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• Driving light switch? Re: Status: vw foglight switch kit ZVW 123 251
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:28:59 EST
  ...Position #1 is for front fog lights only, while > position #2 is for both front and rear fog l Is there a different switch...
• Re: Possible replacement lights? Need feedback
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:05:48 -0400
  ...Yes, I've bought both the replacement fog lights and Euro headlights for my Corrado from them (RPI). The Euro headlights on a Corrado...
• Need Lights from a '90 GL?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:06:20 -0800
  Volks- Just made the switch to the "smoked" lights, so I have stock tail lights/turn signals from my '90 GL in a box...
• trailer lights?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Seitz
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 08:02:51 -0600
  Any suggestions as to where to hook into the wiring for trailer lights? Joe '84 Westy and coming soon... Scooter winch for towing foot...
• headlights
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 10:56:23 -0500
  ...What is the point? To get brighter lights or more attractive lights? Woody
• Re: Hella Driving Lights: Was:Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:11:44 -0600
  Mr. Brian, Hella 500 kit at Rosser Jeep, $69.00 1 800 633 4724. Good Afternoon, Fred
• Re: Third brake light
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:28:59 -0400
  Any specific suggestions on where to get these LED bulbs for bog standard original rear lights/sockets? Thanks Sent from my digital leash > On...
• Re: Camping Christmas Lights
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 19 May 2010 12:20:56 -0700
  ...100 solar LED lights!<http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Powered-Christmas-Lights-String/dp/B0030AZ4IA> With that, I'm glad they ran out of...
• Re: Daytime Running Lights-91 Carat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 23:38:36 -0400 (AST)
  >I am looking for information on how to install the daytime running lights as >shown in the Vanagon Bentley manual on pages 97.241...
• Re: Help, no brake lights!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:17:55 -0600
  ...Help, no brake lights! > While I was backing into my parking spot last night I noticed that the brake > lights on my '85 Westfalia...
• Re: Dash lights kaput
  Historical mailing list - Son Of A Vanagon
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:12:27 -0800
  Hi All- The dash lights in my 91 Carat died also, on xmas eve in the snow of northern Ohio. The interior-light fuse...
• Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Dusty Miller
  Fri, 8 May 1998 03:20:02 +0100
  Turn the lights on when you get in and off when you get out! Duh ! ;-) just kidding, half 3 am and Still at W...
• Re: Driving/Fog Lights
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:12:25 -0400
  Mark, > If yellow fog lights are so much better, then why do manufacturers even offer > fog lights with clear lenses? I really haven't...
• Re: auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:08:44 -0500
  ...Haven't tried them in the fog, but they are not advertised as fog lights. Bought them from Susquehanna Motor sports in PA. Dimwitted...
• RE: '85 Vanagon with alternator problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Mar 97 06:10:54 UT
  The Governor does not turn on any dash lights. You probably have bad brushes or a bearing in the alternator. When the Governor kicks...
• Re: Light Inside Camper/cockpit lighting
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 00:16:26 -1000
  ...We've had reports of touch lites (own battery operated), flourescent lights (both battery and car battery operated), high intensity lights, and additional OEM...
• Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Wed, 5 May 2010 16:48:37 -0700
  My brake lights are not working. The bulbs are good. I suspect the switch. I am having trouble locating it. Bently shows two wires...
• Dash lights
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:59:57 -0600
  hey Phillip, I have changed the lights in my dash to red. All I did was paint the bulbs red using model paint. The...
• One South African grille and lights FS
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:15:14 -0500
  I now have one extra grille and a set of inner lights for sale. This is the kit that was previously sold by Kyle...
• Re: Dashboard light filter
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:01:48 -0700
  who wants bright dash lights????? crazy. when it is dark out, your eyes adjust to the dark and the dim dash lights are a...
• Re: 85 Vanagon brake lights
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 22:48:36 -0800
  ...85 Vanagon brake lights List members, I seem to have a problem with my brake lights. The bulbs all check out good, to sockets...
• Re: Aftermarket Fog Lights?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:37:53 -0500
  ...if fog lights work better UNDER the bumper, then put the fog lights there. notice your 1982 model has NO drink holders. ;) i don...
• FIXED - Tach and Inst Lights - Thanks list!
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:22:01 -0800
  Finally! Thanks to everyone who offered advice on how to fix my Tach and inst panel lights! I am not sure how I fixed...
• ? Curious- Fan runs when lights on, even cold.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 10:09:36 -0500
  Just noticed this yesterday - the front cooling fan runs when the lights are on, engine off, even when cold. ? James Glenn
• 87 w/ no reverse lights
  Historical mailing list - Ned
  Sun, 19 May 2002 19:58:16 -0400
  anyone know exactly where the reverse light switch is on the manual transmission? I have no lights and suspect the switch is bad. Thanks
• Re: Daytime running lights.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:58:50 -0400
  ...Are Daytime running lights dimmer??? Does not make sense. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Automatic lights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:12:14 +1200
  Does anybody know of a QUALITY aftermarket automatic light setup? My 1988 Nissan Skyline had 2-stage automatic on/off lights and it was...
• Re: ecode h4 headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 12 May 2005 11:32:58 -0400
  ...I haven't yet wired up my city lights on my Westy with the Euro headlights, but likely will do so real soon now...
• SA Grille Lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:26:35 -0600
  Can anyone tell me what physical size the small lights are in the SA grille - and some sources. I know the big ones are...
• LED Brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:26:06 -0700
  I saw some LED lights meant for using as brake light bulb replacements . . . the leds were red . . saw in a flaps . . just searched the...
• Re: Reverse lights going crazy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Feb 2015 01:22:45 -0500
  ...The symptom I was chasing was a flickering of the reverse lights when in reverse. After replacing the switch, the reverse lights now come...
• Re: headlight advice/f AKA City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:05:49 -0800
  ...I believe these lights are used by law instead of headlights within the city limits in a great many european cities. I think the...
• Re: Interior Lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 19:52:09 -0800
  > Hi All, > The interior lights in my 88 will come on when I flip the switch up or down. > However, the lights won't...
• Re: *Blink lights HOAX*
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 06 May 1997 17:42:55 -0700
  ...Their goal is to wait until some well intentioned citizen blinks their >>lights at them intending to add to the safety factor. The good...
• Re: Driving/Fog Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ohlemacher
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 10:17:33 -0400
  The Xenon lights everyone calls blue are not a bulb based change (at least according to european car) but rather a whole new method...
• Bright lights stuck on
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:21:20 EST
  ...I pulled the fuses (lights out), and replaced them, brights stayed off. Got to work and brights stuck on again. Pulled, replaced fuses, lights...
• Re: No instament lights
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 21:44:59 +0000
  ...I have removed the radio ground and still no lights on the dash. I have checked both wires comming out at the fuse and...
• Re: New Bosch H4's from CDN Tire
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:01:45 -0500
  > > I just bought the round H4 lights for my 85 Vanagon at > Canadian Tire for $89.95. On the same shelf they also have...
• Re: Friday van lights
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:59:42 -0500
  ...spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > Such a lot of thread about lights, how about fixing this vans lighting > problem? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch...
• Re: Question about adding lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:47:22 -0400
  At 09:51 AM 4/27/2013, Jim Felder wrote: >One switch will control all three lights, but the rear light will not come...
• Re: 12 Volt Halogens (was RE: generators vs. camping (long and tiresome))
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 06:14:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...JC Whitney (a halogen dome light, bulb for back up lights usable elsewhere) and other FLAPS. 2. Home lighting stores have low voltage halogen...
• Re: JC Whitney orders from Canada?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 03:35:22 -0500
  > > Any fellow Canadians tried ordering from JC Whitney? I'd like to get > some interior lights (fluorescent type, like in earlier Westies) to > go...
• Re: no instrument lights.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:38:39 -0400
  I don't have a Bentley handy here to see if VW does the same, but on the GM cars, when your tail lights...
• Re: Batttery and OX sensors lights?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:56:56 -0400
  it is normal for the lights to stay on until the engine is reved a bit. If they stay on after hitting 2500 RPM...
• Re; adding back lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:41:57 EST
  ...What about adding a second pair of vanagon tail lights to the rear of the van between the stock lens and the licence plate...
• Re: Let there be LIGHT!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:59:54 -0400
  Walter Houle wrote: > Do the inside lights throw a wide pattern that will help me see around > sharp turns? The inner lights on the...
• Re: trailer lights
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:01:17 -0500
  ...Howard >Subject: [VANAGON] trailer lights
• Re: luggage cargo carrier for rear hitch
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 23 Jun 2013 17:11:08 -0700
  RE: Tow Hitch Carriers Which width? Which one is going to cover the tail lights and require adding external trailer lights? Maybe both?
• Driving lights
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gellman User
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:32:53 -0500
  Hello all Does anyone have any suggestions for driving lights? And the placement of them...on top of the bumper, below the bumper? How...
• Re: LED Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dean Staltare
  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:14:05 -0500
  ...Upon stopping the lights go VERY >> bright. They appear to me to be LED lights in rows to give good stopping >> warnings. Don't...
• FW: 1991 Vanagon GL W/ 4 Large Round Headlights
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:28:52 -0500
  ...TheSamba.com Ad - 1991 Vanagon GL The lights I have are 4 Hella 500's and they are wired to a extra Defrost switch...
• Re: DC party lights
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:28:37 -0700
  On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:00:28 -0400, you wrote: >I'm looking to get a string of party lights to hand from...
• Re: Hella flex arm lights
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:34:03 -0800
  ...Hella flex arm lights Ty, Where did you buy the Hella flex arm lights pictured on the rear overhead cabinet of your Westy? Remember...
• The deal about the Tail Light Fairy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:25:49 -0800
  ...that's who checks things like brake lights , tail light, side markers, back up lights , license lights ... No Body ..that's his job, and...
• Re: instrument panel lights
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 18 Jul 1994 11:46:43 -0500 (CDT)
  On Mon, 18 Jul 1994, Will Self wrote: > > In my '84 Vanagon the lights behind the speedometer and heating > controls don't work. The...
• Cabin Lights, Sink et al
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:49:09 -0400
  ...The cabin lights and sink are hot all the time, so obviously they don't get power from the fridge relay. The only solution...
• Adding New Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Channell
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:35:06 -0700
  ...Any suggestions? I recently saw Larry Roadhaus's LED track lights that were really nice. Another Westy owner had several small fluorescent lights lined...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:37:26
  >Has anyone had experience in adding "driving lights" for daytime use to a >Vanagon? I always drive with my headlights on but would like...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:42:17 -0700
  What are you saying? That we should install relays for all our brake lights, turn signals, tail lights, and back up lights? And what...
• Re: Third brake light
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:45:18 -0400
  ...They further obscure the low down stock lights. I put some LED lights in the upper corners of my back window. They have 2...