Low Beam - CRUD????

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <0716D052C1CFD0119D280060979FBE9A0D6027@a1.matrix.com.pl> Aleksander Mierzwa writes:

> You use illegal bulbs which are _twice_ the wattage than the legal ones,
> yet you pretend to be annoyed by people having their fogs on. Don't you
> think it's unfair? A 100W low beam is gonna dazzle others _much_ more
> than a 55W fog light. A good fog light has no less sharp cut-off beam
> pattern than a dipped beam and is mounted much lower.

No, they're nearly _three_ times the legal wattage.
 
I judge my performance by oncoming motorists - none have flashed at me for six 
months or more, because the lights and reflectors are clean and the beam has a 
sharp cut-off.  I also aim the lows about 1 degree lower than recommended, and 
the right (offside) light is aimed inwards about 1.5 degrees more than 
recommended.
 
A 55w fog light dazzles _MUCH_ more than a 55w low beam.  The reason is the 
very fact that they are mounted low - the angle to the road is actually 
_HIGHER_ than the low beam headlight.  Draw a side elevation of an ur-quattro, 
and plot the paths of the low beam and the fog light.

(Actually I think the fogs are 40w.)

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club