FW: Euro Lights

["Livolsi, Stephane" <livols1@investorsgroup.com>]

Bingo!!  They way you explain it with the bulb numbers has allowed me to
see the light, pun intended.  Thanks for the info.  I see a eurolight
conversion in the near future for my 5K

Regards
Stephane Livolsi
180 Yorston St
Williams Lake, BC, V2G 3Z1
ph 250-392-2637
fax 250-392-2693

'86 5KTQ stock (if you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)

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>From: 	Greg and Nan Anderson[SMTP:gnanders@teleport.com]
>Sent: 	September 23, 1999 8:56 PM
>To: 	Livolsi, Stephane
>Cc: 	Greg Anderson
>Subject: 	Re: Euro Lights
>
>Stephane-
>
>The European versions of the aerodynamic-style headlights for the 5k/100/200
>models are very well-engineered H4 (100) and H4/H3 (200) units with
>replacable lenses and high quality optics.  On this side of the Atlantic,
>however, due to the pathetic US DOT standards then in effect, we were treated
>to very poor 9004-based units.  On my '88 5KCSQW, the headlights were so bad
>they were, in my opinion, a safety hazard. My first attempt at improving
>things involved using an auxiliary harness and higher wattage bulbs, but the
>amount of increased road illumination was minimal, especially when compared
>with the increase in glare to on-coming traffic due to lousy optics.  Last
>year I shelled out the $$ for Bosch H4/H3 units, and the difference is
>amazing!  Blaufergnugen has pictures at
>
>http://www.audiquattroparts.com/eurolght.htm
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>-Greg Anderson
>Portland, OR USA
>
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>OK, this is going to sound silly, but what exactly are euro headlights?
>and what is the big deal with them?
>
>TIA
>Stephane Livolsi
>180 Yorston St
>Williams Lake, BC, V2G 3Z1
>ph 250-392-2637
>fax 250-392-2693
>
>'86 5KTQ stock (if you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)
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