I finally found a headlight that I like to my 95, but the wiring is diffent (I knew it's gonna need some modz).

So how do I do it? There's any sort of adaptor? I need to change the headlight plug in my car (where do I buy the plug?).

The aftermarket headlight has this kind of plug:



and looks like this:

 

Audi B5 A4 Quattro V6 12v > Lighting > View All > ES#86 A4 European Headlight Wiring Harness - A4UROWIRINGKIT-A

 

holy JC! 64 bucks for a pair of plugs... anyway, there's a feasible solution...

 

There's another way to get it to work, but this is the easy way out.

 

what's the other way? I was wondering about an adaptor, or buying plugs and soldering. that's the ways I thought.

 

I just did this to my B5 (pictures coming up eventually). I wasn't going to pay that much for it and dealers don't have the part. You can try searching junkyards for later years or search for a part out. User pzp107 is located on this site as well as around the net. He may have a few more connectors he can send you.

 

I believe the other way involves wire connectors and a lot of silicone to fill in the gaps. It's pretty messy.

 

I won't do the silicon , sticky fingers and a hell lot of time way lol.

I'll look for this user, and I next weekend look for it in junkyards.

the main thing is: i'm gonna buy the headlights monday! if there're solutions, eventually it will be mounted in my car.


another question, does it need cutting my bumper?

skythe, could you write a few lines about the installation?

 

Son #2 and I just finished putting similar-looking DEPO one-piece headlights into my 1996 A4. Here is what we had to do to make it work:
1) cut out the inside flange on the fender;
2) put the old wiring harness into the new system;
3) ream out the connector opening slightly to accommodate the old-style round plug;
4) reverse the high and low beam wires in the plug (white and yellow);
5) remove the fog lamp hot wire from the old plug.*

It is pretty easy to remove and swap pins in the old-style round plug -- the entire pink section has to shift in one direction to loosen the pins.

For cutting the fender flange, I recommend a combination of hacksaw and dremel cutting wheel cuts.

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* You lose the fog lamps, unless you want to mount some in the bumper. I may do that later, but my main reason for using the fogs was to compensate for the glazed/oxidized original lenses.

 

Follow this DIY on fender cutting: 2-Piece to 1-Piece Headlight Conversion - AudiFreaks

The author, CCA4, is on this forum too. He'll tell you the most important thing is taking your time! Go slow, and don't cut away too much at once. If you do, the hole will be too large and the lights will sink past the metal and into the engine bay. You'll need a new fender at that point. Take your time, testing for fitment as you go.

I was probably too careful when I did mine. I spent about 2 hours doing the driver side and about 30 minutes on the passenger side. It was my first time using a dremel and I didn't want to screw up and have to buy a new fender and paint.