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• Re: Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:54:35 -0800
  ...If this is so, what ARE the inner lights for? Are the outers > hi/lo? The inner beams are for highbeams only and are...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:42:22 EDT
  ...dash turns the console lights on and the running lights on. The curious thing is that the blue high-beam indicator light on the...
• Re: '86 Headlight replacment?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 12:22:44 -0500 (EST)
  ...it made a big difference, I also changed to 130w h3 bulbs in my high beams. They are like flame throwers. In regard to...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:31:28 EDT
  ...Just as well that I haven't used high beams = all that much since I did the install!!=0AApparently 400W of light (34A) is...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:44:31 -0500
  ...Since the lights do work with > the lever pulled the ground is good. Bad ground would have only the high > beam indicator light but...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:43:57 EST
  ...And, the thing is if one flashes their highbeams at the guy with his fog lights on in the SUV, or I dare say...
• 91 GL Lights
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:43:03 -0500
  ...They would turn on only by holding the high beam lever up. Has anyone figured out what might have caused this problem. I would...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Wes Ullrich
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:18:25 -0500
  ...on an 84 westy controls the high beams? (OR any other reason a pair of hella driving lights I am installing will not work...
• Re: LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Nov 1994 11:19:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...Fortunately I have a fabulous memory and can always recall > precisely whether my lights were on high or low beam at last usage... > > Are...
• Re: Driving/Fog Lights [long]
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:40:29 -0700
  ...Hella has a set of high beams for aftermarket mounting, that is powered by Xenon. They are called the Luminator. They have awfully much...
• Re: High and Low High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:30:30 -0700
  ...Nothing comes from my low beam lamps. My driving lights also stay on now when I use my high beams. I just installed a...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:34:24 -0700
  ...high-beam lever is pulled back or released. > > > But it really does sound like the ignition switch, since the rest of the > running lights...
• Re: square headlights
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:01:06 -0500
  ...As an alternative you may install the Hella XL low-beam driving lights. I use these and find little need to switch to high...
• 86 Square headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Aug 1996 23:46:16 -0500
  ...I remember one of the posts that stated that going to a higher wattage bulb did little to improve the low beams. I started...
• Re: Headlight Failure-Check the ground connection!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:06:20 -0400
  ...high > beams the > first problem is the high beam indicator does not light up, it did > yesterday and only the right side inner lights...
• Re: HIGH POWERED HEADLIGHT
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:52:58 -0500
  ...Is there a source for ceramic connectors? I > have an 86 and it works OK with 4 100 watt high beams and two 80...
• Re: SA inner lights - how bright?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:48:27 -0800
  ...If you use the H1 high beam then you have a high beam auxilliary driving light. If you use the light they come with...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:24:22 -0500
  ...Nothing! Dash lights OK, driving lights OK, brake lights OK. No head lights. No high beams, no low beams. BUT - if I hold the...
• Re: front headlights not working....
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:36:57 -0500
  ...I can hold it but there is no "click" - like you would usually have when you switch to high beam. > > We are going to...
• Re: SA Grilles:James vs Ken:the difference
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 09:21:01 -0800
  ...These lights will out-distance regular high beams, and should > be turned off in close traffic situations. > > > I can include a NEW center VW...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 15 May 2010 07:42:34 -0700
  ...55/100's allow you to run at the proper low beam level, but switch to the 100 on high. You wouldn't normally...
• Re: Power wiring/headlights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:03:06 -0800
  ...block to relays to lights? With existing high and low beam wiring running to relays?) > > This fuses the lights individually so a failure doesn...
• Re: auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:22:51 -0700
  ...not high > beam only). The Hella website doesn't really show vertical beam pattern > for their aux. lights. What about some 7" driving lights...
• Ignition Switch Mystery....Help Please!
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:00:31 -0700
  ...I got home by holding in the High Beams. Next day the lights worked fine (low and high)...but one of the H3 bulbs...
• Re: head light upgrade
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:11:43 -0800
  ...I used them since 1987 on long stretches as high > beam lights. Can anyone tell me about the way I can upgrade lights on...
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:16:15 -0800
  ...Still no passenger side high beam In a message dated 11/11/2005 10:05:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: headlight advice/f AKA City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 11:32:24 +1200
  ...Might as well have high beam on, as they are directed forward, not down, and have no upper beam cutoff. I give these bright...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat / Unique SA Headlamp
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:23:31 EDT
  ...The inner high beam light of the SA setup is the standard 5 3/4" in size ONLY. Unfortunately, the reflector has integral mounting...
• Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:33:40 -0700
  ...My headlights do > not work, high beams and parking lights work. When I turn on my headlights > I see the LED clock display slowly...
• Re: Re flashing over vans
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 9:27:12 PDT
  L.S.Griffiths@physics.salford.ac.uk writes: > > Your high beam should work with no lights on. I thought so too, but mine doesn...
• Hella H4 Super halogens
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:27:54 -0400
  ...Cibie headlights are still my favorite, though, even if they don't match the Hella high beams in my SA grille. :-) http://www.rallylights...
• Re: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 May 2012 22:24:08 -0700
  ...fwiw ..I recently had a 'new one' ....failure to go from high beams back to low beams only occasionally ..like once every 50 times...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:42:06 -0700
  ...the high beam > current path doesn't go through the headlight switch, it really isn't > necessary. > > Final note - > > With Hella Driving lights - the...
• Re: which type of headlight upgrade would you recommend and why?
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:22:29 -0800
  ...When I switch the high beams on, well, let's just say that if I cannot see anything in front of me with my...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:12:10 -0800
  ...It was in the low beam high beam switch. I removed the steering wheel and un plugged the turn signal switch and wiper switch...
• Headlights stopped working
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:24:12 -0700
  ...If I turn them on, the dash lights come on, etc but no headlights. The high beam indicator is stuck on - i cant get...
• Re: Headlights stopped working
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 02:46:14 EDT
  ...If I turn them on, the dash lights come on, > etc but no headlights. The high beam indicator is > stuck on - i cant get...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:36:12 -0400
  ...High beam is awesome, love that. Haven't read about anybody else with experince with these on a van, try them before you knock...
• AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:11:13 -0800
  ...properly positioned high beam for out of town road illumination with the center spot about 0.5deg below horizontal on high beam. With a...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:37:20 -0500
  ...block, top of the center group. Lights work. BTW, the high beams are 100W and the low beams are Bosch 9004 80/100W. And...
• Re: SA Quad Grill Kit
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:32:57 EST
  ...Standard Time, > > The inner round lights are called driving lights and include for hi > > beams.. > > > > The outer lights lens are not included.., but you...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:59:32 -0800
  ...The dash lights comeon and the park lights come on. The passing > high beam flasher works so I have high beams if I want...
• Melted lightswitch... again!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:48:27 -0700
  ...high beam circuit is a relay that controls my two 150W KC Daylighters. Is the factory switch under engineered for the additional lights they...
• 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: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:53:26 +0200
  No idea for the relay setup here, but the high beam current runs through the turn signal switch / dimmer which also melts. I would...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights/SA Square lights?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:59:05 EST
  ...Wouldn't using a relay with a higher wattage bulb spare the headlight switch from the extra current needed for the higher wattage bulbs...
• Re: Those h4 led bulbs again
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:09:12 -0800
  ...LED high beams the light is amazing. Even the low beams are awesome. > > I would really like to keep the rectangular lights. I am...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 03:10:08 +0000
  ...The bright/high-beam light is a square, and takes a very, > very > small halogen bulb. But both must be installed through the back...
• Re: Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:00:10 -0500
  ...the high beams/low beams were working > ok...could switch between the two...and I noticed one > of the small (high beam) lights was...
• Re: H4 European Headlight report
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 13 May 2009 06:56:22 EDT
  ...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: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:30:43 +0200
  ...should also mention I have the hella H3 driving lights wired into the high > beams with no relays. > > I'd rather avoid the project...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:07:43 -0500
  ...turns off. > High beam LED glows dimly. (if i turn on high beams, the LED goes > OUT, ironically) > Cluster illumination lights off. > > If i...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:16:20 -0600
  ...turns off. > High beam LED glows dimly. (if i turn on high beams, the LED goes > OUT, ironically) > Cluster illumination lights off. > > If i...
• Re: front headlights not working....
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:48:26 +0000
  ...I can hold it but there is no "click" - like you would > usually have when you switch to high beam. > > We are going to...
• Re: headlight advice/f AKA City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:05:49 -0800
  ...the lights of oncoming vehicles (it also puts to rest the question of "Did that guy have his high beams on?"). The lights are...
• Headlight Failure
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:01:27 -0700
  ...high beams the first problem is the high beam indicator does not light up, it did yesterday and only the right side inner lights...
• Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:31:04 -0500
  ...behind the > > grille one for low beam, one for high beam and one for my rallye > > lights. I used the original headlight connectors to...
• 80-83 Instrument cluster question
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 18:42:44 EST
  ...instrument cluster, in the panel just below the warning lights (oil, turn signal, high beam, OXS). Will it fit, or is there some wiring...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:17:39 -0800
  ...High beam is 6000K (pure white) >> > >> > >> > I believe the closest to pure white is either 4300k and 5000k (the >> ones >> I'm >> > using). 6000k...
• Re: Wiring of New Front Aux Lights - Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:23:16 -0400
  ...as I can elect to run the aux anytime I want, even with the high-beams on. And, all I have to do to...