HID Lights - anyone installed them.

[abatzis2 at hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

iirc, tobias has it done to his car--pretty sweet.


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> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Eric S
> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 7:33 PM
> To: Paul Maione; Don Walter
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: HID Lights - anyone installed them.
> 
> 
> 
> This guy has HID option for MK1 and MK2s using the stock 
> headlight size.
> 
> http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1108856
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> Eric
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> 79 VW Iltis
> 81 Scirocco S (*TDI* swap and complete restoration in holding 
> pattern) 81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v Motronic 90 Corrado TDI 91 
> Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
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> --- Paul Maione <paulmaione@videotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> >Has anyone installed HID lights.  What type did you use.  
> How did you 
> >do
> >it, etc...  Are there others cars we could salvage HID 
> systems from a bone 
> >yard for a lesser price than buying them brand new.
> 
> i attempted it, but i had to remove them. basically from what 
> i had put together, the lenses on scirocco's (euro lights) 
> are fluted. all those vertical lines going up and down the 
> glass are there to aim the H4 beam. when you install HID's 
> the light power overpowers those lines and it basically not 
> possible to aim.
> 
> they we're all over the place, and i knew i would of gotten 
> hassled by the fuzz eventually. the only way that i think it 
> might work is if you make new lenses that are clear.
> 
> 
> paul
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