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Back to this thread on that topic...The idea athat these were built in Austria is interesting...GM surely has a plant somewhere there.
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They also had plants in The Netherlands (50s/60s), Belgium (Opel) and other countries. But that was then and this is now...
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As for the headlights, I was to comment that at least your DeLorean has standard sealed beams headlights, the type that delivered the light beam where it belongs...and replacement was cheap, with new reflector, lens and bulb....
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European laws do not allow for sealed beam units for the low beam, so imported cars (from the Americas) have to exchange their light units for H4/H1 or whatever is applicable to European models of the car's brand.
Mind that the DeLorean only had a roadworthy approval for the US, not for Europe (the application for EU roadworthiness died with the factory's bankrupty).
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I do not find the profiled light contraptions of todays cars very interesting..blasting the light all across the earth......so inefficient that you need 100W bulbs to try to deliver what was obtained with a 30watt sealedbeam... ANd indeed, right from the start, I had installed relays for my TS headbeams, fed directly at the alternator output, with all units working on HI ; all the internal wiring just feeds the relay coil; what a difference..I had done the same for all my cars for decades. ..but those modern plastic lenses are doomed after the years anyway. I've seen cars of similar years in Europe that still had glass lenses....how about yours ? (90 to 92 had glass lenses here...93 and on... plastic.
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My Pontiac fortunately came with glass lenses. They're still on the car from new. While replacing the lamp units wiring I also found crappy plug-to-wire connections: not solid metal-to-metal but some half burnt insulation. This had affected the reflectors a bit thus decreasing the light even more. Well, that's over now.
The new circuit is powered from the main 12V connection at the driver's side inside wheel well, as said has a relay and a fuse for each of the units.
All of the light units have H4 (by law for this car in Europe).
I do not see need for Xenon head lights, though they may have better light. Using Xenon would imply replacing all of the units for Xenon approved units, way too expensive for a car of this age (16 yrs).