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• Re: Looking for more square vanagon headlights (left low beam really)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:56:05 -0400
  ...I have high and low beams. I think they're in pretty good > shape but will check tonight when I get home from work...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:44:33 -0700
  ...High beam blue light? > On 3/11/2009 4:54 PM Mike S wrote: > >> At 07:15 PM 3/11/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans...
• Re: SA Quad Grill Kit
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:25:22 +1300
  ...hibeam usage..., is it?? They are His, which are standard halogen high-beam units. They are NOT driving lights, though driving lights with the...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:43:35 -0500
  ...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: Looking for LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:23:24 -0500
  At 05:51 PM 2/28/2011, Robert Stewart wrote: >There is a local vw dealer that I should just call and see if...
• Lights, Camera (almost time for Action)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 23 Apr 2005 01:05:49 -0400
  ...I also spent the time to wash out the insides of my high beam reflectors (which had looked foggy). I think a previous owner...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:42:22 EDT
  ...The curious thing is that the blue high-beam indicator light on the dash is stuck on. No amount of clicking the stalk on...
• Re: What to do for a dim dashboard light?
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 06:40:59 +0200
  'I have a very dim "High beam" indicator light.' I'm not sure if you have the same problem but my bus (-88 1...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights for a 1991 GL
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:35:52 -0700
  ...In my opinion, the current stock Hella high-beam lights are plenty adequate for high-beam situations. The current stock low-beam Hella lights...
• Re: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:11:50 -0700
  ...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: Relays
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 10:04:04 -0700
  ...Drove the rest > of > the trip without using the high beams. Yesterday while the weather was > warmer I took a look, and the pin...
• Headlight Independent Wiring/Relay
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 9 May 1999 08:43:06 -0700
  ...and fog lights? Has anyone tried increasing the wattage of their high beam bulbs...i would like to try it but am concerned about...
• Re: High Beam Indicator
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:36:31 -0500
  ...I am having a problem with my blue indicator for the high beams. It is incredibly dim. Even in full darkness with the dash...
• Re: High beam LED blue light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:59:04 -0800
  ...4:53 AM, "Jeff Stewart" <fonman4277@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > The blue high beam indicator light is not an LED but an incandescent bulb > and...
• Re: H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:42:52 -0400
  ...trunk-line of the next car ahead on the highway will give excellent low-beam visibility without bothering people. The rising cutoff to the...
• Re: WTB: Left Front Headlight for an 86: Again!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:21:50 -0500 (EST)
  I too was looking for a headlight lens ( high beam) and found the best deal to be at Camelback, they were $20.00 cheaper...
• Re: Missing a high-beam... suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 21:34:01 -0400
  Mark-- thanks for the tip. The van's busy failing it's inspection (so I can at least drive it a little) and the...
• Re: No low beam on driver's side '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:32:26 -0800
  ...he's trying to get the high beams working.............the high beams are on, but one isn't working............ while the circuit was energized...
• Re: Fog Lights - Education Needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:39:45 -0500
  ...range at all, and the beam is only maybe a foot high from the second lane of the highway to the shoulder. I find...
• Re: CHEAP Headlamp upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 3 May 2002 10:35:01 -0500
  ...Consider all "driving" or "auxiliary" white lights to the front as >high-beams and disallow them under conditions similar to high beams. >(This is...
• Re: High beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:20:07 -0400
  I also failed saftey because my high beam indicator is out. I need an led (it is an led with a blue cover, I...
• 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: DS Headlights no work
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 16:05:44 UT
  ...Each set of lights has separate fuses, Also, high and low beams are separated. The ground connection is located on the ground blocks near...
• Re: [GEN] Bra for SA Grill?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:37:42 -0700
  ...the high beams still perform well > right through it. > > Thanks, > Chris > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:26:54 -0700 > >From: Brent...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 04:46:52 -0800
  ...The passing high beam flasher works so I have high beams if I want to hold the dimmer switch up while I drive. The...
• Upgrading 86-up headlights: the definative answer! (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:08:13 -0700
  ...The high beams on the '86s are pretty good but the low beams are AWFUL, boardering on dangerous. Without question, the worst low beams...
• Re: another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 13 May 1998 22:37:17 EDT
  ...Since the stock >rectangular lamps use two 55W bulbs per side for high beams for a >total of >110W per side, I figure I...
• Re: Broken Headlight Lens
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 11:32:40 CST
  On Thu, 12 Jan 95 10:37:16 CST Steve Johnson said: >Well, a couple of weeks ago my drivers side high beam inner...
• Non-working headlamps
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Thu, 24 Dec 2020 02:21:28 +0000
  ...The sidelights work and the rear lights and turn signals all work.The headlamps don't work on high or low beam, however when...
• Looking for LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:25:36 -0500
  Hi everyone, I am Looking for an LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb. I was told by Busdepot.com that the part number I...
• 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: LED taillights WAS: Re: repost optional bulb sizes/wattages?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:17:59 -0500
  ...Not only is the direct beam of the real 1157 incandescent bulb brighter, but the reflector will add additional light. In reverse, the LED...
• Re: How do I lower my late model?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 13:51:32 -0400
  ...Available in two ways - Bare Beam with adjusters installed is $289 EXCHANGE and we must have yer old beam in advance on 68-69...
• Re: Sunroof vanagons and SA grill
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:39:24 EST
  ...Where does one get the small (5"?) buckets for the "driving" (high > beam? fog?) lights for the 4-light grille? > > they come w/ the...
• Re: Projektzwo Fog light question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:39:45 -0400
  ...They do NOT turn off when you engage your high beams. They DO turn off when you turn off your regular headlights. The fog...
• 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...
• Aux light install..sort of (long attempt)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:17:21 -0700
  ...My owners manual says this is the fuse for "left high beam, high beam indicator". In theory, this should put current to the switch...
• Re: Looking for LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:28:52 -0500
  At 02:25 PM 2/28/2011, Robert Stewart wrote: >I am Looking for an LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb. > >I was told...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:41:45 -0500
  ...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: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:48:22 -0700
  You know what makes a spiffy tester for those little non-LED's? A cell phone car charger. Just put one lead in the...
• Prob's w/ Jetta Headlights, No Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 07:24:59 -0400
  ...If I flick the hight beams they stay on while holding the lever but do not stay on (as if the headlighs were off...
• Dash printed circuit
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:57:15 -0800
  Volks, My high beam light went out so like a good [read anal] van owner I thought to replace it. It costs $9. The...
• Installed $7 55W Aux Lights from Harbor Frieght
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:23:57 -0800
  Wow, they really make a difference lighting up the area between the van and the low/high beams. Now I'm cranking out 510W...
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 23:36:09 +0200
  ...The problem afflicts both > the high/low and high beam lamps. > > Anyone have any clues? Is this likely an internal deposit that I > can...
• Re: Hella style driving lamp, or else.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 8 May 2007 11:17:16 -0500
  ...and found that the high beams are actually worse - they point up, into the fog. Using the low beams works better. Fog lights are...
• South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:35:35 -0400
  ...ie -outers low beams & inners high or -outers both low and high and inners running lights How are stock SA's set up? How...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:28:51 -0500
  The high beam indicator remaining on with either the hi or low beams selected with no light output indicates a ground problem. It is...
• Re: New SA grill
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:15:56 -0400
  Chris, you can drive around with your inner beams on, but that is illegal in Virginia, as they will be considered HIGH BEAMS in...
• Re: electrical experts: what do you think of this?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:07:56 -0500
  ...You'll need 30-amp fuses on each high-beam circuit, though -- I don't know whether the fuse holders are rated for that...
• Re: electrical experts: what do you think of this?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:07:56 -0500
  ...You'll need 30-amp fuses on each high-beam circuit, though -- I don't know whether the fuse holders are rated for that...
• Re: HELP...Horn/Blinker/Headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:59:29 -0800
  ...horn because when I pulled > the high beam lever back to get the headlights (hi/low beam) to work, the > horn would blow! Also...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 15 May 2010 16:57:07 -0700
  ...You've got low beams that are brighter than legal high beams and you've never been flashed. Are your lights adjusted correctly? That...
• flasher lights (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Sep 1994 13:45:46 -0500 (CDT)
  ...subscriber also subscribes to vintagvw, blablabla... >My high-beams do not work if the low-beams are not turned on. I guess this >is...
• Re: Headlamp substitution
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 08:30:08 -0800
  ...Headlamp substitution >So: > >Let me see if I can get this right: > >The rectangular high beam/low beam headlamps on my '89 syncro ARE...
• Re: our new 87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Patrick & Stephanie Harris
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:10:58 -0700
  ...I hear many complaints on the list about poor lighting > on low beam from US listees.High beams seem OK... This is true. Federal...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:35:19 -0400
  Beat me to it... ;) Yep, 55watts is the normal bulb rating (each) for high and low beams. 110Watts at 12 volts is handled by...
• Re: Headlight / turn signal problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:02:51 -0700
  ...When I switch on the > highbeams, the drivers side is normal but the passenger side high beam > does not come on at all and...
• Re: headlight problem - intermittent - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:14:42 -0700
  ...headlight problem - intermittent - 87 westy > Greetings one and all, > > Sometimes upon first starting the van the high beam indicator light glows > brightly but the...
• Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:03:03 -0500
  ...But when I switch on my high beams, or honk the horn, the temp light flashes for the duration of the beep. Fun! Jeff...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:22:09 -0400
  ...The small extra high beams on the 2.1l use an H3 lamp which is also 55 watts. Yrs, d