"halogen headlights with DE module"

what is DE module ?

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Give up!...........What is it?

crikey - if you google "DE module" and select to return pages form teh UK only then this thread comes out top of google and then nowt much else of any use !!!

it shall remain a mystery me thinks !!

To quote baker21..

'The DE module is the 'bulls eye' glass dome in the centre of the lamp, seen in the Superb headlamps, as opposed to a FF Reflector where you can usually see the bulb and bulbshield similar to the Octavia MK1 or Fabia MK1'

Theres a picture of it here, scroll down near the bottom:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://bihalogen.ru/e107_images/custom/DE90_.jpg&imgrefurl=http://briskoda.net/roomster/roomster-halogen-projector-headlights/114474/&h=480&w=640&sz=133&hl=en&start=11&um=1&usg=__xaeYjm15pUgewrW0XluOrJrWLUI=&tbnid=IcFpRi58xx-g5M:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvag%2Bde%2Bmodule%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DKUK_en-GBGB269GB269

i see !!

nothing amazing then. got these on my 6 year old A6 !!

at leat the mystery is now solved !

DE stands for dreiachsiger ellipsoid = triple axle ellipsoid

It is the headlightunit with a lense instead of a mirror.

DE stands for dreiachsiger ellipsoid = triple axle ellipsoid

It is the headlightunit with a lense instead of a mirror.

top marks !!! go to the top of the class - smarty pants !!

(why dont they just call it "halogen headlights with ellipsoid lens" !!!)

(why dont they just call it "halogen headlights with ellipsoid lens" !!!)

Too many words........HHWEL module.........

nah "halogen headlight with DE module" could be replaced with "halogen headlights with EL module" ie make it english and not german !!!

You are probably right......But what do i know.....I'm from Sweden...

nah "halogen headlight with DE module" could be replaced with "halogen headlights with EL module" ie make it english and not german !!!

Please explain just why a German company would want to do that then? :confused:

Please explain just why a German company would want to do that then? :confused:

because the rest of the car description for the Uk market is in ENGLISH so it doesnt make sense to have one small element of the car spec using a german abbreviation. i am sure EDL or ESP or ABS have equivalent german descriptions but they dont use them !!

As far as I know, DE is a development from the german firm Hella

Not much difference from them using the PD term for their deisel technology.

if something has a name it has a name much the same as DVD's are DVD's all over the world

Not much difference from them using the PD term for their deisel technology.

good point ! fair enough