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• Re: Possible replacement lights? Need feedback
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:42:38 -0400
  Hi, Scirocco and Vanagon headlights are not the same. (Actually, the inner lens is the same, but _all_ the other parts are different.) The...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 16:08:49 +1200
  Any reasonable-quality nonsealed H465/55W unit will give good light. Bosch, Hella, Stanley, even Lucas. Those lucky enough to live outside USA have...
• Re: best headlight replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:27:15 -0400
  I was going to upgrade to H4's myself. Ill sell you my old Hella H4's cheep... Chris. On 10/22/05, Wesley...
• Re: Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:54:35 -0800
  ...They also only accept the NA spec headlight bulbs vs. the e-codes which accept any H4 bulb. If you will pardon the pun...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:16:57 -0800
  ...The part number for the stock Caravelle H4 units >| is: >| 255 941 105 for the left >| 255 941 106 for the right >| >| OK Per...
• Re: SA grill update lenses
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:19:16 -0700
  ...You want European or Japanese H4 lens/reflector units with changable H4 QH bulbs. Has anyone tried comparing Stanleys with the Euro lights? They...
• Re: round > square headlight conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:46:32 -0400
  ...I'm told the H4 headlights have an improved beam pattern, compared to standard DOT units, and produce less glare while putting more light...
• Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:19:32 -0800
  ...headlight models, here is what I > did for my > old '85 Westy; > - Replaced the 7" sealed units with 'Sylvania Halogen Performance Plus' > units > (~$25...
• Re: headlights- round or square
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 18:51:55 -0500
  ...You will also find that "quality" H4 replacement round units will be a dramatic improvement over the standard halogen sealed beam round units or...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:06:29 -0800
  ...Marchal in days of yore had the Ampilux h1/h3 headlights that offered independently aimable beams in a single 7" unit. Fortunately you can...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:54:02 -0800
  ...led units I have seen seem to switch on and off some of the led devices that may coincide with the H4 optics or...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:13:15 +1200
  ...Gee, used round nonsealed H4 units go for about $10 at wreckers here, made by various manufacturers but generally pretty good. Andrew Grebneff Dunedin...
• Re: best headlight replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:19:40 -0400
  ...I'd rate this >job as very simple and I'm electrically challenged! > >Desc Units Unit Price Total Price Vendor > >HL78179 9004/HB1 100...
• Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:43:44 -0800
  ...headlight models, here is what I did for my old '85 Westy; - Replaced the 7" sealed units with 'Sylvania Halogen Performance Plus' units (~$25...
• Re: H4 Low Beam Replacement Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:20:32 -0500
  ...Cheers, MJS At 07:23 PM 1/28/99 -0600, Budd Premack wrote: >>>> Jim Davis' report on Randy Bergum's H4 low beam headlight...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Jun 2017 07:44:14 -0700
  ...If you have pictures of beam patterns etc, as I did with the H4 led units shown on my blog, please post. Alistair > On...
• Re: Cibie H4 rectangular in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:19:33 -0400
  ...nz> wrote: > > > > > >> There must be websites which have tests of various H4 units. > >> > > http://dastern.torque.net/Photometry/Isocomparo.html compares Cibie > > (top pattern...
• Re: Xenon kit from Sylvania
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:01:53 +1300
  ...If the lenses are marked H4 you have standard QH (quartz-halogen) hi/lo headlight units. They are not LEGAL is USA, but they...
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:05:26 -0800
  ...Bosch E code H4 headlights (round, 100/80 watt) 2. relays and aux wiring for above 3. tach (from '84 GTi) 4. oil pressure...
• Re: Xenon Lights? South African grills & H4s
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:57:56 +1300
  ...H4 headlights, glued into the buckets, with unribbed lenses, and instant great lights! Any brand-name H4 semisealed unit (lens/reflector) with removable H4...
• Re: Vendors for E-code OEM Vanagon Low-beams
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:48:36 +0100
  ...cause this is truly OEM! The Hella p/ns for the H4 units are: Left: 1AD 128 514-01 Right: 1AD 128 513-01...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:26:57 -0800
  ...Marchal in days of yore had the Ampilux > h1/h3 headlights that offered independently aimable beams in a single 7" > unit. Fortunately you can...
• Re: best headlight replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:25:02 -0700
  ...I'd rate this > >job as very simple and I'm electrically challenged! > > > >Desc Units Unit Price Total Price Vendor > > > >HL78179 9004/HB1 100...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:18:06 -0500
  ...Marchal in days of yore had the Ampilux h1/h3 > headlights that offered independently aimable beams in a single 7" unit. > Fortunately you can...
• Any Round Light Folks Want To Upgrade To European Rectangular H4 System???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:02:37 +0100
  ...Two "City Light" units with bulbs and male spade connectors. Two Square H3 High Beam Lamp housings Two 55/60 watt H4 Bulbs Two...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 03:33:24 -0500
  ...These are 10 mega CP units which are suitable for mounting on the front (or rear) bumpers of Vanagons. What's so interesting about...
• Re: Group Purchase: Headlights 7" round. Interest??
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:27:58 -0700
  ...55/60W H4 bulbs (Hella UV free) and weather boot. These lights are a direct fit in 1980 to 1985 round headlight Vanagons. My...
• Re: Cibie H4 rectangular in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:26:08 -0400
  ...nz> wrote: > > >> There must be websites which have tests of various H4 units. >> > http://dastern.torque.net/Photometry/Isocomparo.html compares Cibie > (top pattern...
• Re: GE High Output Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 06:31:42 -0500
  ...as the supposedly superior GE's High Output sealed beam units. The H4's at Crappy Tire will not fit in the late model...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:08:13 -0800
  ...Marchal in days of yore had the Ampilux h1/h3 > headlights that offered independently aimable beams in a single 7" unit. > Fortunately you can...
• Re: best headlight replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:17:03 -0400
  ...I'd rate this >>>job as very simple and I'm electrically challenged! >>> >>>Desc Units Unit Price Total Price Vendor >>> >>>HL78179 9004/HB1 100...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 19 Jun 2017 23:39:55 +0000
  ...Most LED's produce 70-100lumens/watt, so with 16.5W in, there would be about 1500 lumens from each headlight. A regular H4...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 10 Jun 2017 08:32:42 -0700
  ...I'm keeping the led units in my lamps. I have halogen h4 auxiliary lamps on my bumper mounted light bar that I can...
• Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:08:00 -0500
  ...headlight models, here is what I did for my old '85 Westy; - Replaced the 7" sealed units with 'Sylvania Halogen Performance Plus' units (~$25...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:01:50 +0100
  PerL wrote: >What I would like to do is replace the H4 >unit with a DE low beam only unit, and let >the low...
• Square Headlight replacements
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:30:58 -0800
  ...AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors > > >>Is that for the German or the South America Caravelle units? >> >>Would not the South American headlights be unusable...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:36:50 -0400
  ...So it seems I'm not alone > seeing that effect. > > I'm keeping the led units in my lamps. I have halogen h4 auxiliary...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kote
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 05:25:19 +0000
  ...If you have pictures of beam patterns etc, as I did with the H4 led units shown on my blog, please post. Alistair > On...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:12:49 -0400
  ...weak headlights with stock, installing higher wattage halogens in the DOT housings with the tiny 9004 plug pins, or frankensteining in some H4 housings...
• Re: SA inner lights - how bright?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:48:27 -0800
  ...Today you can still find the 5.25 inch quad headlights (hella,cibie,etc) If you use the H4 5.25 you have essentially...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:10:33 -0800
  ...AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors >Is that for the German or the South America Caravelle units? > >Would not the South American headlights be unusable...
• Re: Projektzwo foglight spares.....what if you break your $300 foglites?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:46:04 +1200
  ...took it off when I fitted an H4. They fit in between the lens/reflector unit and the mount's retaining ring. -- Andrew Grebneff...
• Re: Headlights: 2D1 types to Euro H4 types?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:55:44 -0400
  ...Must be halogens -- the lamp envelope is small and the overall units are sealed in the sense that you can't disassemble them. But...
• Sharp Cutoff Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:34:54 -0800
  ...adjusted headlights and has no bearing or relevance to the H4 or H1-H1 designs. The H4 is a fixed focus unit and doesn...
• Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:02:13 -0600
  ...headlight models, here is what I did for my old '85 Westy; - Replaced the 7" sealed units with 'Sylvania Halogen Performance Plus' units (~$25...
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - dianne gigler
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:45:32 -0500
  ...Bosch E code H4 headlights (round, 100/80 watt) > 2. relays and aux wiring for above > 3. tach (from '84 GTi) > 4. oil pressure...
• Re: Lighting Options....??
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 20:20:16 -0800
  Bus Depot has the inexpensive H4 option which will certainly give you better lighting. If you want to make your 85 more European we...
• Re: WTB: Headlight assy for '86 and up
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:36:16 -0600
  ...Good Luck, RC Saved Message-- We can definitely help you out with the H4 lamps for your vanagon... They are a Hella unit which...
• Re: another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 12 May 1998 21:34:43 -0400
  ...superior to the 4 headlight van system using even sealed Halogen units. Use a quality Cibie or Hella H4 reflector with high wattage bulbs...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:29:47 -0800
  For decades I have run Euro H4 headlights in practically every VW (and a 72 Toyota PU) I have owned using 60/55 bulbs...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 10:24:08 -0400
  ...LED Headlight bulbs >> >> The ad says 1500LM. That is the light output. compared that to a halogen >> H4 bulb's output. Also consider a...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 18:07:48 -0700
  ...LED Headlight bulbs > > The ad says 1500LM. That is the light output. compared that to a halogen > H4 bulb's output. Also consider a...
• Interesting rear heater core X ref and headlight find
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 20:14:46 -0700
  ...Apart from a lucky auction find, knowing about the Iltis heater core fitting is probably of limited use :) The headlights are Ecode H4 with...
• Re: Cibie H4 rectangular in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:42:24 -0400
  ...nz>> wrote: > > > > > >> There must be websites which have tests of various H4 units. > >> > > http://dastern.torque.net/Photometry/Isocomparo.html compares Cibie > > (top pattern...
• Re: Plasma Blue Headlights on EBAY for $11.99?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:47:38 +1200
  ...They are no problem when used with good-quality H4 lenses. If there's no low-beam cutoof, then blinding can become a problem...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights/SA Square lights?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 20:07:17 +0100
  ...These light units are not better than the European, they are the same H4 units. > And lets say the headlight switch > in the South...
• Re: Buying advice.. weekender
  Historical mailing list - Connor McBryde
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:35:07 -0400
  ...5) On the '85s you can upgrade headlights easily to 7" round H4 units for much better on and off road lighting. Connor 85...
• round headlight/grill install in '86 van
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:55:55 -0800
  ...in H4 connector to wires - screwed in round light frames. The outboard screw holes in body same as in the square units, the inboard...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:36:23 -0800
  ...On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote: > For decades I have run Euro H4 headlights...
• Re: South African quad driving light grille (I'VE GOT 'EM)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:51:12 -0400
  ...H4 headlights (pair), $34.95. These can optionally be used on '80-85 to upgrade your stock sealed-beam units, and are neccessary on...