the lighting?

Yes, it was horrible, same as the trapezoidal DOT H9004 units, that followed.

>My car's in the shop for a bunch of things, and he is looking at
>replacing my crappy '89 100Q's trapezoidal headlight setup with the
>dual lamps off an '84 5000. It looks like an almost bolt-on fit.

It is. If you still have this....hmmm...unusual idea, I have the complete 4-lite 
sys, that came off my '85 5000s. It was the last year that Uncle Sam was 
cannibalizing the the elegant front end of the Euro-100 by putting the DOT-kosher 
4-lite sys on it. I'd love to part with this set for a minimal sum of money.

>Are these lights decent?

See above.

>It would be a much better alternative to $$$ for Euro-lights (even from >Europe, 
where I'll be next month).

Nothing comes even close to the Euro-lites.
Igor Kessel
the sweetheart: 200TQ, chipped and MOMO'd through out,
in Tornado "arrest-me-officer" Red;
the ex: 5000s, the EE's nightmare
Phila PA, USA
i6941TB@gnn.com