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• Re: H4 European Headlight report
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 May 2009 22:20:52 +1200
  ...use the high beams the most > they are normal and a little extra umph on the highway with the 100W high > beams and the...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:43:44 -0400
  ...And I've never met anybody who ever burned out a high-beam filament. <envy> :) david -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net...
• Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:42:58 +1300
  ...type of kit >- low beam only, dual bulb HID for high an low, mechanically moving HID >bulb for high and low or the HID...
• Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing???
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:02:20 -0600
  ...So, can you give me a little more guidance on where to look for a loose ground wire? Does the high beam indicator's...
• Re: How to aim headlights?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:31:06 -0800
  ...When doing the high-beam setting, all four Lamps are lit, whole wall is ablaze with light! Pull the fuses on the lights you...
• Re: no wipers, no blower motor, no headlights, no radio, no idea...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:15:39 -0400
  ...Wilmington, NC >> >> The wipers, blower motor, headlights and radio are a no go. >> >> But...When I turn on the high beams, everything works. >> >> I...
• High Beam Indicator
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 19 May 2003 21:37:36 -0400
  Thanks to all who responded to my question about the high beam indicator. Joel Walker pointed out that it is not a LED, but...
• Re: Head lights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:36:57 -0500
  If you are speaking of sealed beam rectangular headlights I won't argue. I was speaking of sealed beam round headlights (about $20 at...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:24:53 -0800
  ...as Xenon elements are single - in order to get high beam and >> low >> beam you need a moving element and they are pretty much...
• Re: [GEN] Bra for SA Grill?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:01:59 -0400
  There is a mesh screen across the centre of my bra and my inner lights are set up for high beam only so I...
• Re: Let there be LIGHT!!!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:55:54 -0700
  ...They list it for $72 and it includes low-beam and high-beam relays, and two H4 Halogen bulbs. Then you have to buy...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 06:42:58 EDT
  ...The headlights (both high and low beam) have ceased to function on my 87 Westy. I have parking lights, tail lights license and plate...
• No Lo/Hi Beams
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:36:52 -0600
  ...When I turn the light switch on, the only lights that work are the Hella's when I use the high beam switch, which...
• torque wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 10 May 1995 16:30:17 CST6CDT
  ...This assures a very accurate torque in high compressability situation, ie thick gaskets or a lot of material to squish. A beam torque wrench...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:14:48 -0800
  ...her high >>>beams >>>at the victim to prove to the victim he or she doesn't have his or >>>her high >>>beams on-- this...
• Re: no wipers, no blower motor, no headlights, no radio, no idea...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:08:27 -0700
  ...Wilmington, NC > > The wipers, blower motor, headlights and radio are a no go. > > But...When I turn on the high beams, everything works. > > I...
• Re: [Syncro] Headlamp substitution
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 02:44:34 +0100
  Roger Bowman wrote: > From: "Roger Bowman" <bowmanrp@earthlink.net> > > So: > > Let me see if I can get this right: > > The rectangular high beam/low...
• Re: LED/HID lighting questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:58:08 -0400
  ...The factory aim of US spec low beams would be judged as unacceptably high in the European Union. Since most drivers spend the majority...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:37:18 -0800
  ...I have myself had a pistol pointed at me for giving a > high-beam overtaker a dose of my own high beams after he...
• Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL RELATED QUESTION/THREAD HIJACK
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:29:20 -0400
  ...When I switched on the high beams > >> the lights went out completely for a moment. Decided to leave on low > >> beams. Then had to...
• front headlights
  Historical mailing list - Tony Gould
  Sun, 20 May 2001 19:08:20 -0700
  ...lo beam will only light when the High Beam is turned on...any ideas? Also, my oil light flashed and the buzzer sounded when...
• Re: Those h4 led bulbs again
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:01:08 +0000
  ...Combined with the outer LED high beams the light is amazing. Even the low beams are awesome. > > I would really like to keep the...
• FW: auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:29:41 -0600
  ...not high >beam only). The Hella website doesn't really show vertical beam pattern >for their aux. lights. What about some 7" driving lights...
• Re: H4 led bulbs, trying out another pair
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:19:23 -0400
  ...Been running them since then, loved the low beams, didn’t like the high beams so much and hated the weak station fm interference...
• Re: New SA grill
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:39:52 -0700
  ...They're basically high-beam type lights with no upper cutoff. If they're on, you're blinding oncoming traffic. If you mean the...
• Hella Yellow Star H4 light bulb report - ecode
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:37:22 -0700
  ...The high beams are simply horrible. I'm sure the Yellow Stars would do fine in the winter when the lower refractivity of the...
• Re: dim headlights
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:00:48 EDT
  ...If they're to high, the low beam will blind oncoming traffic.) If you stick with standard wattage H4 bulbs you don't need...
• Re: 360W of Bright?
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:24:58 -0400
  ...When he hit the high beams it was like a stadium lighting up, but with nice crisp edges unlike the American style muddy edges...
• Who has the SA Grilles for sale? I have a pic.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:19:18 EST
  ...IMNSHO the original lights are comparatively poor in beam pattern and evenness of illumination even with higher wattage bulbs installed. Fashionable perhaps, functional, not...
• HEADLIGHTS on HOLIDAY!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:08:20 EDT
  ...high-beam indicator light as well as the parking lights come on when the switch is turned on. [Since the high and low beams...
• 88 Vanagon headlight socket problem
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:23:12 -0400
  ...my headlights to use higher wattage bulbs and was pleased with the result. Recently I noticed that the low beams seemed weaker than they...
• Re: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:31:13 -0400
  ...a relay? The H4 bulbs are 55/60 watts >(low beam/high beam). > >My fear is they will damage the light switch. I don...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:35:42 +0100
  ...DRL's are typically high-beams of the vehicle, operated at > 80% voltage. I find it strange that the high beams are used as...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:26:59 -0700
  ...Each fuse operates both high beams on one side. >15 amps if using proper bulbs. > >Dennis > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: fog light switch--how to rig it 3 way
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 10 May 1998 09:13:54 -0400
  Though it is often illegal to rig fogg lamps so they come on with the high beams, I rigged my fogg lamp switch so...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 07:59:04 -0500
  ...writes: > For high wattage bulbs you want e-codes or you'll blind oncoming > traffic with the scattered DOT low beams. Is that why...
• Re: Rewiring for Xenon lights
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 23:31:48 -0500
  ...The low beam pattern is real crap, the high beam is great though. I want a HID low beam driving beam replacement solution.. That...
• Re: Headlight Relay Kit - Just moved to Columbus, OH
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:47:23 -0800
  ...Best lighting $$ I've ever spent! Got very useful low beams and excellent high beams too. I will put the inners on their won...
• Re: Headlight hi-beam issues
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:17:53 -0700
  ...Low beams are fine on both >> sides. If I turn on high beams, the drivers side turns off completely >> and the passenger side works...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:05:41 -0400
  ...with dual headlights where both > high and low beams were on at the same time?? Like low beams are just > on and when the...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:58:09 -0500
  ...I don't think it is a ground issue because the lights will come on when you pull the high beam lever back and...
• Re E4 Wiring.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:06:10 -0800
  ...When one adjusts the 7" round or the rectangular beam one must compromise between the high beam pattern and the cutoff pattern of the...
• Re: Hella style driving lamp, or else.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 May 2007 08:57:00 -0400
  ...The long range should only be used with the high beams. Mid range is generally considered an addition to normal low beams. Care must...
• Re: H4 led bulbs, trying out another pair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:41:14 -0700
  ...Been running them since then, loved the low beams, didn’t like the high beams so much and hated the weak station fm interference...
• Re: Replace Headlights?
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 11:20:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...The low beam is designed to light up the right roadside, while keeping the light low, under the eyes of oncoming drivers. The high...
• Drivers side high headlight housing: What is the best deal....?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley (WV)
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:44:49 -0700
  ...for high headlight housing? I finally had one smashed buy a rock in dusty rocky AZ:-(. I do not need the low beam if...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:22:55 -0600
  ...The high beams fail more > often than the low beams but they both do it. By pulling the switch stalk > on the steering column...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 16:05:20 -0500
  ...They are common. > > > Both the high beam and low beam headlights have separate bulbs, and > are not > > > sealed beam lights. > > > > > > bob > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:19:21 -0700
  ...The almost perfect comment is in regard to the inability to have both the ideally aimed high beam and the ideally aimed sharp cutoff...
• Re: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 May 2012 22:55:15 -0400
  ...There are actually 4 fuses for the headlights, high and low beam, each side. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:25:15 -0600
  Now I'm really cornfused!! The driving lights aren't the highbeam lights? So in a low beam siutation which lights are supposed to...
• FW: High Beam indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:25:20 -0400
  ...High Beam indicator light Fellows and fellaws: Some time ago there was a thread on this light regarding if it was a bulb or...
• Re: High beam LED blue light
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:16:39 -0800
  >The blue high beam indicator light is not an LED but an incandescent bulb >and does burn out. All the other indicator lamps are...
• HELP...Horn/Blinker/Headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:33:47 -0500
  ...horn because when I pulled the high beam lever back to get the headlights (hi/low beam) to work, the horn would blow! Also...
• Fwd: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 04:54:18 -0700
  ...This puts your high beam pattern too high for best road use. The article mentions the excellent Marchal Ampilux 7" dual reflector lens assemblies...
• Re: high beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:00:26 -0700
  ...High brightness ones have very clear lenses and shine a beam that is maybe 12'. You can take the LED out and frost it...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 08:46:19 -0500
  ...But just to >>compare prices: >> >>H1 5x7 High Beams Hella 57.50 DM = 35.00 USD >>H1 5x7 High Beams Bosch 63.00 DM...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:28:05 -0700
  ...The low beam is on along with the high beams and the area nearer the van is then lit up better. If I remember...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:46:55 -0400
  ...High beam blue light? Any one know what bulb I'd need to replace the blue hi beam on bulb on an '84? Rob...
• Re: High beam LED blue light
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:28:23 -0800
  I had to replace mine when it burned out. It's just a little light bulb with a blue colored cover.