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

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

Any non-drying sealant will do...go to a hardware store and you should
be able to find something acceptable.
--
Elliott

Ed Novak wrote:
> 
> 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."