HID Lights - anyone installed them.

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

Yeah but Tobias is running BMW ellipsoid headlights from an E30... that's 
cheating!

-Raffi


At 05:40 PM 11/23/2003, Michael Abatzis wrote:
>iirc, tobias has it done to his car--pretty sweet.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Eric
> > www.VintageWatercooleds.com
> >
> > 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)
> >
> >
> >
> > --- 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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