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• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:35:36 -0500
  ...Perhaps you have outer bulbs where the hi-beam filament is burnt out, but the low beam filament is working. On Dec 2, 2006...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:54:34 -0400
  ...upgrade the standard high/low bean and low beam headlights for high wattage >bulbs - 400 watts on high beam with installing a 15 amp...
• Lowbeams blink off when hittting hard bumps - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:39:05 -0400
  Greetings, My low beams blink off when I hit hard bumps, and sometimes don't come on initially for a few seconds. Any help...
• Re: I fried something (front heater blower)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 00:55:28 -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: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 28 May 2007 15:55:28 -0700
  ...that I now this low beam relay set up like is specd > out > http://members.shaw.ca/trclark/headlightrelay/LowBeamRelay.JPG > Center Relay 87...
• 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 23:31:40 -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: upgrading 86-up headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:47:58
  >> The low beams on my 87 Westfalia are really terrible Really? I had been thinking of replacing the headlights on my '85 with the...
• Re: Cooling fan problem solution
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 18 May 1998 18:35:51 -0700
  ...Driver side on 86 and higher behind the low beam headlight. dave
• Re: HEADLIGHTS on HOLIDAY!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:14:48 -0400
  ...beam indicator light as well as > the parking lights come on when the switch is turned on. [Since the high and > low beams and...
• Hi beams
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:06:09 -0400
  Hi Volks, Last week Mom and Dad picked up a nice low-miles 1985 Westy with PS, AT and AC.... Just what they wanted...
• no headlights cept pulling back on turn signal stick - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:24:00 -0400
  I've lost my low beams and high beams except I get them all to come on when I pull back on the turn...
• Re: Part numbers Vanagon Eurospec headlights
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:48:51 +0200
  ...There are only two round headlights (bilux and H4) and one rectangular (low and hi beam separated). But I lost the numbers again, sorry...
• Re: Wiring for Canadian 1991 Westy with daytime running lights and (not related) loose wire GR/W wire behind fuse panel.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 22 May 2016 22:56:28 -0600
  ...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: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:19 +1200
  > 100/55W bulbs can be >furnished to keep the low beams civilized and still punch the next county >with the high beams. I do...
• Re: adjustment specs for headlights?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:05:27 -0700
  ...adjustment specs for headlights? > Hey All, > What are the adjustment specs for high and low beams for an 89 vanagon.. > I want to do...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:24:26 EST
  ...law to only have a total of TWO lights on during low > beam... > lotsa people breaking the law then since most new cars have...
• Re: H-4 Euro headlights question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:13:21 -0800
  ...The beam must aim 15cm lower >> >>>> than the lens. >>>> Well, for 10 feet this should work, too (if i recall >>>> >> correctly...) >> >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Raimund >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> Am...
• Re E4 Wiring.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:06:10 -0800
  ...I personally feel that the optimum system for the "tall" vanagon involves independently aimable high and low beams. When one adjusts the 7" round...
• Re: Vendors for E-code OEM Vanagon Low-beams
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:12:25 -0800
  ...I'm looking for similar beam definition from whatever I put in the new stretch. -Otmar- 86 Syncro (front) 82 (rear) Stretch GTI Westfalia...
• Re: Slight VW Content - Most versatile torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 29 Apr 2017 11:17:43 -0700
  ...50 and 150 lb-ft beam type and a 150 lb-ft half inch drive clicker. > Also a lower range dial type calibrated in...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 16 May 2010 05:51:57 EDT
  ...AND, the only time I get "Flashed" is when I FORGET to lower the high beams to oncoming traffic. Nothing to do with the...
• Re: Headlight Replacement 86-91
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 03:46:30 -0700
  ...Will try to wire my factory low beams as DRL's and have the Hellas be switchable. Clear stone guards are an extra $24...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:20:26 -0500
  We had the opposite problem with our relayed H4s, brights worked, low beams didn't. It was the dimmer switch. Sounds like this is...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:13:16 -0500
  ...High and low beams. They were the high power bulbs that I use with the relay. I put in the old low power bulbs...
• Installing Headlight Adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:36:38 -0700
  ...These are for the low beam vertical adjust and pivot. I set them into the holes and they just don't turn. And it...
• upgrading 86-up headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:16:26 -0700
  The low beams on my 87 Westfalia are really terrible and I've decided that my next upgrade project will be to add relays...
• Re: another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 May 1998 17:12:27 -0700
  ...The poor performance of the rectangular lights (especially the low beams) is why there are so many threads about using higher wattage bulbs. -Mark...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 06:14:36 -0500
  ...frankcondelli.com/hdlrrela.htm> Hi/Lo beam bulbs in the rectangular lens are 9004 and low beam bulbs in the square lens are H3...
• Re: Power wiring/headlights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:03:06 -0800
  ...What I want to achieve is better low beam lighting for my 90 Westy Syncro. Right now they are so dim I think they...
• Re: 87 vanagon headlight bushing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 19:45:09 +0100
  ...I have them both on high and low beam? > Sid Vicious >
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 08:46:19 -0500
  ...Beams Bosch 63.00 DM = 38.00 USD >>H4 5x7 Dual Beams Hella 57.50 DM = 35.00 USD >>DE 5x7 Low Beams Bosch...
• Re: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:57:12 +1200
  ...The thing to watch for is the low-beam cutoff pattern in the glass: This is the diagonal pattern from the center to one...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 16:47:36 -0800
  ...Far less beam scatter. Precise cut off line on low beams, more of and all the light where it should be, in front of...
• Re: Left Headlight dimmer than right
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:49:23 -0400
  ...My 84 Westy, original wiring, with H4 bulbs (normal 55w range), has developed a "dim" drivers side light on low beam. Not that noticeable...
• Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:06:59 -0400
  The high beam indicator is trying to be the ground path for the low beams. It's the grounds! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:25:36 -0800
  ...Notice how a high low beam H4 bulb has the filaments in different places. There are very good led 7" replacement lamps available for...
• Re: Low beam HELP!
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 4 May 2002 19:40:52 -0700
  You spoke thus: > the low beams on the vanagon are dangerously dim, its surprising that you > don't think so. recently while driving on...
• Re: Part number help
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:29:24 -0700
  ...Adjustment parts for Low Beam (Left or Right): 255941133 Adjustment piece (located on Top/Inner Corner) 255941141 C Adjusting Screw (located on Top/Outer...
• Re: Hella Lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 04:17:17 +0100
  Kent Christensen wrote: > Wire them to only come on with low-beam headlights (like factory does) Wrong! The factory wired them from the parking...
• Re: HIGH POWERED HEADLIGHT
  Historical mailing list - Mudd Sparrow
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:28:10 -0800
  ...it works OK with 4 100 watt high beams and two 80 watt low >> beams, until it destroys the plastic connectors. >> >> Pat >> 86 AW...
• Re: Headlight Failure
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:55:25 EDT
  ...So here is the problem, in the low beam setting I now have the two outers on but at about 40% the normal brightness...
• Re: Update Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing? (still not working)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 16:06:43 -0600
  ...1 - Check the voltage at the high and low beam connections with low beam selected. Do both connectors. Write it down. 2 - Check the...
• Re: Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:54:35 -0800
  ...but sourcing a set of "semisealed" RHD halogen > low-beams could be a problem if they are unique to these vehicles. These headlights come...
• Re: Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:03:42 -0700
  ...bright, but no beam pattern, and that was with both ribbed lenses and lenses with a low-beam cutoff. ?They will not fit just...
• Fuse Size for Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:12:30 -0500
  ...to a bank of four relays that will trigger the low beams, high beams, auxiliary driving lights, and fog lights. Each individual light circuit...
• that is a good fog light
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:42:16 -0500
  ...drool...drool > > Anyone wire the factory fog light switch so that the fogs go on only > > with low beams or all the time - depending...
• Re: '68 front-end into '59 Bus? Disc brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  13 May 96 13:48
  ...The '68 only beam bolts straight onto a split. Although it rides a little high so you would need to lower it (cut'n...
• Re: Left Headlight dimmer than right
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:56:31 EDT
  ...a "dim" drivers side light on low beam. Not that noticeable, but obviously dimmer. The high-beam seems equal. Last time I changed bulbs...
• Re: Lights out
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:46:27 EST
  ...TWO low beam filaments burned out at once! I pulled each headlamp element and checked their continuity with a voltmeter. When the first one...
• Electrical problem--Parking lights, side markers and rear markers not working on '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Don Clark
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:37:35 -0400
  ...High and low beams, and license plate lights. Directionals and 4-way flashers work (always have). No matter what I do, all the driving...
• Re: ebay plasma blue headlights
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:16:00 -0800
  ...Are they any better than just replacing my > aging stock low beam with a new bulb? Has anyone > purchased from ron or ken an...
• FS: Vanagon Parts
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:05:18 -0800
  ...very clean, no stains/holes. $75 each - Vanagon square headlights, low and high beam, turn signal lamps, tail lamps - Pop Top/luggage rack in...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:38:35 EST
  ...ll drive down the road holding a flashlight out the window.. (which was about the performance of the stock low beams, un-relayed...) chris
• Re: ....that hi/lo beam switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 22:46:34 -0600
  ...The mechanic that put the TIICO in this has one and will install it Monday AM (the hi/low switch on the windshield washer...
• Re: No Headlights or Turnsignals but Markers OK Update 2
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 20:14:00 -0700
  ...On 10/25/2016 7:16 PM, Cunegonde wrote: > Nope, no low beams at all now, passenger or driver. Another new issue is the...
• South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:07:16 -0400
  ...The instructions assume they are being installed on an 85 or later (ie separate high and low beams wiring already) however I have an...
• Re: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:31:17 -0700
  ...install a relay? The H4 bulbs are 55/60 watts > (low beam/high beam). > > My fear is they will damage the light switch. I...
• Hey, it's awful dark out there tonight....
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:02:49 -0400
  ...I had enough time to verify that the low beam fuses are still good, but I wasn't able to dig any further. Is...
• Re: Defroster questions
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:27:01 -0800
  ...8 Amp (White) Left Low Beam 4 8 Amp (White) Right Low Beam 5 10 Amp (Green) Left High Beam & Indicator Light 6 10...
• Re: Headlight / turn signal problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:02:51 -0700
  ...When the low beams are on, the passenger side appears somewhat > "yellow" while the drivers side burns fine. When I switch on the > highbeams...