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• Re: Driving Slowly (add reflectors!)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:36:07 -0500
  ...Driving Slowly (add reflectors!) > I got some sticky red/white reflective tape > like they have on the sides of big rig trailers, > cut out...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:32:41 -0700
  Per wrote: The part number for the stock Caravelle H4 units is: 255 941 105 for the left 255 941 106 for the right...
• conspicuity
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:34:04 -0400
  ...I also like to not have reflectors all over my van all the time as one poster mentioned. In order to have reflectors when...
• third break light...
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Koch
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:01:42 -0500
  ...the logo thing, more in general??? What about the little lights / reflectors on the sides of the buses??? Who ever knows about this stuff...
• Re: reflectors and ice cream
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:11:55 -0700
  On 10/14/05, Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Hola Ben. Puedo conseguirle una de esas furgonetas del helado. �ntreme en > contacto...
• Cleaning Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:52:56 -0600
  ...Very clever! and it works! Now the headlamp lenses and reflectors are clean and shiny. With the extremely poor light pattern of the factory...
• License plate light housing
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:05:39 -0400
  ...The lenses and reflectors are okay. Anyone out there parting out and willing to sell. I am willing to buy the whole assembly. In...
• Re: /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 08:59:28 -0800 (PST)
  ...remains one California mystery unsolved... > >How do keep all those plastic reflectors imbedded in the roads from > >being scraped off by the snowplows? > > Plastic...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 19:54:51 -0800
  > >Problem, our alternators can only put out 90 amps, whats the biggest alt. >that we can shove under the deck??? > >-Aaron Mckay As far...
• headlights on '87
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 20:01:55 -0800
  ...The reflectors in the '87's lights look kinda strange to me--there is a tubular shaped metal thing surrounding the bulb that is...
• Re: /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 09:00:28 -0800 (PST)
  >but there remains one California mystery unsolved... >How do keep all those plastic reflectors imbedded in the roads from >being scraped off by the...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:42:05 -0500
  <<��Check out my Doka's rear: ��http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/images/rearshot.jpg>> Hmm. Shades of a PT Barnum circus vehicle. But the...
• Rear reflectors
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:43:06 -0400
  I initially was going to use red but the Wife Unit pointed out it was, like, rilly rilly ugly and would have none of...
• RE: /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 02 Jan 1996 10:17:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...remains one California mystery unsolved... >How do keep all those plastic reflectors imbedded in the roads from >being scraped off by the snowplows? What...
• '82 Westy comprehensive head/tail light upgrade.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:37:22 -0800
  ...Busdepot offers the Bosch reflectors (w/o bulbs), or two cheaper kits. They recommend the midle kit ($49 for reflectors and bulbs). They don...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:59:36 -0700
  On 10/14/05, Joseph Fortino <fortino1@earthlink.net> wrote: > > have bright blue skull lights on the back of my van. kinda looks like...
• Re: HiPo lights?
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 16:12:10 -0600
  ...t this solve the lighting problem, NOpe, the problem is lousey reflectors and optics. Brighter bulbs will not make things better. The real prob...
• What lights for an upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:13:04 -0600
  ...Can anyone tell me what lights - reflectors and bulbs - to get if I stick with the rectangular lighting look? Also any other sources as...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 23:18:13 -0600
  > As far as I know, Bosch also made a 120 amp alternator which was installed > in the Passat 16V. I don't have any...
• Re: conspicuity
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:12:39 -0230
  ...I also like to not have reflectors all over my van all the time > as > one poster mentioned. In order to have reflectors when...
• Re: Instrument cluster lighting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:20:42 -0700
  ...Those > two little metal parts are reflectors for the light source and mine were > tarnished and non-reflective. So I've spray painted both...
• Instrument light removal
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:46:02 -0700
  Folks, 90 vanagon Does anyone recall how the little instrument panel lights pop out of their small square reflectors? eg. the ones that illuminate...
• Re: Driving Slowly (add reflectors!)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:57:54 -0700
  ...Driving Slowly (add reflectors!) Tabe, that's very cool! Where did you find the tape? Would like to have some. On a dark and...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:43:41 -0700
  ...So I wonder if there are different standards for > trucks and autos and what they might be, etc. > Lights and reflectors are covered by...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:50:54 +0100
  Todd Last wrote: > Is that for the German or the South America Caravelle units? > > Would not the South American headlights be unusable in the...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:34:16 -0500
  <<��I detect a hint of envy in you, Reeky Recardo. My Vanagon is bigger than your Vanagon. ��BenT >> Ya gotta remember who's proclaiming...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:59:23 -0800
  ...It has independent aiming reflectors and a sharp cutoff low beam. It will not fit a 7" holder. It mounts as an auxliary photon...
• Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:24:02 -0500
  ...If you are positioned so that any light > from a passing vehicle will be reflected back to them by our > reflectors...It is the...
• Re: Reflective Tape NHTSA Study link
  Historical mailing list - Ian Anderson
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 08:36:05 +1000
  The retroreflective tape and reflectors are well worth the effort. My former breakdown van, T4 LWB, was covered in the tape which actually got...
• Re: Westy stoves: small pots slip through grate
  Historical mailing list - WaywrdCyc
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:08:28 EST
  Sort of off the subject To attain more heat from the propane stove ,Igot two reflectors from an electric range . I than cut the...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:33:08 +0100
  Otmar Ebenhoech wrote: > <snip> > Does E-Code guarentee a super sharp pattern (like my old Cibies)? Got a > part number? Or maybe what car...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 23 May 2000 10:11:34 -0700
  ...The bulbs are not the problem; the problem is that the reflectors suck. The solution is to scrap your stock hi/low beams and...
• Re: HIDs? Was: Does the H4 bulb put out more light than the 9004 bulb?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:01:55 -0800
  ...it is true in some reflectors.� For years we've all stuffed higher output halogen's in stock reflectors that are illegal as well...
• Re: Vanagon sighted in Germany
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 09 Dec 1996 17:10:23 +0200
  ...It was a German Westy, no Reflectors on the sides. The US military is located in the South at Frankfurt to Karlsruhe locations, not...
• Re: Hella E-Code lights with "City Light"?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:19 +1200
  ...had round Hella H4s with parking light bulbs set into the reflectors, though that was back in the early 80s. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:01:08 -0600
  ...jimt On 10/13/05 9:43 PM, "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Lights and reflectors are covered by different rules. In California...
• Re: adjustable headlights
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:42:26 -0600
  "The lights or reflectors can be adjusted to do what? They allow you to focus more light on the road right in front of...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:56:15 -0700
  On 10/14/05, <rrecardo@webtv.net> wrote: << Don't takle off the BOZO wig, or the rubber nose yet Emmit. The kids in...
• Re: /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 11:41:46 -0500
  ...remains one California mystery unsolved... >How do keep all those plastic reflectors imbedded in the roads from >being scraped off by the snowplows? Snowplows...
• Re: custom side turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:05:17 +1300
  >Our vanagons have red running lights/reflectors on the side in the rear, Ugly things, look like raging boils. Glad only the US/Canada...
• Re: very interesting siting
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:40:30 +0200
  ...Do you remember, did the Vanagon have side reflectors? Was it a Diesel? Was it a young guy in the Vanagon? Helmut '80 Camper
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:44:06 -0500
  Aaron - I think the EVs use a 150amp alternator. Maybe a couple of them in the rear of a Vanagon would suffice? I'd...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 23:25:07 +0100
  >Todd, >Thanks for your post regarding PUMA for >rectangular e-code replacement headlights. >It was a good lead. I went to the archives >and...
• Re: interesting way to add back lights
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:01:20 -0800
  On 3/6/06, Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote: > > They look like stick-on reflectors. I think he should deduct about $5,000...
• FOR SALE: Misc Vanagon Parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:28:55 -0700
  ...each Good used condition. - Misc tail light reflectors. $30 CAD / $25 USD each - Misc front signal reflectors. $30 CAD / $25 USD each I will...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:44:55 -0700
  > > Look at the tail light reflector's on the back of the Van, or the > headlights. > > You'll notice a couple of letter's...
• Re: conspicuity
  Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:11:14 -0400
  ...I also like to not have reflectors all over my van all >> the time >> as >> one poster mentioned. In order to have reflectors when...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 03:06:44 -0700
  On 10/14/05, <rrecardo@webtv.net> wrote: > > > <<Check out my Doka's rear: > http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/images/rearshot.jpg>> > > Hmm. > > Shades...
• Re: '82 Westy comprehensive head/tail light upgrade.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:21:07 -0500
  ...They recommend the midle kit ($49 for > reflectors and bulbs). They don't say how many W the bulbs > are. Are they standard 55...
• Driving Slowly (add reflectors!)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:52:41 -0400
  I got some sticky red/white reflective tape like they have on the sides of big rig trailers, cut out the white, and stuck...
• Re: LED Backup Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Tue, 9 Jun 2020 17:02:06 -0400
  ...LED Backup Light Bulbs Hello, I built reflectors as Stan suggested and used the lamps recommended by Jack. The result was excellent. I posted...
• Re: Mystery Splittie Single Cab revisited
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 10 May 1996 11:33:36 -0700 (PDT)
  ...No backup lights, no reflectors, no > openings where other things should go. The rear hatch has a hole in the You just described a...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 08:15:30
  ...they have the Daytime Running Lights bulb fixtures already made into the headlight reflectors. >>joel Wendy & John have an '85 Westy. Daytime running lights...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 07:30:27 EDT
  In a message dated 10/14/05 7:09:54 AM, syncro@gmail.com writes: << This especially comes to mind whenever I pull into...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:34:16 +0100
  >>Per wrote: The part number for the stock Caravelle H4 units >>is: >>255 941 105 for the left >>255 941 106 for the right...
• Re: A little more to the story of how we got our Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:26:18 EDT
  ...have a flat face and reflectors, the Euro have a "nich" cut out of them and no reflectors) it also had the floor tracks...
• Re: interesting way to add back lights
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:36:00 -0700
  They look like stick-on reflectors. I think he should deduct about $5,000 from the price. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:41:59 -0700
  > The white reflective stripes alone at the hieight you have them is > illegal in all 50. Got any links to documentation on this? California...
• Re: adjustable headlights was.Re: rare LLE vanagon for sale on samba
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:42:58 +1200
  ...The lights or reflectors can be >adjusted to >do what? They allow you to focus more light on the road right in front of...
• Re: Yes, Vanagon lights can be great!, was: HiPo lights?
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:51:35 EDT
  ...I think the Vanagon lights are a great design, but the reflectors and lenses get damaged/cruddy over time. New housings, and brighter bulbs...