July 6, 2022 HIGH BEAMS

Friends & Customers... One of the things I enjoy most in life is innovating. And one of the best things about being an entrepreneur and starting new companies is there is constant opportunity to innovate. An extreme example of this is a company that I started in the very early days of the Internet (spelled with a capital I at that time). With the awkward name of Multimedia Marketing Group, soon to be known as MMG, we were in a completely new land. Innovation? We were making everything up as we went along and often were a few days ahead of our clients. MMG eventually grew to over 100 employees and it was sold to a large traditional agency in London. But what a ride! While on a much more modest scale, we've been fortunate to come up with a few innovations here at Audette Collection. We were the first to offer concours restoration of various vintage Porsche headlights using vapor deposited aluminum, such as Bosch H1's, Bosch H4's and Cibie 170m Bi-Iodes (and we were the first to engineer a design enabling the less expensive 190mm Cibie Bi-Iodes to be installed in the Porsche 7" buckets). We were the first to develop a plug n' play configuration and to pioneer LED headlights for air cooled Porsches a number of years ago. We've just come up with another, albeit small, innovation that solves a little problem that has long bugged us - re-configuring LWB U.S. turn signals properly for Euro lenses. Not exactly rocket science, but satisfying nonetheless. I'll describe it in the featured product section. Have a great week - and keep it smooth. Cheers, John

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Differences Between U.S. and Euro (RoW) LWB Turn Signals Turn signals made for the U.S. have all amber lenses and the small 4w light is located on the outward side of the turn signal toward the outside of the car. Those made for Euro and RoW destinations have amber/clear lenses with the clear located on the inward side of the lens toward the inside of the car, next to the horn grille. The reason is that is where the 4w bulbs are located on Euro cars. Many owners prefer the look of Euro lenses over the U.S. lenses and simply install them on U.S. housings. However, for those that prefer a more authentic and original look, that looks a bit off. AC has solved that problem by converting U.S. housings to proper Euro housings. That's accomplished by installing a very hard to find Porsche bulb holder on the proper end of the housing for the Euro configuration. I guess it might not be a real innovation as we're using the same product that Porsche used. The innovative part was the determination to provide a solution to this nagging issue and to persist for years to find these obscure parts. Then it was a bit tricky as they came with no wiring. After many permutations we came up with a wiring configuration very close to the original that we are happy with. Now those who wish to use Euro lenses in their LWB turn signals can do so correctly with the right bulbs in the right places. I suppose this is the kind of project that is too small for a large company to mess with but perfect for a small enthusiast owned business. LWB Turn Signals Euro Configuration. An AC Exclusive. USA Configuration

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FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING For the month of July we are offering free shipping, not only to the U.S., but to the entire globe. We wish we could do it all the time but it's an expensive benefit for a small company to offer and we're pleased to offer it a few times a year.

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Hi John, Hope you had a good week and get to take some time off for the holiday. I just laid eyes on the lights for the first time and they are beautiful. Thank you so much for helping with this aspect of the project. Would it be okay for me to mention your business in my build thread on Pelican? Thank you, Keith

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