Finally put in the euros today...

SteveJ_in_TX · 10-06-2002, 06:40 PM

Okay, I have no excuse.

For our 15th anniversary, I gave my wife diamonds and she gave me a set of turbo euros. Yes, she is a wonderful woman.

I did not put them in at first due to wanting to have the correct harness built up or bought. That meant the euros stayed in the box for a year.

Then I bought a TQW to play with, and right about then was when the clutch went kablooey on the sedan. So I got the TQW on the road and drove that for about a year. Euros stayed in the box.

TQW was in need of nickel and dime stuff (which in Audi parlance means it was $50 to $200 stuff), wife getting upset so I sold the TQW and had the clutch done on the sedan. Wife happier due to only one Type 44 draining wallet, not two, and we used the proceeds from the TQW as a downpayment on a Suburban for her. I know, I know, awful gas mileage but _wonderful_ tow vehicles (nod, nod, wink, wink).

Suffice it to say that the doggone things have been sitting in a box for three years, and today was the day to put them in. I had bought one of Blau's harnesses as I wanted to just pop them in and go, and for the most part that's how it went. The harness is very well made, and has good instructions that come with the harness. Would have changed a few things on the instructions, but it did go very smoothly - even with the rain delay we had here today.

Bottom line is: Euros + relayed harness = LIGHT! No more DOT lights with the beam pattern designed by a blind man! Excellent cutoff, wonderful pattern, and now I can wander safely on dark roads at speed. Everything you've heard about them is true, so if you were thinking about going the eurolight route I highly recommend them. Just don't take three years to put them in like I did.

Now I just need the Stonegard plastic covers to keep the lenses intact and safe from flying gravel...

SteveAngry · 10-06-2002, 09:39 PM

I love the H4 euro's on my 5ks. I put in 100/80w bulbs and they are great...

Someday I will get some euro's for my 5ktq also...

Oh for what it's worth, I thought the Blau directions sucked...

Steve
Michigan

5kcsturbo · 10-07-2002, 05:58 AM

Where can you get E spec lights for the 5000k's I have an 88... I have seen the older sealed beam kind but none for mine..

sheeleydog · 10-07-2002, 09:58 AM

I got eoros from Blau by accident when ordering my new lights and upon taking it to my mechanic (yes, I'm only 18 and I know nothing about cars...) he said that the car wouldn't pass inspection with the euros, so I had to send 'em back and get new americrap.

SteveJ_in_TX · 10-07-2002, 04:24 PM

Used to be decent headlights stood out because the run-of-the-mill US DOT lights stunk so bad. Now, however, the headlights on many cars are much better, and they don't stand out as much.

Also, Georgia does not have a state inspection so it's a piece of cake. And from what I have heard from my northern brethren, the way to get around the 'not quite legal' thing is to:

1. Pop the old DOT lights back in once a year for inspection.

or

2. Go to the 'easiest' inspection station that is less likely to look very closely at the lights.

The other line I have heard used when pulled over for an equipment violation is "oh they were on the car when I bought it."

Me personally, I would probably launch into a tirade about the nasty glare-at-any-angle Ford truck headlights if they had a problem with the euros, the Ford headlights are much worse than any euro!

SquallLine79 · 10-07-2002, 06:37 PM

I mean, nobody can have tinted taillights (Jetta Wolfsburgs came stock with them), can't change the colors of your indicators, etc., etc, etc. It seems that the DOT is so concerned with people hitting each other that they focus almost entirely on whether or not your car is visible to other vehicles on the road. But they don't seem to give a hoot about whether or not you can personally see anything else on the road if you're all alone at night. With more and more foreign auto manufacturers offering HID headlights as standard equipment these days, hopefully the DOT will get with the program and realise that Europe has this one right. To the best of my knowledge, aren't HID's required by law in quite a few countries "across the pond"?

Maybe, someday...

SteveAngry · 10-07-2002, 11:46 PM

on the marketplace at www.audifans.com who was selling a set of brand new H4 euro's for $175. You could make those fit on your turbo car by redoing some wiring and getting a different grill...

If you want the euro "turbo" lights, then www.audiquattroparts.com has them. They are alot of money...

Steve
Michigan

10-06-2002, 09:39 PM	#2
SteveAngry AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 7,277	Congrats... I love the H4 euro's on my 5ks. I put in 100/80w bulbs and they are great... Someday I will get some euro's for my 5ktq also... Oh for what it's worth, I thought the Blau directions sucked... Steve Michigan __________________ 1998 A6q 1986 5ktq: Megasquirt EFI and a lot of other mods your car probably doesn't have...

10-07-2002, 05:58 AM	#3
5kcsturbo New Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 41	Re: Congrats... Where can you get E spec lights for the 5000k's I have an 88... I have seen the older sealed beam kind but none for mine..

10-07-2002, 09:58 AM	#4
sheeleydog New Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 121	How does one make them street legal? I got eoros from Blau by accident when ordering my new lights and upon taking it to my mechanic (yes, I'm only 18 and I know nothing about cars...) he said that the car wouldn't pass inspection with the euros, so I had to send 'em back and get new americrap.

10-07-2002, 04:24 PM	#5
SteveJ_in_TX AudiWorld Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,746	Ummmmm....ya don't. Used to be decent headlights stood out because the run-of-the-mill US DOT lights stunk so bad. Now, however, the headlights on many cars are much better, and they don't stand out as much. Also, Georgia does not have a state inspection so it's a piece of cake. And from what I have heard from my northern brethren, the way to get around the 'not quite legal' thing is to: 1. Pop the old DOT lights back in once a year for inspection. or 2. Go to the 'easiest' inspection station that is less likely to look very closely at the lights. The other line I have heard used when pulled over for an equipment violation is "oh they were on the car when I bought it." Me personally, I would probably launch into a tirade about the nasty glare-at-any-angle Ford truck headlights if they had a problem with the euros, the Ford headlights are much worse than any euro! __________________ -Steve Jensen 87 5kcstq

10-07-2002, 06:37 PM	#6
SquallLine79 New Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 175	It amazes me what the DOT enforces with regards to visibility requirements I mean, nobody can have tinted taillights (Jetta Wolfsburgs came stock with them), can't change the colors of your indicators, etc., etc, etc. It seems that the DOT is so concerned with people hitting each other that they focus almost entirely on whether or not your car is visible to other vehicles on the road. But they don't seem to give a hoot about whether or not you can personally see anything else on the road if you're all alone at night. With more and more foreign auto manufacturers offering HID headlights as standard equipment these days, hopefully the DOT will get with the program and realise that Europe has this one right. To the best of my knowledge, aren't HID's required by law in quite a few countries "across the pond"? Maybe, someday...

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10-07-2002, 11:46 PM	#7
SteveAngry AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 7,277	There's a guy... on the marketplace at www.audifans.com who was selling a set of brand new H4 euro's for $175. You could make those fit on your turbo car by redoing some wiring and getting a different grill... If you want the euro "turbo" lights, then www.audiquattroparts.com has them. They are alot of money... Steve Michigan __________________ 1998 A6q 1986 5ktq: Megasquirt EFI and a lot of other mods your car probably doesn't have...

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