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• High beam not working
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:09:31 -0500
  ...I discovered today that my passenger side high beam is not working. The low beam is still workign fine. Assuming it was the bulb...
• 88 Vanagon High Beams
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:55:18 -0800
  Hi All, Just noticed something strange with the high beam headlights on my 88 Westie. Whilst running through the usual lighting checks I noticed...
• Re: Headlight Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:44:34 -0800
  ...Fuse 9 is high beams right side. Fuse 10 is left side high beams. You can always swap those two and see if problem...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:03:25 -0800
  ...The US uses Low Beams and High Beams. Driving > lights are MAINs, and hence the equivalent of HIGH BEAMS, and the > other drivers are...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:57:08 EST
  ...I > thought the inner lights were high beams. > > no - theyre driving lights. the high beams are the stock outer 7" round high beam. the...
• Re: headlight question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 08:09:14 EDT
  ...Flicked the > high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever again > to get the high beams back on...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:52:43 -0800
  ...FOG lights.....for use with the low beam lights in the fog. DRIVING LIGHTS......for additional light when the high beams are in use...
• SA headlights....(wiring snafu)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:26:49 -0800
  ...I hooked the wiring up so I have high beams on the headlights at low beam and this makes the inner lights glow brighter...
• Re: Headlight differences - 88 GL and 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:27:44 -0600
  ...Switching from low to >> high beam, the low beams lamp turn off, and only the high beams are on. >> >> On my 91Carat, when the...
• Re: Headlight wiring problem
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:33:25 -0400
  >>My driver's side low-beam and parking light have ceased to function. >>The high-beam and turn signal still work. >> >Did you check...
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:50:48 -0800
  ...So here is the senario has high powered relays, works fine in low beam both sides work, if I turn on the high beams...
• Re: Major light upgrade (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:46:27 -0700
  ...They have a VERY different light pattern from the Cibie high beams. The beam pattern sure looks like a driving light to me. Much...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:13:00 -0800
  Yes, you will have four lights on during high beam operation - that is correct (the outer 7" become brighter too). Only two lights on...
• Re: High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:19:59 -0800
  Sounds like the added hi beam relay or main power wire to/from it. 400 watts is asking a lot of it for sustained...
• Wiring Question: White wire=high beam; yellow wire=low beam?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:10:15 -0700
  ...My understanding from reading Bentley is that white feeds the high beams and yellow the low beams. Can anyone confirm this? My blue high...
• Re: Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:23:31 -0700
  Did you measure for voltage at the low beam connectors with the bulbs still plugged in? If not, the bulbs might still be good...
• auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:38:03 -0600
  Does anyone have any recommendations for auxillary low beams / driving lights? The price of the E-code headlights is too rich for my blood...
• No Low Beams
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:11:25 -0500
  My wife just called me at work and said that she forgot to mention last night that the low beams on the 83.5...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 23:30:35 -0600
  ...Never any high and low beam > combination on at the same time, except when you do thew momentary flash > thing. > > John > On 4/10...
• headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Brian and Carol Megas
  Fri, 31 May 2002 21:00:20 -0700
  ...Flicked the high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever again to get the high beams back on...
• Re: auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:08:44 -0500
  Don't now about e-code compatibility or not, but Hella makes a rectangular aux low beam light called the XL I bought for...
• [Fwd: Re: Dead Headlights]
  Historical mailing list - Vlach Family
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:51:15 -0500
  ...Blue hi-beam lamp comes on when hi-beam lever is > pulled, goes off when released. > Hi-beams: stay off Lo-beams: stay off...
• Availablility of leaves for '68 beam
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 95 16:14:10 EDT
  Is anyone aware of replacement leaves for a '68 beam? Mine are fine right now but the grease in there was rust colored. For...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:31:17 -0700
  Hello, I agree, since the left hi beam works normally .. that is, key on, hd lit swithch on, each time you pull and release...
• fog light wiring ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 23:00:10 -0600
  ...I guess I would like the fogs to come on with the low beams, and the pencil beams to come on with the high...
• Re: SA Grille & Lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:55:15 -0500
  Older Hella H4 headlights have an issue with too much low beam dip. There is a new Hella H4 Super headlight that addresses this...
• Re: halogen wisdom please
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 07:55:52 -0800
  ...I have my 500s wired into the high beam >circuit so that they only come on when the high beams are on and they...
• Low Beams VERY dim!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:19:25 -0700
  The low beam head lights on my 90 Westy Syncro are so dim it is hard to see at night! High Beams are fine...
• Re: headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:09:03 -0500
  ...If I run just the high beam wires through one of the > relays, but twist the low-beam (yellow-and-black) wires together, > everything...
• Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Fri, 18 May 2012 16:24:23 -0700
  ...left ones work ( hi & lo beam) right ones don't work ( hi & lo beam) when the switch is on. left one don't work...
• driving light placement, was Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:23:12 EST
  ...The US uses Low Beams and High Beams. Driving > lights are MAINs, and hence the equivalent of HIGH BEAMS, and the > other drivers are...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:26:49 +1300
  ...and >theyre the pencil beam variety. Whatever yours are, they will act as high beams. For interest, do they have smooth or ribbed (like...
• High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:06:47 -0500
  Not one of my hi beams or the blue indicator are working. My low beams work as do my fog lights. I have the...
• FW: auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:29:41 -0600
  ...auxillary low beams? Don't now about e-code compatibility or not, but Hella makes a rectangular aux low beam light called the XL...
• Re: Head lightt adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:35:00 -0800
  ...255 941 133 A Adjustment Pc, Hi Beam Bottom $7.28, 1 per beam 255 941 141 B Adjustment Screw, Hi Beam Top $3...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:50:09 -0800
  ...I >> thought the inner lights were high beams. >> >> > > no - theyre driving lights. the high beams are the stock outer 7" round high > beam. the...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:50:45 -0700
  ...Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:54:42 -0500 > > > Beam patterns are better (wider, longer-reaching) on low and high >beam with > > Cibies. The main...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:09:58 -0700
  >The main difference, though, is that 7" round and 200mm rectangular >Hellas have an irritating beam separation problem. Set the low beams where >they...
• Re: Where to aim the headlights? SA grill.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 19:16:03 +1200
  >I've found that the key issue is where the top of the cutoff pattern of the >low beam is aimed. Exactly. >If you...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:01:30 -0700
  Last time I checked DOT regulations do not allow the high and low beams to operate at to same time. BenT sent from my...
• Re: Headlights--High beam
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 17 May 2001 19:31:38 -0400
  John; The dimmer switch(hi/low beam selector) is bad. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel.20m...
• Re: Major light upgrade (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 22:12:49 +1200
  ...They have a VERY different light pattern from the Cibie >high beams. The beam >pattern sure looks like a driving light to me. Much...
• Re: highbeam low beam swap around
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:04:40 -0400
  At 09:20 AM 8/18/2003, Brian & Carol Megas wrote: >Would this proposed setup provide good "low beams" for myself as well as...
• WTB left side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:11:50 -0800
  WTB used left side high beam. Thanks
• Headlights--High beam
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:24:35 EDT
  ...My latest problem is that I have no High beam headlights. When I work the lever that controls the headlight beam, I get a...
• Re: Hi beam power from the dimmer swich to fuse block divided into two fused cir
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:38:12 EDT
  ...Hi beam power from the dimmer switch to fuse block divided into two fused circuits for left & right hi beams. Low beam power from...
• H-4 Euro headlights question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:20:40 -0800
  ...But, the switch between low beam and high beam...Do others find that the beam angle changes a whole lot? The way I have...
• Re: our new 87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Patrick & Stephanie Harris
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:25:34 -0700
  ...Later after I wrote the original email, I got the crazy (and practical) idea that they may be high beams that are burnt out...
• Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:07:19 -0500
  Was there ever a model year of Vanagon with dual headlights where both high and low beams were on at the same time?? Like...
• Re: Headlight upgrade issue
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:32:17 -0400
  ...Both high beams work, and so does the left low beam. The right low beam does not. I swapped the lamps, same result - no...
• Headlight relay
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:33:19 -0700
  ...Limited? Main Point The left low beam is yellowier than the right, same voltage at the relay. When switched to high beam left side...
• Re: Low Beams VERY dim!
  Historical mailing list - PATT
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:21:50 -0400
  ...Low Beams VERY dim! >The low beam head lights on my 90 Westy Syncro are so dim it is hard to see >at night...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:04:31 -0700
  ...Very tight distance beam. It is not a standard high beam. I agree, though, that it should come on with the high beams, and...
• Re: Low Beams out, Where to Look?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:23:48 -0700
  ...There are separate fuses for left and right, both hi and lo beams. #21 for low beam left, and #22 for low beam right...
• Re: driving light placement, was Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:02:28 -0500
  ...The US uses Low Beams and High Beams. Driving > > lights are MAINs, and hence the equivalent of HIGH BEAMS, and the > > other drivers are...
• Re: Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:41:39 -0700
  ...I'm assuming the correct behavior >> is for the low beam side to switch off when the high beams come on. >> >> The main thing...
• High beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:25:36 EST
  ...Has anyone who has done this found a way to wire the high beam indicator light so that it goes on with the high...
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:57:54 EST
  ...So here is the senario has high powered relays, works fine in low beam both sides work, if I turn on the high beams...
• Re: '68 front-end into '59 Bus? Disc brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Sun, 12 May 1996 13:07:40 -0700 (PDT)
  josh, i am not sure about the 68 beam, but this is what i have heard that works. take a splitty front beam and...
• [NVC] Focusing Beam table lamp
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:36:17 -0600
  Volks, I have need of a focusing beam table top lamp - preferably with an articulating arm or a goose neck - that I can use...