opinion of schnooks and a little venting.........RE: Lights

["Avi Meron" <avi@cosmoslink.net>]

Ron's statement is LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG overdue.........I got a
lot........of hate mail from (schnooks!) at the lists that fail to see the
obvious.........(no names......) even when Scott (from Q ship) came to my
rescue, it did not help..........maybe now it's different.....(always
hoping...)
Avi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Powells@ezlink.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 1998 7:46 PM
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Lights
>
>
> Ron Wood appropriately comments that it's not the wattage that
> makes all the difference with lights, it's the LENS.
>
> Bravo!  I am pleased to run a set of cibie 7" round headlights in my
> 280ZX which I bought in the late 70's.  These are frankly as good or
> better than the euro-lights in my Audi 200, and the Z-car uses only
> standard 60 lo/80 hi watt halogen lamps.  Reflective range on high
> approaches one mile, and the lenses are so good that I can literally
> see the pattern of the lens "flutes" (or lines) projected on the road
> in front of me.  VERY impressive.
>
> In contrast, the Audi's euro-lights are a bit shorter on hi-beam
> reflective performance, using 60 lo/100 hi lamps!  They are certainly
> better lights than any US-spec lamps, but not as good as the
> cibies, which I believe cost me $75 for the pair in the late 70's.
>
> The difference?  The LENSES.  Cibie did one helluva job on those
> lights.
>
> I might also suspect that the reflectors are an issue - but I'm not
> sure.  It is worth noting that the ZX uses round lights which should
> be easier to design for a perfect focus of light.  The Audi euro-lights
> are slightly rectangular, which might affect focus a bit.  however,
> they are freshly re-plated, so they're as good as they get.
>
> When I look at driving or auxiliary lights, I spend more as much
> time looking at the lenses as any other aspect of the light.
> ++++++++++++++++++++WSU-CSU+++++++++++++++++
> Al Powell
> Powells@EZlink.com
> 1958 Fiat 1200 Spyder "Transformabile"
> 1983 Datsun 280ZXT
> 1990 Audi 200
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>