Re: eurolight pattern?

[Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>]

Hmmm,
	When I aim my Euro Lights down they cut off 10 feet in front of
the car too.  I dont see your point.  If they cut off so soon, why not
just aim them a little higher.  Best way to see if they are DOT is to look
at the lens for the DOT stamp.  YOu can also tell the bulb it takes by
reading these, usually.
L8R

	Todd Phenneger
	1984 4000s quattro / modified/ awaiting Turbo Transplant.
	1985 4000 quattro / Silver / Fixing it Up.
	1987 4000cs quattro / Saphire Metallic Blue/ Girlfriend's
	1996 A6q / Volcano / Dads Car
   *****1985 5kt / PARTING OUT!

On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Elliott Potter wrote:

> The '93-'95 90 has DOT-spec lights with this pattern--they're definitely
> DOT spec because the beam cuts off abruptly about 10 feet down the
> road--totally useless.  At least they light up this 10 feet pretty well!
> --
> Elliott
> 
> Todd Phenneger wrote:
> > 
> > Todd,
> >         You may have Euro's, or maybe the newer 90's just have killer
> > lights that meet Euro and DOT specs since that is new enough that they
> > might.  I know the lights on my Dad's A6 are not Euro lights per say but
> > have a great low beam pattern.  I think the Euro's use a similar or same
> > unit though.  Great lights.
> >         Look on the lens and see if there is a DOT stamp or not.  That
> > will clear it up.
> > 
> >         Todd Phenneger
> >         1984 4000s quattro / modified/ awaiting Turbo Transplant.
> >         1985 4000 quattro / Silver / Fixing it Up.
> >         1987 4000cs quattro / Saphire Metallic Blue/ Girlfriend's
> >         1996 A6q / Volcano / Dads Car
> >    *****1985 5kt / PARTING OUT!
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > All this talk of eurolights raised a question in my mind.
> > 
> > The low beam pattern I see, if my '93 90S is facing a wall, is something
> > like this:
> > 
> >        /            /
> > ______/      ______/
> > 
> > Is this the pattern, or similar to, the pattern of a eurolight?
> > 
> > I find this pattern to be well suited for night driving as it has a good
> > cutoff so that you aren't blinding oncoming traffic, and yet the
> > "kick-up" in the pattern on the right helps illuminate road signs and
> > critters in the ditch that are waiting to jump out in front of you.
>