Striving for technical accuracy

[Joe Yakubik <75363.2524@compuserve.com>]

In response to Igor Kessel's recommendation of H4/H1 euro-spec lights for his
US-spec '89 200, I asked the question:  Is there such a thing?  I haven't seen
them, or heard about them except through this list.  I have in my car (US-spec
'91 200) the euro-spec H4/H3 lights.  I tried to put out a disclaimer that
coupes (and ur-Q's -- same body style) may have had the H4/H1.

Phil Payne responded with:  The Euro combination H1/H4 lights are made by Cibie.
At least, mine were. -- Phil has an ur-Q.

Then Scott (PDQSHIP) threw in a new variant: < And that is the difference... H1
in Cibie (and they were a bosch oem) are the desired the hella H1/H3 the more
common (current bosch oem)... The cibies are really hard to find stateside, the
hellas pretty easy...>

Wading through this:  I assume he means that Cibie originally was the OEM
supplier to Audi (not Bosch -- they're both manufacturers) but Audi then used
Hella as an OEM supplier.  The H1/H3 is just a typo, maybe, and he meant to
write "hella H4/H3"?

Well, having gone to the Audi dealer and asked about lights for my 200, they
never asked if I had the Cibie H4/H1's.  There was only one type in the fiche:
H4/H3's.  And having gone to the junkyard and pulled the lights off a wrecked
'84 or '85 200 and got H4/H3's; I have to think there were only the H4/H3's made
for the 200 series.  If there were some special French versions, then maybe due
to import/export laws they had to use French (Cibie) parts to avoid taxes.
(BTW:  There are "Italian only " features, why not French?).

My original question still stands:  Is there an H4/H1 light made for the 200
(type 44) body style?

Joe Yakubik