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• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:46:37 -0600
  ...All the while I was using various combination of low beams, high beams, and driving lights. We found what was acceptable and what wasn...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:35:34 -0700
  ...And 83 Westy would not return from high beams to low beams, 'sometimes' ... It could even go from High Beams on to 'no lights...
• Re: newibie
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:28:20 +1300
  ...High beam indicator works on parking lights (?!?) when the key is on >accessory and goes out when key is moved to on. > >(3) High...
• Re: Wiring in Auxilliary lights?
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:15:27 -0700
  ...Battery ----------------------|---------| | | | --Current light switch--|--]-High Beam relay----High Beams | | |--------------| |-------| | | |-Aux light switch---Aux light relay---Aux lights Mmmm... ASCII wiring diagrams That way they...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:15:00 EST
  ...so, what are you saying..i have four high beams? > > >the Jetts/golf GLX/GTI's have "under > >the bumper" driving lights that you...
• Re: 87 Westfalia headlight issue
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 21:04:52 -0800
  ...Pulling the turn signal lever to toggle high beams on/off does not alter the high beam indicator: it stays on. The 'fog' lights...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy getting close to solving problem!
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Tue, 15 May 2012 21:36:31 -0700
  ...I hear the relay click then passenger > lights turns from high to low beam mode. > > I hope this makes sense and please ask questions...
• Re: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:49:34 -0400
  ...Position 1 allows the driving lights to come on with the high beams. Position 2 is the off position. Position 3 bypasses the high...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:07:29 EST
  ...like i said its the psychological aspect of 4 lights in a inline horizontal pattern that makes people think theyre "high beams".. chris
• auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:38:03 -0600
  ...not high beam only). The Hella website doesn't really show vertical beam pattern for their aux. lights. What about some 7" driving lights...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:06:12 EST
  As far as High Beams v. Driving Lights, I would say, you say Tomato and I say Tomato. (You have to pronounce "tomato" differently...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:50:45 -0700
  ...City Lights" >Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:54:42 -0500 > > > Beam patterns are better (wider, longer-reaching) on low and high >beam with...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:38:15 -0500
  ...Thus > the three wires to each bulb. > > Low beams, outer lights low beam filament. > High beams, all four lighted. > > Now for the confusing part...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 12:36:57 -0700
  ...The best I have come up with is the high beam > lights the highway too far ahead and the low beam is right...it...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights: Was:Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 07:27:04 -0800
  ...Driving lights will not improve the performance of low beam headlights as they should be wired to only come on with the high beams...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:13:26 EST
  ...use the center lights > as driving lights unless your on the road by yourself? > theyre driving lights, not high beams. but your right, people...
• Re: Extra Headlight Question + Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Anderson
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:28:02 +1000
  Driving lights should only operate in the high beam, or brights depending on where you're from. For better low beam lighting you could...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:02:43 +0100
  ...Could be both, the inside square could be delivered as fog lights or as additional high beams. Depends on your order, at least in...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:50:51 -0800
  ...with my driving lights on I just hit the normal dimmer and the extra lights as well as the high beams go off... And...
• Dash lights, tach and temp
  Historical mailing list - Chris McEwen
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:54:31 -0700
  ...The dash lights went out. At the same time, something strange happened to the high beam indicator. When the headlights were on low beam...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:25:01 -0400
  ...I have parking lights, tail lights license and plate > lights...but no headlights. Every once in a while, I'll get the high > beam...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:59:12 -0800
  ...with my driving lights on I just hit the normal dimmer > and the extra lights as well as the high beams go off... > > And...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:12:10 +0100
  ...THe low beams go out when you switch to high beams. If not, the temperature in the bulb would be way too high, the...
• 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: H4 Headlight aim, thanks and..
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:49 -0500
  ...of the > van in the low beam mode..I guess these lights do that. In high beam mode, > they are so bright that they...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy getting close to solving problem!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 16 May 2012 00:57:14 -0400
  ...I hear the relay click then passenger >> lights turns from high to low beam mode. >> >> I hope this makes sense and please ask questions...
• More headlight problems
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:55:30 -0700
  ...lights go on and the dash lights work. The hi beams don't work either. When I turn the headlights 'on' the high beam...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:26:57 -0800
  ...Vanagon was the leader here, unique glass, expensive, > poor design. > > Fog lights in Kalifornia must be wired to extinguish when the high beams > are...
• Re: 84 westy - how to stop clock battery drain?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:27:35 -0400
  ...8 Amp (White) Right High Beam 7 ...... 16 Amp (Red) Radiator Fan 8 ...... 8 Amp (White) Interior Lights, Cigarette Lighter, Stoplights 9 ...... 16 Amp...
• Re: H4 Headlight aim, thanks and..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:57:17 -0700
  ...hellas are most certainly not the best, but neither are Cibies (indeed, European lights lack penetration on high beam; this will include the true...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:47:34 -0700
  ...For those of you that talked about the 'no lights, some lights if I hold up the high/low beam stalk' I've BTDT...
• Auxillary driving lights: work wonderfully
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:45:17 -0700
  ...When you turn the switch of the extra lights ON, they are linked to the headlight high beams. No high beams, no driving lights...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:20:59 -0800
  ...during nighttime driving (with driving lights on and low beams on) i've had people flash their high beams at me, and i get...
• Re: Wiring of New Front Aux Lights - Question
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 07:56:21 -0700
  ...Some states require the fog lights to go off with low beams, and similarly the auxiliary driving lights to go off with the high...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 3 May 1999 13:26:02 -0700
  Yep, the low beams are original DOT spec (and are very dim). They have the DOT symbol cast into the glass lens. The high...
• High Beam upgrades???
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 23:59:21 +0000
  ...Any suggestions for better/stronger high beams (for an '86 - square lights)? Are there good upgrades? I looked on the archive but didn't...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 3 May 1999 13:05:03 PDT
  ...ASTOUNDED at how bright the high beams were. After >hearing >so many complaints about the dim stock Vanagon lights, I am wondering if a...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:40:50 -0800
  ...So called 'driving lights' should at the minimum be switched with the high beam headlights, and in most cases are set up on their...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:09:58 -0700
  ...Set the low beams where >they belong, and the high beams are up in the trees without enough on-road >light. Pull the high...
• Re: upgrading 86-up headlights
  Historical mailing list - Drew Jenkins
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:58:37 GMT
  ...They have improved my low beam output tremendously, and also throw a lot of light to the sides. I highly recommend these lights for...
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
  Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:15:21 -0400
  ...Parking lights work fine on > that setting. With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus high beam > LED plus orange tail lights. High...
• Re: High beam short?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:41:28 -0500
  Jeff, Did you upgrade the wiring to larger diameter when you upgraded your lights to higher wattage?? Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jeffrey...
• Re: highbeam low beam swap around
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:04:40 -0400
  ...provide good "high beams" or would I then have to try and >find a replacement for the inside round high beam headlight? > >I know...
• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:46:32 -0600
  ...Wiring for some is all lights on on high Others wire only high beam bulbs on at high. If running all at once I...
• Still no passenger side high beam,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:58:49 -0800
  ...as I have switched the the lights just to test. Not sure where else to look high beam switch? Wiring? Any advice would be...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 May 1999 17:23:12 EDT
  I am pretty sure that for whatever reason the inner high beams are E-Code already (have the "E" in a circle on mine...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:20:30 -0800
  ...THe low beams go out when you switch to high beams. If not, >the temperature in the bulb would be way too high, the...
• SA Grill and Headlights Out!!!
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 14:24:20 EDT
  ...Now the original lights are out, low and high beams, and the inner SA lights only stay on only when I pull on the...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ric Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:53:56 -0400
  ...The headlights (both high and low beam) have ceased to function on my >>87 Westy. I have parking lights, tail lights license and plate >
• Needed for Scirocco: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:17:36 -0800
  ...during nighttime driving (with driving lights on and low beams on) i've had people flash their high beams at me, and i get...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  ...Now, flip the lights to high beams and do the same check on the high beam relay. If there is voltage at the larger...
• Re: advice needed for '90 Weekender Carat
  Historical mailing list - R Blake
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 08:46:32 -0700
  ...lights on my GTi for some time now and very rarely have people "flashed" me when they think my lights are on high beam...
• Lights on '82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - VWQ47
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:21:34 +1000
  ...When I turn them on both high and low beam are on. When I turn OFF high beam, low beam goes off ( I think...
• Re: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:04:10 -0700
  ...two...........the load fuction...........the actual high current that powers the new lights flows through neither the swithc or the high beam circuit. you...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:17:44 -0500
  ...high beam filaments in them, and change from one to the other when you turn on the high beams; the inside high beam lights...
• Re: 84 Vanagon head lights stuck on hi beam
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stewart
  Sun, 10 Apr 2016 08:19:56 -0700
  ...electrical problems I usually solved by troubleshooting , but > this one is a first. > My head lights stuck on high beam last night > -- -- Mike Stewart
• Help: Wierd electrical gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Erik Feddersen
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 19:53:01 -0500
  ...OK, Start the car, put the lights on and heres the first puzzler, the high beam indicator light is on BUT only the low...
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Toomey
  Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:30:36 -0700
  ...Parking lights work fine on that setting. With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus high beam LED plus orange tail lights. High...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:15:57 -0800
  ...On 12/19/06, Oxroad@aol.com <Oxroad@aol.com> wrote: > > As far as High Beams v. Driving Lights, I would say, you say...
• Re: Aux driving lights question..best easy power source..?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:47:51 -0700
  ...So, if I want the aux lights on, I have to >> run >> the high beams..and if I dim the high beams, the aux...