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• Re: can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 06:11:47 -0700
  ...three screws in top of collum that hold down and > align turn > indicator switch assembly/high-low beam assembly and > the windshield > wiper switch...
• Re: fantastic super cool photo
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 12:59:23 -0500
  This is what all the hubbub is about? <shrug> I like my foglights lower. If I remember correctly, the strategy of fog lights is...
• Re: no headlights cept pulling back on turn signal stick - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - shawn feller
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:40:59 -0400
  ...Shawn On 8/10/06, Mike Kozak <kozakmike1@hotmail.com> wrote: > I've lost my low beams and high beams except I get them...
• Re: Part numbers Vanagon Eurospec headlights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:18:03 +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: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Greg S
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:56:02 -0500
  ...No high beams, no low beams. BUT - if I hold the > turn-signal/bright/dimm stalk in the 'back" position - i.e - towards the...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 20:14:28 EST
  ...my headlights (high and low) stopped coming >on. The dash lights comeon and the park lights come on. The passing >high beam flasher works...
• Re: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:25:14 -0500
  ...install a relay? The H4 bulbs are 55/60 >watts >(low beam/high beam). > >My fear is they will damage the light switch. I...
• What happened with the DRL�s?(longish)
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:30:27 +0100
  ...low beams day and night. so now every FLAPS sells "don�t forget buzzers" or "low beam relay kits". Myself I think the idea...
• Re: Headlight relay upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 15:17:20 -0800
  ...So it would be almost impossible to have 13.2V at both high beam and low beam. The European T3s have the same wire...
• Re: Fogg Lamp Wiring
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 20 Oct 94 14:07:30 CDT
  ...position the >fogg lamps come on when and only when the low beams are on. In the third >(right) position the fogg lamps come...
• Re: Vanagon early vs. late grille fitment?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 13:58:08 EDT
  ...to fashion and can afford the $300+ for the e-code low beams. BenT <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html...
• drool...drool
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 07:28:35 -0800
  ...fog light switch so that the fogs go on only with low beams or all the time - depending on the position of the switch...
• Re: H4 European Headlight report
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 13 May 2009 10:26:34 -0400
  ...Much brighter than the stock ones and even > low beams, although not much brighter, puts more light down on the > road. Before we used...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights/SA Square lights?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:59:05 EST
  ...Twin Halogen, rectangular." Now, lets say these rectangular low beams are better than the low beams on the American and European busses we drive...
• Re: Defroster questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:22:43 -0500
  ...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: head lamp relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:11:56 -0800
  ...I also own an 87 Syncro and the headlight wires are white for high beams and yellow for low beams, just like Frank says...
• Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:35:14 -0800
  ...water proof 30A relays behind the > grille one for low beam, one for high beam and one for my rallye > lights. I used the...
• Re: 90 RectangularHeadlamp wanted
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:52:46 -0700
  ...Large VW Emblem > round headlight grill. > > Heck ..the whole Bus Depot set of lenses and bulbs cost less than a > good used Low Beam...
• FS- Alloy Wheels,Bumper,Lights &Grill
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:54:44 EDT
  ...Early round light vans can be changed to square lights with separate hi-beams. Low beam lights are a weak point with this system...
• Low beam bulb retainer ring
  Historical mailing list - Andrew R.
  Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:51:27 -0700
  I'm talking about this guy: http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Jetta_IV--1.8T/Lighting/View_All/ES259406/ Looks like the same part...
• 3rd eye
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:22:17 -0400
  ...To pass muster in so many states, I guess it would need to be a low beam only (and turn off if the highbeams...
• Re: Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:50:00 -0400
  FWIW, PIAA claims the equivalent of 110 watts of lighting output while using only 60 watts with their #13903 "XTRA" bulb . They state "55...
• Re: Non-working headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:25:42 -0800
  ...t work on high or low beam, however when I operate the lever to switch to high beam they flash on momentarily then immediately...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - J \"Westy\"
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:47:04 -0600
  ...88 GL Driver > > > > Jake de Villiers wrote: > > > >> The outer lamps have high and low beams, so they switch up as the > inners > >> come on. > >> >
• Re: GE High Output Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 06:31:42 -0500
  ...The H4's were rated at 12v 65/55w, 10w more on the low beam and the filiment was made in the same manner...
• Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing???
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:02:20 -0600
  ...optonline.net> writes: > The high beam indicator is trying to be the ground path for the low > beams. It's the grounds! > > Dennis > > -----Original...
• Re: lister needs help on the road - headlight gremlin in 86 westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:12:57 -0700
  ...VW2ZB0258GG082766 > >I swapped the low beam lamps a few months back and did not have any >immediate problems, >but I guess running on the...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 24 May 2000 09:38:34 -0700
  ...Check out the Hella XL's low beam auxiliary lighting kit that solves just the problem you're discussing. Paid under $125 for the...
• Re: Slight VW Content - Most versatile torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:50:40 -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: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:36:43 -0700
  ...You only need to know one wire is low beams, one is high, and one is ground. Real easy to tell which is which...
• Re: Headlight Problem
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 20:46:20 -0400
  ...After > a couple of weeks of working a-OK the headlights (low and high beam) > do not come > on at all now. The blue...
• Re: Time to replace headlight?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 Dec 2012 02:36:04 -0500
  At 12:36 AM 12/4/2012, Peter Krogh wrote: >The round sealed beam headlights on my 85 are very dim - almost ran >over...
• Re: HID kit on eBay
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:25:45 -0800
  ...in these - DON'T DO IT - at least not on the low beam.� The "ball of light" made by a HID kit is larger...
• Re: Driving Lights - If not Project Twzo, what's the answer?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:07:03 +0000
  ...At first I thought that might be a little high on the low beam and bother oncoming drivers.... not so... if your lights are...
• Re: good place for jack stands?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 07:36:49 -0500
  ...made a bad sound while >SLOWLY lowering the bottle jack. > I put mine under the axle beam and torsion tubes. I figure these areas...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 7 Nov 1999 02:38:37 +0100
  ...high/low units) are not the same ones on the Scirocco and the Vanagon. Only the H3 units (the inner high beams) are the...
• Bra
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 28 May 2002 18:07:38 -0700
  ...The bra is for turn signal lenses that are closer in (just under the outside edge of the low beam light.) TIA Jere
• Re: Vanagon early vs. late grille fitment?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:01:54 EDT
  In a message dated 6/15/02 12:49:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, shaggyinseattle@YAHOO.COM writes: << "e-code low beams" what's...
• Re: HID kit on eBay
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 4 Mar 2009 07:22:44 -0800
  ...However I still stand by my recommendation of not to use them in low beams - put a halogen and HID in a halogen shell...
• Re: Recommended Driving Lights or SA Grill Inners?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:56:27 -0700
  ...They offer two types of light, a driving light with a wide beam and a long range off road light. I am not sure...
• ya say ya can't see at night? blind as a bat?? ..
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 02 Nov 96 21:35:10 CST
  ...low beam is better, more light farther out, and to the sides. there is a definite "cut-off" of light above the level of...
• Re: aux headlights
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:03:29 CST
  ...There are the round driving lights >(Hella 550's) and also a type of auxilary low-beams that are foglight in >shape and size...
• Re: round > square headlight conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:46:32 -0400
  ...level if you're in a low car. I'm told the H4 headlights have an improved beam pattern, compared to standard DOT units...
• Re: Lights out
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 22:02:15 -0800
  ...Headlights Out > > And the answer is...... > > TWO low beam filaments burned out at once! I pulled each headlamp element > and checked their continuity with...
• Headlights and R. Feinman
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:25:09 -0800
  ...the simultaneous dead low beam filaments IMNSHO the best for US use in an H4 7" is the Cibie Z-beam. It has a...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:44:31 -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: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:56:48 -0800
  ...Is there an available E-Code, > replaceable bulb, high/low beam, rectangular headlamp that > can be used to replace the existing DOT rectangular > headlamp...
• Re: 88 Westie: Headlight Out - How to replace?
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:34:39 EST
  ...This just means that the one for the low beam is out. You will need to take out the main glass part, the housing...
• Re: Help requested: No headlights!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:30:37 -0700
  ...Some quality time >with the Bentley and a test light shows that the hi-low beam switch >seems to be the culprit - there's...
• FS: Large Bosch Driving lights $75
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:17:23 -0700
  ...Pic shows Vanagon stock low beam for size comparison only (not included). Note that they are almost the same size. They are new in...
• Re: PHOTO, SA Quad Round Headlight Grille kits FS!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 12:18:14 EST
  ...you tell me are these lights better than stock lights? The low beams on my 90 are so bad I think they're dangerous...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 19:29:39 -0800
  ...With a reduced voltage the evaporation is lower and there may be too much halogen, which can lead to abnormal failure. At much lower...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:13:16 -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...
• Re: dim headlights
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:01:02 -0700
  ...The inner lamps have a separate switch for low, while the high beam turns on with the outer high beams. This gives me the...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:37:20 -0500
  ...BTW, the high beams are 100W and the low beams are Bosch 9004 80/100W. And in the process of removing the kluge wire...
• Re: Low beam bulb retainer ring
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:42:10 -0700
  ...Low beam bulb retainer ring I'm talking about this guy: http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Jetta_IV--1.8T/Lighting/View_All/ES25940...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:18:28 EST
  ...organslave@earthlink.net > In Randy's words: > Yes, and it's sooooooo bitchen! The low beams are fantastic compared to > the old turkeys, and...
• Re: Bra
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 28 May 2002 21:15:41 EDT
  ...The bra is for turn signal lenses that are closer in (just under the outside edge of the low beam light.) >> Sounds like it...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:29:48 -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...
• Re: headlights OUT!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:00:35 -0400
  ...After turning my lights on and the blue high beam indicator was on, I > > > clicked the lever to turn them to low beams. Nothing...