Re: Looking for B4 amber rear turn signals

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com> wrote:

>I went to my local dealership looking for a passenger's side rear
>driving light/turn signal assembly today, armed with a part number 8A0
>945 218 B from the family album (European version).  The guy at the
>parts counter came back with a badly mangled box, but we checked out the
>light and it appeared to be in perfect condition so we boxed it back up
>and I coughed up the $107 for it.
>I got it home and started looking at it a bit more, and I noticed that
>the inside of the turn signal was amber instead of red, which is odd
>because as far as I know Audi didn't offer amber rear turn signals on
>any 90 series (though perhaps on pre-B4 body styles).  Of course this
>suits me fine, since I've always wanted amber turn signals in the back,
>so after some small modifications to make the lights light up properly I
>bolted it on.

That's the European version. Looks red from a distance, lights up amber.
Very neat trick, wish they made 'em for the B3...

Sorry, I haven't got ET... you know, here. Can't help you with the part
number but I guess you'll have to source your other light from Europe- or
change the new one.

Weird that the European part ended up in the inventory of a US dealership.

Speaking of taillights- went to an Audi coupe club meeting today, saw an S2
Coupe with Treser smoked taillights. Looked OK on a pearl car- apart from
the mandatory add-on reflectors stuck underneath. Looked like $2 parts
store generic items, not really standard.

Tom