Re: RE:All kinds of lights, KC....RE:Source for "affordable" eurolights ?

["DRoxburgh" <DRoxburgh@email.msn.com>]

Having just had the BRM harness and upgraded bulbsfitted, I can testify to
the benefit (behind stock euro Urq glass). Well worth the £100 odd for
supply and fit.


-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Payne <quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk>
To: vw-audisport@worldnet.att.net <vw-audisport@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: 18 July 1998 20:55
Subject: Re: RE:All kinds of lights, KC....RE:Source for "affordable"
eurolights ?


>In message <35B0D811.4FC7@worldnet.att.net> Ron Wood writes:
>
>> To steal a phrase from a current tire companies ad, "power without
>> control is useless". Wattage alone is not a indication of a lights
>> effectiveness, if anything, more watts in a poorly designed light is
>> more a detriment than a help.
>
>Yes.
>
>We've been through this before, more than once.  It took a while for us
>to realise that we're all singing from the same song sheet.
>
>Number one problem, it seems to me, is the DoT headlight pattern.  It's
>appalling - the poorly directed beam illuminates the road badly, blinds
>oncoming drivers, and scatters a lot of light into the air between the
>driver and the road.  Any opacity in the air becomes fog, reducing
>contrast, etc.
>
>Adding power to this system is pointless (it may even be detrimental)
>and anti-social.  Basic rule one - any power increase over and above
>DoT should be with better directed beams.
>
>There are two approaches - stealth and non-stealth.  Let's take the
>latter first.
>
>No one, I believe, will deny that purpose-designed and built quality
>accessory lights provide the best illumination of the road.  That's
>what rally drivers use, even though they are often faired into the
>bodywork.
>
>However - what many of us love about Audis is the 'stealth' aspect.
>Just quietly leaving that Ferrari 328GTB in the dust ...
>
>Stealth means no giveaways - no stripes, no huge chromed exhaust, and
>no extra lights.  That's why I pursued the 'uprating' avenue.  No one,
>and certainly not me, would claim that my system is equal to a proper
>'component' rally lighting system.
>
>However - the Euro reflectors do a _damn_ good job of directing the
>beam out of the way of oncoming traffic, out of my line of vision,
>and exactly onto the road where I need it.
>
>For anyone with DoT lights in an Audi, I would suggest the following
>approach:
>
>a) Install Euros with stock wiring and bulbs.  Try them.
>
>b) Install the alternator-fed harness but retain stock bulbs.  They'll
>   be brighter because of the reduced voltage drop, and your switches
>   will last forever.
>
>c) Try a larger H4 bulb.  100/80s first, then 130/100 and perhaps (if
>   you can get them) 175/100s.
>
>The vast majority of drivers, I contend, will not see any need to go
>beyond b) - many will stop at a).
>
>--
> Phil Payne
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