Quick Euro light question

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Marc_Scirocco_Québec)]

Euro lights roughly have this patern, with not so sharp an angle:


            /              /
           /              /
__________/    __________/

UK light have the reverse patern. They would blind oncoming traffic in North
America.

ASCII art. Only works on courrier font.

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Kent McLean
> Envoy? : lundi 1 mars 2004 19:21
> ? : John C. Worden
> Cc : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : Re: Quick Euro light question
>
>
> John C. Worden wrote:
>
> > I realize that since a Scirocco in Britain is driven on the wrong(oops,
> > I mean left hand)side of the
> > road that their light point differently than the rest of European
> > lights.  But are the lights different or
> > are they just aligned differently?  If they are different what
> parts are
> > different and what are the same?
>
> They are different. I have E-code (Euro) lights on
> my Audi 200, and they have a real sharp cut-off.
> That is, the light that shines on the left side of
> the road doesn't rise above 2-3 feet. As you move
> towards the right, the cut-off line starts slanting
> up and to the right at about a 30 degree angle, so
> that the light shines on the right edge of the road
> about 10' high, illuminating street and road signs.
> I also installed E-code lights in my Miata, and
> they have the same pattern (though not as bright).
>
> "English" lights on a US car would hardly light
> street signs, and the cut-off would rise up to
> blind oncoming traffic.
>
> I don't know how the Euro Scirocco lights would
> be constructed, but usually it's a combination of
> the lens and reflector.  Aiming them to the right
> wouldn't help.
>
> HTH,
> Kent
>
>
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