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• Re: Some Light Conversation
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 09:29:55 -0700
  ...With just the low beams on it does not get warm. When the high beams are on the switch starts to get warm after...
• Re: Installing Headlight Adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:44:32 -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...
• FS:Round headlight buckets for SA conversion or replacement part.
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:55:38 EST
  ...I have one set of stock US for sealed beam.from 85 camper. I also have a set of the H3/H4 style from...
• Re: Vanagon Brochures from Around the world - found Ad for those quad headlights...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:33:48 -0500
  ...4 round headlights (different style than SA) with integral headlight washers, even that rare 4 beam foglight for the lower grill. Not to mention...
• Re: can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:35:42 -0600
  ...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: Hid AUX lamps GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:47:36 -0500
  ...Say your running down the road with 300 w of low beam and fogs... You could conceivably be doing better with 100w low and...
• Re: '88 headlight upgrade options?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:55:38 -0400
  ...I do, I am reminded > how > awful the stock low beams are. The high beams are very good, so I > could > just drive around...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 15 May 2010 07:42:34 -0700
  ...You are already over the max with the low beam 80. 55/100's allow you to run at the proper low beam level...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:35:50 -0700
  ...The total current draw of a worn circuit is in fact lower than the identical new circuit, so you won't blow a fuse...
• Re: Headlight Replacement
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:56:46 -0400
  ...bought my grill from Kyle that the H4 had the low > and high beams reversed however this discussion sounds like this > was not the...
• Re: Looking for a fog light switch kit - Any vendors have one?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:02:17 +0100
  ...Europe, the factory fog lamps are >tied to the dipped, or low, beams. They turn off when the brights are >activated. Hopefully, this helps...
• Re: SA GRILLE
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:50:17 -0500
  ...plus, it looks *way cool* :-) > >It does dramatically improve the appearence, doesn't it? Has anyone >in the US fitted the African LOWER full...
• Tail Light Wanted (was Vana-Gremlins)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 19:15:24 -0500
  ...Lost the left low beam head light, and the left tail light. On the tail light turns out it had gotten hot, softened the...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 23 May 2000 20:46:50 -0700
  If you have the rectangular headlights and it is your low beams you are complaining about you can forget the voltage test and you...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:24:22 -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: '86 Headlight replacment?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 05 Mar 1997 21:13:13 -0800
  ...I believe this was a '85 or earlier vanagon with round >headlights. > >Has anyone replaced a '86 or newer vanagon's high/low headlights...
• Re: ya say ya can't see at night? blind as a bat?? ..
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 3 Nov 1996 02:25:13 -0500 (EST)
  ...Louis. > > low beam is better, more light farther out, and to the sides. there is a > definite "cut-off" of light above the level...
• RSA grills
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:21:18 +1300
  ...but the large outer lights are RHD and will have the low-beam cutoff on the wrong side; you'll need your existing lights...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights/SA Square lights?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 20:07:17 +0100
  ...African Vanagon <snip> > Now, lets say these rectangular low beams are better than the low beams on > the American and European busses we drive...
• Re: Compare Driving/ Fog lights yourself
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:07:14 -0700
  ...I would like to add some driving lights, but since I do about 90% of my driving with the low beams on, I need...
• Re: Lowering an '85 / INST.PANEL Quest.
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:49:31 EST
  yes yes, forgive me on the front axle beam statement on "Re: Lowering and '85"....I haven't had mine all that long....guess...
• Re: Installing Headlight Adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:30:58 -0400
  ...These are > for the > low beam vertical adjust and pivot. I set them into the holes and > they just > don't turn. And it...
• Re: headlight advice
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:09:55 -0500
  ...They have good > illumination on high beams, but the really outstanding part is the light > pattern of the low beams. US-spec lights are...
• Re: Xenon Lights? South African grills & H4s
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:57:56 +1300
  ...Beam-changing with dual-beam HIDs requires changing the aperture. So these lights are complex (note that there is NO filament) >Except that if...
• Re: Brighter headlights - 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 22 May 2016 17:28:36 -0400
  ...The original 12V wires to the high and low beams now just operate the relays for the high and low beams. As I recall...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 15 May 2010 17:56:53 -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...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 03:07:11 -0500
  ...who are bearing down upon you with their hi-beams on OR, if held low, provide 1,000 yard vision in dense fog/rain...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 16:21:50 -0400
  ...But if you leave the wires alone (with the new E-code lights) you'll have high beams as good, and low beams much...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 10:20:29 -0400
  So is 80W rated is that the high or the low? , meaning what happens when you pull on the lever to get high beams...
• Re: Bright tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:17:03 -0700
  ...In > America, low beams are 55W > >(and hi beams are 60W), not 35. > > Is this a federal standard? I had thought the > wattage varied...
• Re: Vanagon High Beams...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:52:14 -0400
  The high beams in our Vanagons somehow escaped the eye of the D.O.T. We get the same ones as the europeans. That...
• [T2] 79 Bust - Engine salad surgery...
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Fri, 16 Jun 1995 03:05:46 +0000
  ...How much work is it to replace a front axle beam? I found a 74 camper with a cracked axle so I'm curious...
• Re: Installing GoWesty�s headlight upgrade kit.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:59:57 -0800
  ...start to finish. > The > > biggest change seems to be in the low beam. When > the > > lights are on you can actually see the light...
• E-code headlights
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:55:06 -0800
  ...on the list knew where to get the E-code low/high beam main lenses. I know they exist. I think they are similar...
• Re: Hella Headlights and Such
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:56:35 EST
  ...are superior in light distribution to the Vision Plus - especially on low-beam. I know, they're not DOT legal but then again, office...
• Re: Head lamp mystery (real questions this time)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:59:46 -0800
  ...And.........first test for the presence of the low or hi beam signal using the front bumper for ground. Say its' on low beams...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:32:25 -0800
  ...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: Stereo experts? was: Re: who has upgraded their front vanagon door SPEAKERS??
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:40:45 -0600
  ...those lowered, tin-can exhausted Acuras you see in the Bay Area, and has a display that is like the largest high-beam indicator...
• Bad Headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:36:55 -0600
  ...I also removed most of the shield inside the low beam headlights. The bulb is almost completely covered by a metel shield. I removed...
• Re: [FIX]Wiring up your SA Grill (or just upgrading your wiring to use relays)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:34:00 -0700
  ...Low beams 2. High beams 3. Inner aux. driving lamps Each of these circuits requires a relay, which needs to be controlled by a...
• problem SOLVED! Re: headlights not working after towing?
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 11:23:36 -0600
  ...As Dennis correctly surmised, the high beam indicator was trying to be the ground path for the low beams. Fred correctly identified the exact...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 3 Jul 2015 13:16:45 -0400
  ...not counting the ballasts.. > > > https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-vehicle-replacement-bulbs/vehicle/1990-volkswagen-vanagon--high+++low+beam+headlamp/64-1112--471061/ >
• Looking for passenger side headlight housing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:42:48 -0400
  I am looking for a good used square low beam headlight housing for 86-91 Vanagon. Passenger side. It will have a RH on...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:57:24 -0400
  ...Separate 70A relays (yeah, overkill) on > hi, low, and driving beams. All grounds are direct-connected at the > headlight buckets. > Karl > > >> On 9/4...
• Re: Brights When Switched On Dont Work
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:27:16 -0700
  ...Both ignition and headlights have to be on, to cycle back and forth between low and high beams. if either are off, it'll...
• Update Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing? (still not working)
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 14:28:42 -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: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:09:07 -0500
  ...One for low beam and one for high beam. This allows you to use higher gauge wire and run it directly to the batter...
• Brighter headlights - 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 22 May 2016 11:36:51 -0600
  ...High beams are OK, but when I have to go low beams in heavy rain on a 2 lane road, it's outright dangerous...
• Plug n Play headlight harness with relays - almost done
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:45:22 -0800
  ...To keep with IASCA (car audio organization) standards the fuses (one for high beams one for low beams) will be within 6" of the...
• Re: Headlamp adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 16:04:13 -0600
  ...There are 2 adjusters on each main light, one to move the beam vertically, one to move it horizontally. bob On Sep 8, 2013...
• G terminal s
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:32:12 -0700
  ...and the M terminals below M1 - tied to G7 M2 - power when low beams on This is for my '86 syncro passenger van. alistair
• Re: Hella Lights
  Historical mailing list - Madsen
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:58:40 -0500
  ...VW switch (Bus Depot) > Wire them to only come on with low-beam headlights (like factory does) > > NEVER use them unless there truly is...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:24:54 -0800
  > I agree that the stock '86 up low beams SUCKKKK! > > There are few alternatives. The SA Quad Grille (which I sell) with > Hella round...
• Re: SA Quad Grill Kit
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:47:14 +1300
  ...RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
• Re: Headlamp re-install
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 11:08:45 -0400
  ...If you are only replacing the bulb for the low beam, you can leave the high beam connected and hold the assembly up while...
• Re: H4 European Headlight report
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 13 May 2009 06:56:22 EDT
  ...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: Lights out last night.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 05:54:36 EST
  ...Luckily- If I hold the high beam/low bram switch I get high beams. The taillights work fine. Full moon last night and living...
• Re: H4 European Headlight report
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 13 May 2009 10:56:49 -0400
  ...are very nice. �Much brighter than the stock ones and even >> low beams, although not much brighter, puts more light down on the >> road...
• Re: CHEAP Headlamp upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 02:40:12 EDT
  ...The stock low beams do not seem to be safe for driving on busy unlit roads. Has anyone tried adding cheap fog lights to...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:00:47 -0700
  ...The fuses 20,21(low beam) are OK, the casing > of the fuses 9,10(high beam) were melted but the fuses are not...