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E-code headlight conversion...... 700 1991

As I understand it, the lights that you are looking at on the link you provided, have the built in fog lights. I think that the conversion is easier if you use the Euro lights without the built in foglamps. Am not sure about it, but have been slowly (many other, higher, priorities in my life right now) looking into it since I bought by 1991 745T in March.

I had contacted Daniel Stern about availability of the Euro lights, and he told me the following:

Look at the website http://www.w-und-g.de (helps a lot if you speak German), click on the old Volvo to get into the website. Then click on "Preislisten" (pricelists) in the black vertical section on the left of the screen. Choose the pricelist for the 700/900. It is an Adobe .pdf file and is about 1.5 Mbytes. Download it.

The headlights are on page 19 of the 2003 pricelist that I have, should be around there in the current (2004) one. "Headlight" is "Scheinwerfer," "without" is "ohne," "foglight" is "nebelleuchte." Thus, "Scheinwerfer ohne Nebelleuchte" is "headlight without foglight." And "Scheinwerfer mit Nebelluchte" is headlight with foglight.

The prices are in Euros, and include an outrageous 16% VAT that they charge for sales in Germany. If the lights are going overseas, that is deducted from the price.

After you decide on what you want, email the guys at Wagner und Gunter and inquire about the price, shipped to the US. Stern told me that these guys like real short and to the point email. He also said that they don't provide much or any tech support or help. You would be on your own as to what fits and does not.

At least on the 2003 pricelist I have from W und G, the lights without the foglights are much less expensive than the ones with. 169.00 Euros without fog lights, compared to 369.00 Euros with. Those are for genuine (original) Volvo/Cibie, there are some aftermarket (Nachtfertigung) ones with the foglights available for 195 Euros.

I think the lights without the fog lights are a drop in fit for the US cars. We may need to change the directional/marker lights on the corners thought, because the single bulb reflector on ours might get in the way of the headlight mounting bracket on the european lights.

Last, but not the least, the E-code headlights are far and away better than the US-spec crap. Both of my other cars (the headlights in the Toyota are probably worth more than the whole rest of the car is) have Cibie E-codes in them, and the Volvo will in the not-to-distant future too. See also www.danielsternlighting.com for some interesting and opinionated, but very accurate, info about automotive lighting.
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Scott Cook - 1991 745T, 1985 RX-7 GSL-SE, 1986 Toyota Tercel (Don't laugh, it is reliable, faithful AND gets 41 mpg!)






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New E-code headlight conversion...... [700][1991]
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