[mkiv] Glass headlights

[Erven]

I have the catz Hids in my 98 with no problems at all,they are great.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Typpo" <etyppo at comcast.net>
To: "'The MKIV.com National Mailing List'" <mkiv at mkiv.com>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 4:29 PM
Subject: RE: [mkiv] Glass headlights


> Trying the HID conversion with my stock 95 lights has been on my to-do 
> list
> for awhile.  I've aimed my glass lights down so low to avoid blinding 
> people
> that it defeats the purpose of having the better lights.
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com [mailto:mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com] On Behalf Of 
> Andi
> Baritchi
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:57 PM
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> Subject: RE: [mkiv] Glass headlights
>
>
> Hmm... my 97-98 US-spec lights with HIDs had the beam pattern you're
> envisioning.  they looked great and worked great.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Typpo <etyppo at comcast.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:46pm
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> Subject: RE: [mkiv] Glass headlights
>
> There are no US glass headlights, they are Euro spec lights. They are
> shaped a little differently than the plastic ones, but you have to look
> pretty hard to notice it. I doubt most people would see the difference
> unless you were looking for it.
>
> I like mine, but they don't work that well with a HID conversion because
> they have a BIG flare on the right side, which is pretty obnoxious to
> drivers you get behind. Drivers more than one lane to the right will hate
> you when you come up behind them. I'm going to disassemble mine one of
> these days and re-engineer the cutoff shield to create a ______/---- kind 
> of
> cutoff rather
>
> /
> than _______/
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com [mailto:mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com] On Behalf Of 
> Jake
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: [mkiv] Glass headlights
>
> I dont know for sure if the US ones have it too, but the glass ones have a
> pretty ugly bump on top of the glass cover. Especially if you look at the
> car from the side it looks quite disturbing IMO.
>
> Jake
> 94TT BPU
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Datuashvili"
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> Sent: Monday, 17 December, 2007 20:02
> Subject: Re: [mkiv] Glass headlights
>
>
>> Thanks for the tip.
>>
>> It mentions that glass headlights were not made for 1997-1998.
>> Does anyone know what are the differences between 95-99 and 97-97?
>> And also, will it still fit?
>>
>> thanks
>> -gia
>>
>> On Dec 15, 2007 6:50 AM, Brian Adams
> wrote:
>>
>>> They are about $500pr US. At MVPmotorsports.com
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> On 12/13/07, George Datuashvili wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone know how much are the pair of glass headlights for MKIV,
>>> > and
>>> > where to get them?
>>> >
>>> > thanks
>>> > -gia
>>>
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