Re: Newbie to Quattro list - looking for info on 93 90S

[Ed Novak <Novaked@ix.netcom.com>]

Does anyone know what the "black gunk" is?  I'm installing new lenses this weekend...


TIA
Ed Novak
'93 90S

Elliott Potter wrote:

> Tom Nas wrote:
> >
> > quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne) wrote:
> >
> > >> 1) Your headlight, expect to pay over $200 for it. I kind of got lucky on
> > >> mine, I was quoted and shipped the wrong light. When I notified the place, I
> > >> found out that the correct light was over $100 more than the one I was
> > >> quoted. After they screwed up my order so bad, they compensated me by giving
> > >> me the light at the original quoted price - $125. I did find one place in
> > >> Colorado that would sell just the lens (which is all you really need, but
> > >> nobody sells), ...
> >
> > >Tim at The Parts Department will do the lens only.
> >
> > Yes, but chances are this won't work for the DOT (US) lights. Check if the
> > glass is a seperate piece first. It isn't on a lot of headlight units.
>
> No, the glass comes off on the US-spec headlights--it's held in place by
> 5 or 6 clips and some black gunk.
>
> > Otherwise I'd look in scrapyards for the glass. It's common across all B4 cars.
>
> This headlight is only on the 90 series and Cabriolet.
> --
> Elliott
>
> > Tom
> >
> >  _______________________________________________________________________
> >  Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
> >  tnas@euronet.nl
> >  1987 Audi 90q 2.3E, Tizianrot metallic, 167,000km
> >
> >                         ENGINEERING TERMINOLOGY
> >        PHRASE: "Preliminary operational tests were inconclusive."
> >      TRANSLATION: "The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch."