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• Re: Major light upgrade (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:59:19 +1200
  ...They are ordinary high beams. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:40:55 -0400
  ...http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0501d&L=vanagon&F=&S=&P=28900 >Hi! > >The headlights (both high and low beam...
• Re: FW: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:39:45 -0700
  ...When I put on the high > beams, they work and all of the other indicator lights seem to work. All > of > the fuses under...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 15 May 2010 07:42:34 -0700
  ...55/100's allow you to run at the proper low beam level, but switch to the 100 on high. You wouldn't normally...
• Re: drool...drool
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:21:42 -0600
  ...i always figured if i had my fog lights on, why would i want my high beams on? :) one real advantage of wiring the...
• Re: No headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:04:48 -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: High Beam Lens Needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 06:17:45 EST
  ...I just noticed the high beam lens on the right-hand side got nailed by a rock, so I am putting it out to...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:36:43 -0700
  ...You only need to know one wire is low beams, one is high, and one is ground. Real easy to tell which is which...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 02:23:03 -0500
  Hi Patti, Your Vanagon needs the 9004 bulbs for the main high/low beam outer lenses as others have mentioned. There is no readily...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:36:15 -0400
  ...High and low beams. They were the high power bulbs that I use with the relay. I put in the old low power bulbs...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 15 May 2010 17:56:53 -0700
  ...You've got low beams that are brighter than > legal high beams and you've never been flashed. Are your lights adjusted > correctly? That...
• Re: High beam dash bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Apr 2015 01:21:19 -0400
  At 01:17 AM 4/29/2015, Alistair Bell wrote: >The more I think about the more I am sure it was green. Yup...
• no head lights on an '87
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:48:21 -0600
  ...The parking lights and the dash lights work but the low and high beams do not work. My guess is that head light switch...
• Re: pre-coffee whining
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Aug 94 9:34:16 PDT
  ...tailgaters people (nimrods?) driving with their high beams on people (dolts?) leaving their turn signal on If one of these transgressors were behind me...
• Re: fantastic super cool photo
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 13:36:41 EDT
  ...high beams in a snow > squall...makes it worse). > They aren't fog lights, they are driving lights. You want them as high as...
• Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:56:19 -0500
  ...I have no lights, no brights, no low beam, nothing. The high beam indicator is on no matter if you pull the stalk back...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:16:25 -0500
  ...I have no lights, no brights, no low beam, nothing. The high beam indicator is on no matter if you pull the stalk back...
• Re: Headlight Issues Continue - SA installation on '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:38:46 -0700
  Yes of course you can power low beams by some alternative method. what year van ? It could be as simple as using a small...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights:
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 14:06:43 -0500
  > I use them to supplement the low beams Me too. And here in Mass., too. > the key is to take your time aiming them...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:07:28 -0500
  I've always viewed the inner lights on a South African Grille to be additional "High beams". Terminology does serve to confuse the issue...
• headlight switch mystery, help! (plus: Daytime running lights!)
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:32:43 -0400
  ...Washington holding in the turn signal / high-beam stalk the whole way home. The switch failed intermittently at first, then for good. The switch...
• Quad Grille Kit clarifications
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 22:21:14 EST
  ...The wiring harness is set up so that the driving lights come on when you turn on your high beams. However the driving lights...
• Re: Headlight Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 18:55:31 -0400
  ...I'm going to isolate them from the headlights current draw and use a tap on the high beam hot for a signal to...
• HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:23:44 -0700
  ...type of kit - low beam only, dual bulb HID for high an low, mechanically moving HID bulb for high and low or the HID...
• Re: Combo Driving and Fog Light Hookup
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 3 May 2001 11:04:43 -0700
  Why not wire the driving light through your high beam circuit and the fog through your lows? Of course, also through your dash switch...
• Re: Headlights wont shut off, even with key out... suggestions ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:20:04 -0800
  ...is working normally. > > > > Might be a clue. > sure is... > so the high beam indicator is always on does change when the stalk is > pulled...
• Re: Driving Lights - If not Project Twzo, what's the answer?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:07:03 +0000
  ...At first I thought that might be a little high on the low beam and bother oncoming drivers.... not so... if your lights are...
• Re: Brights When Switched On Dont Work
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:27:16 -0700
  ...Both ignition and headlights have to be on, to cycle back and forth between low and high beams. if either are off, it'll...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:57:19 -0500
  ...Headlight upgrades Fag lights are usually wired so they only work with the low beams. Using both defeats the purpose of the high beams...
• Re: vanagon grill pics
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:00:20 +1200
  ...Can you describe this pin setup? And are the >Hella "driving lights" actually between low and high beams, or is >the beam pattern more...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:00:47 -0700
  ...The fuses 20,21(low beam) are OK, the casing > of the fuses 9,10(high beam) were melted but the fuses are not...
• Re: Removing foil from the tach
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 29 Aug 2020 21:59:22 -0500
  ...Now any tricks for removing the blue high beam filter :) Thanks Jeff Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 29, 2020, at 8:32 PM...
• Re: Anyone use one of these heaters?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 18:51:18 -0600
  ...Would be about the same as leaving your headlights on with high beams. Second 300 watts converted to heat is a hand warmer. jimt...
• Parts for Sale
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:59:01 CST
  ...Square headlights left high beam and right low beam. Damaged. Other misc. items like turn and tail light lenses, alternators, door speakers, handles, glass...
• Re: New H4 headlamp bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:02:41 -0700
  The High Beam (some refer to them as Driving Lights) on the 86-91 Vanagons use a H3 Bulb, which is the standard bulb...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:25:49 -0800
  ...high beams with a pair of bad & nasty aircraft landing lights (ACLs). >Crude in comparison to the sophisticated Cibie' lights, the sealed beam >(yes...
• Re: Left Headlight dimmer than right
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:04:07 -0600
  ...The high-beam seems equal. > > > > Last time I changed bulbs, I used Di-Electric grease and the contacts > appeared clean. > > > > Any suggestions as to...
• Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:31:04 -0500
  ...proof 30A relays behind the > > grille one for low beam, one for high beam and one for my rallye > > lights. I used the original...
• Re: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:30:43 +0200
  ...your slightly misaligned high beams in a cops face... but adjusted correctly, these too can be used on the highway too. If you are...
• Re: Lights out last night.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 05:54:36 EST
  ...Luckily- If I hold the high beam/low bram switch I get high beams. The taillights work fine. Full moon last night and living...
• Re: H4 led bulbs, trying out another pair. Late headlight LEDS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:23:16 +0000
  ...The top two are for the low beam and high beam simply adds the one facing down. Low beam is really great although there...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:52:18 -0600
  Airplanes do - why not cars?? LOL! Well, actually - nowadays there is a lock on the master switch in many of them. Plus cars don...
• FW: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:32:45 -0700
  ...When I put on the high beams, they work and all of the other indicator lights seem to work. All of the fuses under...
• Re: H4 European Headlight report
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 13 May 2009 10:56:49 -0400
  ...Yes, they have a very sharp cutoff, which limits distance > visibility, but that is what the high beams will cover. In urban > settings, the...
• Re: Headlite wiring & adding Euro style grille & small driving lites to my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:09:48 -0700
  ...to the high beam wiring, myself. Okay, but where do you connect them-do you have to splice into the hi beam wires? Or...
• 86 Square headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Aug 1996 23:46:16 -0500
  ...I remember one of the posts that stated that going to a higher wattage bulb did little to improve the low beams. I started...
• Re: Headlight relay kits
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 08:42:04 -0800
  ...Recently I have been challenged with the issue of heat on fuses 5 and 6 when using the high beams. Fuse 6 even melted...
• Re: Headlight help needed ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:06:27 -0800
  ...your high beams most likely still work when you pull the stalk ( ignition on or off, light switch off ...high beams should flash anytime...
• Re: Sales ploys (was Re: Digest Mode)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Geer
  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 22:58:49 -0500
  ...I've half a mind to do it with hydraulics or funny shocks or something just so I can really embarass my junior high...
• Re: DS Headlights no work
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 09:41:43 EDT
  ...1997 02:36:48 -0400 JoErnest@AOL.COM writes: >On my 89 Syncro Westi, on high beam, both the Driverside lights do not work.
• Re: Power wiring/headlights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:03:06 -0800
  ...the rocker switch for the low beams and from the turn signal arm switch for the high beams? > > Put the fuses between the 12...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 06:10:10 -0500
  ...I have no lights, no brights, no low beam, > nothing. The high beam indicator is on no matter if you pull the stalk back...
• Re: our new 87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 21:58:26 -0500
  ...the outer/bigger ones are the low beams. the inner/smaller > >ones are the high beams. try it and see. on high beams, both...
• Strange electrical problem: Headlights don't work (among other things)
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:00:57 -0700
  ...So, the headlights and wipers don't work, except when pulling on on the intermittent high-beam. Then, that works, but the high beams...
• Re: Looking for LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:46:05 +0700
  ...Bulb, blue, high beam indicator, 357 919 062 - $6.45 CAD On 2011-03-01, at 2:58 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Hi...
• Re: fog light wiring questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 03 Jun 1997 08:25 -0600 (MDT)
  ...On the other hand, there may be a secondary circuit in the relay that cuts power to the fog lights when the high beams...
• instrument light
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:28:16 EDT
  ...with it? also the light for my brights is now backwards - on with low beams and off when highs are on? andy 85 westy
• Re: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:57:12 +1200
  ...It has normal 7" light openings that fit right over any round-light T3's lights, plus a pair of smaller-diameter high beams...
• Re: H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:51:04 -0600
  ...This passes official 6-monthly tests and I don't get oncoming drivers flashing their high-beams at me. If you're in Fiji...
• Re: GE High output "bulbs"
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:29:40 -0800
  I recently upgraded the halogon lights in my Toyota 4Runner to these new "high output" lights. The improvement in light was noticeable and along...