WARNING: A4 headlights are crazy

[quinn@hns.com]

Well they are ... though that's not quite what I meant!

At a recent get-together of the "Capitol Audi Club" (i.e.
Washinton/Baltimore Audi (ab)Users Group),  I happened
to notice on two out of three A4's that the headlight
lenses had started to 'craze' (i.e. they had many tiny
crack lines in the plastic of the lens) mostly the area
in front of the of the outer (low beam?) bulbs.  I can
imagine that this would diffuse the light even more than
the stock US pattern - apart from the longevity concerns
of the lenses themselves.

It so happens that these were both '98 models (a 1.8tq and
a 2.8q) whereas my car (a '97 2.8q) did not seem to have
the problem.

I would urge the A4 owners out there to check their lenses
and report back if this is endemic.  Dealership calls are
probably in order for those with the problem.

-Mark Quinn