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• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:27:11 -0800
  ><<Of course, sometimes flashing hi-beams mean "Watch out, oncoming drivers... >there's a speed trap lurking around the next bend"... if only we...
• Re: Wiring for Canadian 1991 Westy with daytime running lights and (not related) loose wire GR/W wire behind fuse panel.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 22 May 2016 23:29:12 -0500
  ...It all made sense until I >> disconnected both relays and STILL had low beams. >> >> It took a while, but I finallyhad an epiphany and...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:58:09 -0500
  ...manual? I need to know which relay is the hi beam low beam relay. My lights wont come on unless you hold up the...
• Re: Help: Wierd electrical gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:24:16 -0500
  ...high beam indicator light is on BUT only the low beams are lit, toggle >the high beam indicator light out, and high beams are...
• Re: The drama continues -> Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:06:33 -0700
  ...then check for power coming out of the light switch for hi beams and low beams, using the test light. Just keep going like...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 03:10:08 +0000
  ...Commonly > on > that model van you have the outboard lamps are the dim/low-beam and > take > a 9004 bulb which fits to the...
• Re: A new headlight Problem.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:21:54 EST
  ...Besides, if that >were >faulty then all lights would crap out I think. >* On one side, when low beams are on, that side displays...
• Re: Lights out last night.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:41:39 -0600
  ...same time... > Luckily- If I hold the high beam/low bram switch I get high beams. > The > taillights work fine. > > Full moon last night...
• Re: Lights out last night.
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:28:54 -0800
  ...same time... > Luckily- If I hold the high beam/low bram switch I get high beams. The > taillights work fine. > > Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:50:00 -0700
  ...A long time ago during my first years I got a headlight switch problem (no low beam, high beam is OK if I hold...
• Re: Fw: H4 E-code Headlamps
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:26:12 -0800
  ...Turn the low beams on. The light >> pattern, and please excuse my ASCII is something like: >> >> __/ __/ >> >> at the "bend" in the light pattern should...
• Re: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:52:48 -0700
  ...side has a lower potential. Diodes of the LED type have polarity and can't act that way. The hi-beam light can and...
• Re: 87 Vanagon Headlight
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 11:45:56 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The low beam: it's just a 9004 bulb(simple). The high beam gets a little more complicated. Don't touch the bulbs! Handle...
• higher power low beams
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 13:27:59 EST
  A while back, someone on the list mentioned making a kit so that using higher wattage headlight bulbs wouldn't melt the switch. They...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:26:09 EST
  <<Of course, sometimes flashing hi-beams mean "Watch out, oncoming drivers... there's a speed trap lurking around the next bend"... if only we...
• headlights
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Wed, 23 May 2007 20:17:20 -0700
  funny, mine works on low beam only, and requires the steering column to activate... otherwise no headlights! madeline Shape Yahoo! in your own image...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 06:32:24 -0700
  ...dual headlights where both >> high and low beams were on at the same time?? Like low beams are just >> on and when the dimmer...
• Re: Headlight wiring problem
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:49:56 -0700
  ...Leon 85 Subwagen Westy Doug Alcock wrote: > Hi gang, > > My driver's side low-beam and parking light have ceased to function. The > high...
• Re: our new 87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Patrick & Stephanie Harris
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:34:40 -0700
  ...the outer/bigger ones are the low beams. the inner/smaller >ones are the high beams. try it and see. on high beams, both...
• Re: Let there be LIGHT!!!
  Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:11:25 +0000
  ...They list it for $72 and it includes low-beam and high-beam relays, and two H4 Halogen bulbs. Then you have to buy...
• adjustment specs for headlights?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:10:31 -0500
  Hey All, What are the adjustment specs for high and low beams for an 89 vanagon.. I want to do the old... parking lot...
• Re: Crazy BRIGHT(!!) reverse lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:49:10 -0400
  ...those pesky SUV drivers >following >too closely or refusing to lower their high beams. :o) Won't they be surprised when your tranny pukes...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof!
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:33:48 -0500
  ...Hard to tell for sure (so far) but two of them feel like they are clicking whenever the high-beam lever is pulled back...
• Fixed! -> Re: The drama continues -> Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:48:18 -0700
  ...due to that one slightly loose connection between the low beam relay and low beam circuit. Or perhaps one burnt out and I just...
• Re: Headlight wiring problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:50:17 -0400
  ...Headlight wiring problem Hi gang, My driver's side low-beam and parking light have ceased to function. The high-beam and turn signal...
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:16:15 -0800
  ...Now the drivers side driving light is on all the time dim on low beam bright on high and on the passenger side it...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:46:55 -0800
  ...One defining aspect of the e code lights is the sharp low beam cut off. And yes, the proposed comparison with ken's bulbs...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:13:18 -0700
  ...Neither hi >nor low beams work. The fuses are fine and the light switch on the dash >turns the console lights on and the...
• One headlight goes out with high beams - SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 15 Jul 2000 11:48:50 -0700
  ...Last weekend I had a weird problem with a low beam headlight that would go out when the high beams were switched on (in...
• '86 Headlight replacment?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:32:25 -0800 (PST)
  ...Has anyone replaced a '86 or newer vanagon's high/low headlights with a better performing rectangular reflector/bulb combination? My reflectors are in...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:21:48 -0700
  ...Someone misread the diagrams, probably due to the poor way the hi/low switch is illustrated in the Bentley for 84 and others. Mark...
• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:52:23 -0500
  ...outers - high/low beam; inners - high beam. > >If the gauge of the headlight wiring is the same in the '84 as in the '86...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:55:39 -0500
  ...driving (with driving lights on and low beams on) i've had >people flash their high beams at me, and i get the occasional...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:58:01 -0700
  ...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 - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 13:38:58 -0600
  ...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: H4 led bulbs, trying out another pair. Late headlight LEDS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:23:16 +0000
  ...The top two are for the low beam and high beam simply adds the one facing down. Low beam is really great although there...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:37:06 -0700
  ...The relationship > between the COB center of beam between high and low is a compromise on > installations where the mounting center of the lens...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:48:10 +1300
  ...They are aligned parallel with the road surface, NOT dipped, and have no top beam cutoff. They are designed for use in fog ONLY...
• Re: Those h4 led bulbs again
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 13 Feb 2017 07:29:24 -0400
  ...I love the low power draw, I still get a kick out the instant on and instant high beam effect ( yeah, I'm easily...
• Re: FS: New SA Hella H-4s with correct factory buckets $65/pair
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 21:05:07 +1300
  > > The low-beam cutoffs can be "corrected" using a wedge of insulating >> tape or vinyl graphics tape attached over the appropriate part of the...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:05:07 -0500
  ...Point to or send a diagram for how the relays are wired? >have no lights, no brights, no low beam, nothing. The high beam...
• Re: drool...drool
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:21:42 -0600
  > Anyone wire the factory fog light switch so that the fogs go on only > with low beams or all the time - depending on the...
• Re: H-4 Euro headlights question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:02:20 -0800
  ...Park about 3-4 > carlengths directly behind a parked car and set your low beams. Adjust > until the lights are pointing straight ahead (NOT...
• Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 27 May 2007 13:14:22 -0700
  ...the low beam relay BUT the left side low beam still > works > so I remove both relays & the left side hight/low beams still...
• Fwd: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 04:54:18 -0700
  ...To achieve optimum sharp-cutoff low beam pattern on the road of course not on the garage wall, you must aim the headlight slightly...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:40:11 -0500
  ...driving (with driving lights on and low beams on) i've had people flash their high beams at me, and i get the occasional...
• Re: Accessing Rear Brake Lines above Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:08:16 EDT
  ...long eyebolt (load-rated) through the beam held by a nut. Then undo the transaxle mount and lower the forward end of the engine...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:47:34 -0800
  ...You can at least partly address the high vs low beam > pattern incompatibility by going to a 4 headlight system, where you can > aim...
• 88 Inst. Cluster in 85
  Historical mailing list - Michael Claire
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:05:52 -0800
  ...2) the highbeam indicator blue lamp is activated on low rather than high beam. Has any one got any ideas about how to fix...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:33:15 -0400
  ...Neither hi >nor low beams work. The fuses are fine and the light switch on the dash >turns the console lights on and the...
• Re: H4 European Headlight report
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 May 2009 22:20:52 +1200
  ...55 / > 100s in mine so in town and low speed where I use the high beams the most > they are normal and a little...
• 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
  ...they are set as low as they >can go. > > >T. >(Living under a million stars and driving with high-beams 95% of >the time...
• Rectangular Headlights -- US only???
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 21:39:50 -0400
  ...Also tell me how they perform, particularly on low beam and what country you are in. I am only interested in the rectangular Hi...
• fog lights vs driving lights...the answer.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:22:41 EST
  ...When you drive in DENSE FOG, do you find yourself flipping the hi beams on and off, then settling on low beams because you...
• Re: Headlight Beam Pattern-LVC
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 09:03:03 -0800
  ...low Vanagon content here, but the other day I drove a 2004 > New Beetle at night. I was surprised at the headlight beam projection...
• Re: Unending headlight thread . . .
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 13:59:22 -0500
  ...Sub-note - GM argued successfully to allow rectangular sealed-beams, on the grounds that they would allow a lower hood line than the existing...
• Re: Arrgh.. Headlights out on 86 FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Wed, 28 May 2008 15:47:31 +0000
  ...IIRC, the factory ground for the headlamps merges both> high and low beam ground wires into a single spade terminal at the> grounding post...
• Fiat Lux* - Xmas wish follow up
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 22:26:25 -0800
  ...Current stock hi-beam is perfectly good. 3. Replace low beam bulb with higher wattage type. Well, I hear all your comments and cautions...
• I fried something (front heater blower)
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 12:21:03 -0500
  ...As this happens, I notice that my high beam\low beam switch on the headlites no longer changes the brightness of the lights. I...
• Re: Torque wrenches
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:45:07 -0700
  ...the lower torque settings. My latest purchase should fill the gap between my two other wrenches. (I do have a couple beam types too...