kitora

I am moving very soon to Europe and I'm thinking about bringing my '98 A6 2.8 Quattro with me. The requirements to have it registered there is that I have to replace the headlights with euro spec. lights and the odometer has to have km/h instead of mph as the primary scale.

The headlights I have found for around $900 each (Xenon), so that's not to bad. I'm hoping to be able to find some of those backplate thingies for the odometer that you just put on with some kind of adhesive.

Now, it would make sense to try and sell my US spec. headlights here before I go. Does a market for used A6 headlights exist ??

Any advise on doing this ?

CEB

...different countries have different requirement and exemptions (Germany, for one, doesn't require headlight changes as long as the height is adjustable).

Let me know and I'll delve into my old braincells.....

kitora

I'm going to sweden. Do you know anything about their requirements ??

phred

There are usually different standards for bumpers, window glass, door beams, etc. But perhaps the US standards are higher so you might be OK.

Easiest thing would be to sell the car here and get something over there we can't get (Renault, Peuguot, A3, Alfa, Fiat, etc. etc.)

kitora

I have owned some of the other cars you mention when I lived there before, but nothing compares to the quality of Audi.

CEB

Send me an email and I'll pop across the hall to NHTSA

kitora

What is NHTSA ?

CEB

The folks that say what we can sell here. They have stuff on all the countries and are only a one minute walk down the hall for me.

I suspect that Sweden is no different from Germany since German grey market cars are all over Sweden. I assume that you are going with a private company and not govt. sponsored.

kitora

I would greatly appreciate any information you might be able to get for me.

You can email my at kim@rasmussen-usa.net

RickS

More like coal to Newcastle