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• Re: square headlight grilles for sale
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:03:57 -0600
  Don't you need the buckets too? What's the going rate for rectangular h4 headlights (that fit), hmmm? Marshall Ruskin >In a message...
• Halog Headlight Conversion Kit question
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:27:36 -0500
  ...Headlight Conversion Kit - Pair PAIR of H4 Halogen headlights, WITH bulbs. Direct replacement for your stock sealed-beam headlights, but with much better performance...
• Oh, joy, lights!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 May 2005 21:58:54 -0400
  ...I'm in a wonderful position to review "stock" US DOT headlights (rectangular variety) against Eurospec (H4) rectangular headlights. My 86' Syncro (the Goldbrick...
• Re: Headlights and Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:56:07 -0800
  ...Headlights and Grounds > Messing around with the headlights on my father's '86 GL this week, I > measured 11.3 volts at the headlights...
• Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:34:50 -0500
  http://campervanculture.com/shop/vw-t25-t3-vanagon-high-power-led-headlight-upgrade-kit/ New options for headlight upgrades for our vanagons. Bill M
• Re: talking headlights? almost Friday: Re: vanagon smoked or clear rear
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:39:24 EDT
  In a message dated 6/12/03 12:22:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ploessl@sunmac.spect.upenn.edu writes: > Chris wrote: > ....your headlight...
• headlights OUT!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Davis
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 12:39:31 EDT
  dear listees- Some of you may remember a posting I made in July about the headlights on my 88 Wf. After turning my lights...
• Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:09:13 -0500
  Folks, you can clean the DOT headlights with windex (remove the headlight from the vehicle, pour some Windex (or equivalent) in, slosh it around...
• Re: Rectangle headlight conversion to common 200mm headlights
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:25:32 -0800
  ...Rectangle headlight conversion to common 200mm headlights > > Do a search including Randy Bergum's name along with Hella. That should find it. > > Dana > > Birkenfeld...
• Re: Cleaning Inside of HeadLights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 01:27:57 -0700
  At 03:16 PM 10/9/97 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone have any suggestions on cleaning the later model square >headlights. The insides...
• Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:19:37 +1100
  ...Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights Sorry, Don but I think you're wrong. Britian never got square headlights on their 'Vanagons'. All the square...
• RE: Headlights Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Mar 97 04:29:12 UT
  Check the ground connection for the headlights. Believe it or not, they brought the headlight ground back to the dash. Remove the fuse box...
• Re: Headlight conversion
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Mon, 25 Nov 1996 18:38:16 +0100
  ...I have four rectangular = > headlights on my '87 Westy. Is a conversion to quad round headlights = > available? I have only seen dual round headlights...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 23 May 2000 11:25:11 -0700
  For an education on automotive headlights check out: http://lighting.mbz.org/ For Vanagon E-Code headlights check out David Marshall's web site...
• Vanagon 86-91 headlight cover/protector
  Historical mailing list - Donald Pelava
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:04:38 -0400
  Hello, Just took a bird strike to my right headlight, had a clear plastic headlight cover to protect, cover saved the headlight but cover...
• Re: ecode h4 headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 12 May 2005 08:40:56 -0700
  > Eh? If you are referring to the H4 rectangular Vanagon headlights, the > city light should already be in there. I haven't yet wired...
• Re: Headlight Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:43:12 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/search?keywords=headlight+adjust&x=0&y=0
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
  Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:15:21 -0400
  how old is your ignition switch...? a bad one can cause headlight wonkiness Jimmy Wilmington, NC On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:25...
• Re: Headlight switch failure (possible solution)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:04:12 -0800
  ...I'm told it carries the full current that goes to the headlights. If so, the solution would be to rewire your headlights using...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:53:58 -0700
  ...Remove headlight. Remove plug from headlight. Clip ground alligator clip to headlight bucket. Turn on ignition. Turn on head lights. Probe headlight socket until...
• Headlight/turn signal ????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:18:12 -0800
  Hi All, I have a problem when my headlights are on myn turn signals do not work. The turn signal indicator light comes on...
• Headlight Relay Kits FS
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:51:55 -0500
  Thinking about getting your van a last minute Xmas present? Maybe you are just sick of driving around with crappy headlight output? Since designing...
• Re: Headlights stopped working
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 02:46:14 EDT
  In a message dated 7/22/02 4:24:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, vannman99@YAHOO.COM writes: > The headlights in my 87 stopped...
• Broken H4 E-code headlight - Arrrrgh!!!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:46:46 +0000
  Getting out of my '88 Westy today I noticed water in my left headlight - closer inspection revealed a rock or BB hit that knocked...
• Re: no headlights cept pulling back on turn signal stick - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:06:43 -0400
  ...So you still get no headlights unless the ignition switch is on. The heavy wires for the headlights can go right from the battery...
• Fwd: Broken H4 E-code headlight - Arrrrgh!!!
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:17:38 -0400
  ...Broken H4 E-code headlight - Arrrrgh!!! To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Getting out of my '88 Westy today I noticed water in my left...
• Re: Headlight dim switch part of turn signal switch?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:33:30 -0400
  ...VW puts the whole current going to the headlights through the switch, so the best method to preserve your replacement switch is to put...
• Re: Headlight Problem
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 20:46:20 -0400
  Roy; Check the grounds for the headlights. I can not find my Bentley manual but I believe they are terminated in the ground clusters...
• No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:25:14 -0500
  ...Tonight I hit the lights and no headlights. Parking lights work fine on that setting. With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus...
• Re: Headlight/turn signal ????
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:20:12 -0600
  Mike Lawrence wrote: > > Hi All, I have a problem when my headlights are on myn > turn signals do not work. The turn signal indicator...
• rectangular headlights, remove black metal inside headlight
  Historical mailing list - Brian & Carol Megas
  Wed, 28 Dec 2005 09:11:19 -0800
  We have an 86 Westy and I upgraded the headlights several years ago by installing relays, which helped a lot. Of course I don...
• Do the headlight relay upgrade!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:20:02 -0800
  Hello - My headlights went out 10 blocks from home a few nights ago. How many times has this happened to others I have read...
• Headlight help!!
  Historical mailing list - A. Kimmons
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 00:05:40 -0600
  Hey folks- I know we all just went over the headlight topic, not too long ago, but I deleted them all at the time...
• Re: upgrading 86-up headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 19:28:54 -0400
  ...I had been told that the '86-on >headlights are significantly brighter. Is that correct? > >Ron Salmon I think we need to stage a...
• FS: Euro Square Headlight Grille with Washers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:22:47 -0700
  ...It's a square headlight grille with factory headlight washers. Comes with all the pieces: - Grille w/washers - Headlights (complete with frames and good...
• Re: front headlights not working.... (long winded again)
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:24:01 EST
  ...The headlight relays use a small amount of current from the headlight/ignition switch to "signal" them to close, and they supply the needed...
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:11:07 -0400
  ...Tonight I hit the lights and no headlights. Parking lights work fine on that setting. With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus...
• Re: Headlight switches.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:18:44 -0700
  ...90-91 Headlight Switches IIRC the headlight switch I have in my 90 is from an older Vanagon. And I have never found any...
• Re: Headlight dim switch part of turn signal switch?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:06:50 -0700
  Turns out that the headlight dim switch is actually part of the wiper switch assembly (251 953 519). There is a mechanical interface from...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:35:53 -0700
  ...It's labelled 'city' right on > the headlight switch, and this lights the small bulb in the headlights for > driving, not for parking. I...
• Re: Rectangular headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:18:45 -0500
  There are three headlight adjustment pieces per headlight (12 in all). On each headlight, one is a fixed length and the others are adjustable...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 14:25:21 -0500
  ...So, what did I buy at Autozone? What I removed looked like a sealed beam headlight, and it had no opening through which a...
• SA Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Wind Warrior
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:57:06 -0700
  ...Does anyone know if the SA caravelle headlights are the same DOT headlights sold here in the US, or are they some euro standard...
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Toomey
  Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:30:36 -0700
  ...Upgraded bulbs and lenses too. > > Tonight I hit the lights and no headlights. Parking lights work fine on that setting. With the headlights on...
• Re: Fwd: Broken H4 E-code headlight - Arrrrgh!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:44:20 -0700
  Yes, fill the hole with epoxy and buy those 3M headlight protectors from GoWesty and stop your cryin!! :P Helmut Blong <helmut.blong@GMAIL...
• Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:10:13 -0800
  ...Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights Sorry, Don but I think you're wrong. Britian never got square headlights on their 'Vanagons'. All the square...
• Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:14:13 -0500
  ...with > ignition off + headlight switch on, three LEDs in the dashboard glow. > With engine running + headlight switch off - normal. Engine running > + headlight switch on...
• Re: Wanted: Round Headlight Grill
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:01:54 -0400
  ...I am looking for a round headlight grill from a 1980-1984 Vanagon for a conversion to round headlights on a 1986 Westy Weekender...
• square headlight grilles for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 21:28:50 EST
  ...Can I convert to square headlights and grille? I generally like the way the look but my grille is broken and was looking at...
• headlight problem - intermittent - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:17:59 -0400
  Greetings one and all, Sometimes upon first starting the van the high beam indicator light glows brightly but the headlights won't go on...
• Re: HID Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:02:37 -0800
  --- jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> wrote: > A friend of mine keeps telling me I should just switch to HID > headlights > instead of laboring over running...
• Re: Lights out!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:31:46 -0500
  ...Since the headlights come on in flash mode the problem > is in the dash area and not headlight grounds. > > Ok, turn on the key...
• RE: 87 now has round eyes
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 04 Aug 1996 22:51:37
  ...I'm >going to hang on to all the parts I replaced with my headlight >swap. > >> Mark : >> Want to sell your square headlight hardware...
• Re: Trade bras?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:15:07 -0500
  You're going to raise the ire of the moderators if you talk about bras and headlights in the same sentence/topic.....I like...
• Re: INVISIBLE BRA
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:57:49 -0500
  JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:. > she has it on her headlights too< I especially like being able to see the headlights through it!! John Rodgers...
• Re: Motorcycle headlight conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:18:16 -0700
  no, but the first thought about poor headlight performance is .. head light relays ? those can help a lot. And the grounds for the headlights...
• Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:41:04 -0800
  ...Headlight switch on (either Parking lights or Headlights): Parking and/or Headlights turn on as usual. Water temp gauge drops to zero. Tach drops...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 02:23:03 -0500
  ...Foggy headlight lenses decrease the lumen output and can also effect the focal pattern of the headlights, which was pretty poor to begin with...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:43:24 -0800
  ...as we have been discussing, there are both round and rectangular headlights that will use the H4 bulb. A vanagon owner with rectangular headlights...
• Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:13:06 -0800
  You can rinse your headlights with 'denatured alcohol' and they will be as new again. Zoltan -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Woo Kim Sent: Monday...