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• Re: Adding New Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:04:57 -0700
  ...Low ! Fluorescent and Halogen lights are pretty low on the power demand scale. LED's, are real low power consumers but...... a little low...
• Re: Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 13:18:15 -0700
  Hi Mike, I've been pleased with my Hella XL auxillary low beam lights. They are street-legal low beam lights that you can...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:03:25 -0800
  ...US low beams scatter the light much more. US > high beams scatter a fair amount too. Main beams in European spec > direct the light...
• Re: CHEAP Headlamp upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 23:03:40 -0700
  In a lot of places it is illegal to use four lamps on during low beam. Fog lights are for 'permitting weather conditions' in...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:23:17 -0400
  The outer lamps have both high and low beam (dipped) beam filaments. Thus the three wires to each bulb. Low beams, outer lights low...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:44:41 -0500
  When I have my low beams on I have all four lights dimly lit. When High beams are selected I have 4 really bright...
• Re: Was specific features: Get a SA lower grille
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:39:12 +1200
  >Get one of those South African lower grilles with the built -in fog >lights. And a bra. The South African grill is lightless, and...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:55:03 -0700
  re the lower-left-rear-corner-of-the-fridge light that's hard to see. If your sight line is properly low enough, the...
• Re: Oil pressure gauges and engine life
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 May 2012 22:48:26 -0400
  ...Both had a low oil level >warning light in addition to the oil pressure gauge. The low oil level light But they did have...
• Re: SA QUAD LIGHT GRILLE
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:01:52 -0800
  ...low beam, high beam, high beam plus SA inner lights Works great for me. Now that it's dark early I use them all...
• Re: Projektzwo driving light compatibility
  Historical mailing list - Todd.Last
  Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:57:56 -0800
  Except that does not look like the PZ fog light grill. It looks like an SA lower grill that was adapted for lights. The...
• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:18:22 -0700
  ...Make sure to get the low-beam lights, because legally you can keep them on, if adjusted correctly, to supplement the low-beam headlights...
• 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: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:06:45 EDT
  ...tolga@MAC.COM writes: << -outers low beams & inners high or -outers both low and high and inners running lights How are stock SA's...
• lower foglight grille
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 13:44:33 -0700
  Anyone know where I can buy one of the SA lower grilles w/the foglight/driving lights? All I have been able to track...
• Re: Coolant Light Blinking-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 04:19:32 EDT
  ...light after a short drive >> Check to see if the radiator fans are cycling on and off. Make sure that both high and low...
• Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:57:39 -0700
  ...I can fit some Stanley lows from a NZ wrecker. I believe the US got unique buckets which don't fit generic lights? Or...
• aux headlights
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:21:39 -0500
  ...There are the round driving lights (Hella 550's) and also a type of auxilary low-beams that are foglight in shape and size...
• Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
  July 31, 1987
  Flashing coolant temperature light may be caused by: - Low coolant level. - Coolant level indicator. - Electrical connections on gauge. * Check coolant level, top up if...
• Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
  July 31, 1987
  Flashing coolant temperature light may be caused by: - Low coolant level. - Coolant level indicator. - Electrical connections on gauge. * Check coolant level, top up if...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Mon, 2 Oct 2017 10:33:05 -0700
  ...My oil pressure� light is coupled with an oil pressure gauge with an alarm so I am annoyingly� aware of any low oil pressure...
• Re: Low-cost 12v fluorescent fixture at Home Depot
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:19:50 -0800
  ...Low-cost 12v fluorescent fixture at Home Depot >A few folks asked for details about the light fixture at Home Depot: > > Manufacturer: AmerTac > "12...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:32:52 +1300
  ...But such low-mounted lights are of very limited use, as they cast "solid" shadows from even the smallest irregularities in the road surface...
• Re: No headlights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:57:27 -0800
  ...That lets both the high and low beam voltages feed back to the high beam indicator, lighting it in both cases. I like to...
• 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...
• driving light placement, was Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:23:12 EST
  ...US low beams scatter the light much more. US > high beams scatter a fair amount too. Main beams in European spec > direct the light...
• Re: Oil pressure switches
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Thu, 6 May 1999 14:29:39 +0100
  ...The low pressure switch controls the idiot light only. It would be interesting to know when the buzzer is buzzing, and when the light...
• Re: interior lighting - led strip
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:49:38 -0800
  ...Led strips both sides only draw 140mA power at lowest brightness. And that low setting is pretty good for a standby/casual use light...
• Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:22:11 -0700
  ...for high & low beams. On Sun, October 28, 2007 20:42, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >>I am considering installing some HID lights in my Westfalia...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:02:43 +0100
  ...This >>combination results in reasonable lighting at a low cash outlay (as I >>obtained used Hellas from a List member), but there is always...
• Re: Low beam HELP!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 4 May 2002 17:06:16 -0700
  ...Low beam HELP! > > I've often see this query about low beams. How much light do you concerned > people need? When the streets are...
• Re: Projektzwo driving light compatibility
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:07:59 -0800
  ...that drove me to convert a lower SA grill, adding Hella Micro FF fog lights to the mix..... Outstanding light output from the Hella...
• Re: where to find a one piece lower grille w/ fog lights?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 08:53:47 EST
  Tony, this is actually what I sell with the Projetzwo fog light kit. It is not actually integrated with the lower grille in that...
• Re: Questions: Clear Coat and Westie Stoves & "Geez, my Vanagon i
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 18:04:21 -0700
  Far Right is "Light"...just enough gas to light it....and low, too...real low. As in life, you then move left for increased...
• Re: New SA grill
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:53:31 EDT
  ...its perfectly legal to use driving lights when your low beams are on. many production cars have this feature. chris ************************************** See what's free...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:56:15 -0500
  Fag lights are usually wired so they only work with the low beams. Using both defeats the purpose of the high beams a bit...
• headlights again
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Sat, 4 May 2002 13:03:56 -0500
  ...The lights will work only on low. When the dimmer switch is tripped the lights become noticeably brighter and the high beam indicator comes...
• Re: Projekzwo Lower Grille Fog Lights - Kit Update
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:51:26 -0700
  ...If the Hella lights used in the originals is not available does Hella have a light that is close and the new grills could...
• Head Lights Dim
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:08:40 -0400
  My low and hi beams are on at the same time and lower than before my bulb upgrades. My fogs also will turn on...
• Re: SA Quad Round Headlight Grille kits FS!
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 18:20:32 -0800
  ...keep your stock hi-low beams..................the > inner light is a DRIVING LIGHT....... > want a higher powered hi-low headlight? get some H4's...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:35:34 -0700
  ...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: Projekzwo Lower Grille Fog Lights - Kit Update
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:04:32 -0800
  ...The fogs produce a flat, wide light pattern that if aimed too high defeats it's purpose and if aimed too low is only...
• Re: Automatic reply: Head Lights Dim
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:14:32 -0400
  My low and hi beams are on at the same time and lower than before my bulb upgrades. My fogs also will turn on...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:48:08 -0500
  ...US low beams scatter the light much more. US high beams scatter a fair amount too. Main beams in European spec direct the light...
• Re: Headlight Issues Continue - SA installation on '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:38:46 -0700
  ...is there a way to temporarily install a bypass circuit to > power the lights - at least on the low beams so I can drive...
• Re: Extra Headlight Question + Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Walker, Phil
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:27:45 -0400
  ...I have a pair of driving lights and a pair of fog lights mounted on the cross-bar between the upper and lower grilles...
• Re: Coolant Light
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:38:35 -0500
  ...that coolant light. Does it come on is > engine oil content is low? I belive that blinking means coolant is low, steady glow means...
• Fog Lights
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Winterpacht
  Sat, 9 May 1998 23:36:15 -0500
  ...Reason for the s shape is to mount the lights back to the lower front grill. I also made it so the square lights...
• Re: highbeam low beam swap around
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:04:40 -0400
  ...You'd either blind other drivers or have light in all the wrong places yourself. Don't waste your time. Fix the low beams...
• Re: what causes low oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 11:22:14 -0800
  ...what causes low oil pressure > >[...]what causes the oil pressure to get low >enough to trigger the light? assuming that the oil was getting...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:48:16 -0800
  ...Driving lights cannot be on when low beams are on as they are considered auxiliary high beams. In real fact they are considered off...
• More Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 20:14:45 -0500
  ...euro lights that looked exactly like the DOT approved lights on the recent Vanagons except, on the Scirocco the main (hi-low) units were...
• Interesting lights (interior)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 7 Nov 2016 06:39:10 -0800
  ...Puts out good area lighting, low cost.
• Oil Pressure Light Question
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:43:12 -0500
  ...After the van warms up, the light goes off at low RPMs, but comes back on when the engine reaches 2500 or so. Any...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Dick Taylor
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:25:31 -0800
  I just installed a pair of the Hella XL low beam driving lights on my Syncro and I love them. However, if you are...
• Re: driving light placement, was Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:02:28 -0500
  ...US low beams scatter the light much more. US > > high beams scatter a fair amount too. Main beams in European spec > > direct the light...
• Re: Projektzwo driving light compatibility
  Historical mailing list - Clint Carson
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:27:16 -0800
  ...the PZ fog light grill. > It looks like an SA lower grill that was adapted for lights. > The PZ fog lights are in a...
• Re: Low Beams out, Where to Look?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:23:48 -0700
  ...No low beams on the headlights. With switch on, ignition on, > all other standing lights come on (tail lights and marker lights). High > and...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:49:04 -0500
  ...If bad low-beams is the problem, the auxiliary low-beam installation (hella?) is the ticket, with fog lights a poor second. david David...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:55:53 -0600
  ...I have added a pair of bumper top mounted Hella fog lights which I almost always use in conjunction with my original equipment low...