Passat Headlight Swap

[pbcrane@juno.com (Peter B Crane)]

I was looking through the January 1997 issue of Complete Car when i came
across a comparison test between Audi's A4 and the new Passat, both
equipped with the 1.9 TDI engine.  When I read the first articles about
the new Volkswagen, they mentioned that the high line model would have a
gas-discharge headlight option-way cool and great illumination.  

Since the Passat is based on a stretched chassis version of the A4 my
imagination took over.  After looking at a side-by-side shot (in another
mag, I forget which) This looked doable, might be just a direct headlight
swap.  

Has anyone else considered this modification?


Pete