I got the new Euro-styles installed today.

For the wiring, I laid a 9004 bulb (half-defunct anyway) in between a fold of carpeting and hit it with a hammer to break the bulb. Makes quite a pop! Then I soldered the wires from a standard headlight plug (sealed-beam type) onto the exposed metal rods. Pretty easy to figure out, since both plugs use the same pattern; ground on one side, high on the other, and low beam in the middle. I did it this way because it will be easy to go back if I have to, and if I do run higher-watt bulbs I can run the relays off the stock feeds and plug the whole mess right in, except for the battery leads. Once the bulb is broken, the ground is easily distinguished by the siamesed wires (one for each filament), and the rest follows. Having read the dire warnings about halogen bulbs, I tend to wear safety glasses when I deal with them, and did so even when I had the bulb in the carpet.

The wiring for the corner lights (Scantech from AllEuro) is pretty poor, and I'm going to redo the plugs somehow. The grey plug fitting they come with is a joke, and one was broken right out of the box. The other one broke when I went to close it on the the two wires, but still would snap together. I never did find the little hatch for the other one, so I undid the old stock one and used it. Much better piece. The grounds aren't as long as the stock grounds, so I grounded them to one of the headlight bolts. After wrestling the old headight nuts off, I used anti-sieze on the new ones.

Got done just as it was getting dark, so I hopped-in and went for a test-drive.

Bright!!! With 55/60's I can actually see down the road, and the high beams are actually very different from the low beams. I need to adjust them a bit, but I stopped on a level parking lot and walked toward them from the left side and they weren't obnoxious at all, even though the pattern seemed high from the driver's seat. I'll find out what other drivers think later this evening when I go out.

The Taiwanese lights (DJAuto) are probably not as good as the real ones from Europe, but they beat the stockers. Some trimming of plastic was required to fit them perfectly (on my car it was on the driver's side, hmmmm), but it's easy to do. Good bang-for-the-buck, and now I won't have to chase my headlight lenses at the end of a drive-through car wash anymore.