RE: Lights in 5000/200 front bumper?

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

At 12:56 PM 10/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I've done this, but I've found aiming the lights I put in there difficult 
>as they have no built-in adjustment, and you have to keep taking the bumper 
>on and off to fiddle with them. Maybe the original poster could let us know 
>how he did this?

The Pilots are installed onto a wide u-shaped bracket with slotted sides.
You can adjust the height by loosening the side screws and moving the light
up and down.  Since it is mounted at the top by only one screw, you can
pivot the light to adjust for side to side aim.  Final tightening of the top
bolt after side to side alignment does require removing the bumper or Mr.
Fantastic like arms!

>
>There's plenty of space inside the bumper.
>
>On my '89 200Q, the turn signal bulb holders can simply be unplugged from 
>the original turn signals and plugged right into those useless "parking 
>lights" i.e. the inboard part of the headlamps. Of course you need to 
>replace the original turn-signal bulbs with orange ones. I got mine at Pep 
>boys.
>
>Cheers,
>Nick Craft

Regards,


John Karasaki

Audi Quattro Fanatic