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• Re: Adding New Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:44:18 -0700
  The Wallyworld lights I bought are very similar to the ones mentioned. The "bulb" can be changed to a 10W which draws less than...
• 4 headlite grille?
  Historical mailing list - dieselslave
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:37:20 -0500
  1984 Vanagon owner here---seen a few pics of vanagons with 4 headlights---2 big lights and 2 little lights---I thought it would...
• Re: Installed add on back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:21:15 -0400
  I posted on 10/17 that I had installed additional backup lights and how I did it without drilling holes, cutting any original wires...
• Re: [WetWesties] BusFusion Bound Trip Report #01
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:03:05 -0700
  ...As for me, I not only use ear plugs, but also an eye mask, as I DO park under the lights, as mischief hates...
• Re: Daytime running lights...so what's the problem here?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Jurik
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:03:27 EDT
  ...Just breaks your heart, thinking of all that electricity being wasted on daytime running lights. There oughta' be a law! Or is it, There...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 3 May 1999 13:09:49 -0700
  ...After hearing > >so many complaints about the dim stock Vanagon lights, I am wondering if a > >PO installed the upgraded Euro-spec lights. How...
• Re: headlight switch mystery, help!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:10:51 +0200
  ...1st source is straight from the battery (marked 30) and powers your parking lights (58L & 58R) and instrument lights (58b). The 2nd source is...
• Top Mounted Exterior Lights/ Directional Beams
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 01:48:45 -0700
  ...H4 lights, and relays, those are some more lights. DJ lights for adding pinpointed light to the florescent interior lamp already installed by vw...
• Re: LED taillights WAS: Re: repost optional bulb sizes/wattages?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:07:15 -0800
  You're right, tail lights or brake lights inside the rear window would be technically illegal, probably. I would do it because it would...
• Re: Out go the lights Yikes!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 19:40:05 -0600
  ...That is, putting a couple relays in the headlight system so ALL the current goes to the lights, and the switch acts like a...
• Re: HELP! '64 ignition shot?
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 16:06:09 -0400
  ...When I tried >to restart it, it wouldn't start, I got no dash lights at all and >realized I had no power at...
• speedo/tach lights out
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:52:53 -0800
  ...recently my speedo and tach lights have started to go out intermittently. I have had the ignition switch replaced in the last year so...
• Re: Parking lights + ignition switch = flat battery
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:27:26 -0400
  At 19:45 6/11/2000, =David-M= wrote: >Is there a (simple?) way to rewire the parking lights so they go off >when...
• FW: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:54:59 -0400
  ...E-code lights/SA grille John Rodgers wrote: > > Can someone tell me the difference between the round light grill fround on the > earlier US...
• Re: Lower Grill
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 22:45:41 -0700
  That should be the South African one, but I haven't seen one with driving lights. Doubt you will find one in a junk...
• Re: Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 07:57:13 EST
  Brian, Even if I knew where to buy Bosch fog lights, I wouldn't tell you. I have had Bosch, Hella and Cibie auxillary...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:40:53 -0800
  ...Yes, lots of cars come with factory fog and/or driving lights, to be used in the proper conditions for those lights. Using them...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights:
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:33:22 -0500
  I've got the Hella 500 driving lights on my bus; they're wired on a separate switch and I use them to supplement...
• Re: Backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:32:30 -0500
  Try removing the lights and cleaning everything. These are the same in more vehicle of this age and haven't changed for years. Over...
• Re: battery and oxy lights coming on.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:30:29 -0600
  ...battery and oxy lights coming on. > yo, > > You know how whenever you start up your vanagon, the battery and oxy > lights come on for...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Greg S
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:56:02 -0500
  ...Got in the van last night, turned on the headlights. > Nothing! Dash lights OK, driving lights OK, brake lights OK. No head > lights. No...
• Re: Cool yellow ones..
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:42:17 +0100
  At 22:21 23-6-97 -0500, you wrote: > >France switched over to white head lights in the late eighties, >probably to comply with...
• Re: Headlight bulb upgrades - which bulbs are best? Brands? Color?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:16:01 -0500
  Rob I assume you've got 7" round lights. You may want to have a look at: http://www.rallylights.com/hella/7in.asp...
• Re: Lighting options - again.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 29 Dec 2000 15:44:05 -0800
  ...My only concern with the SA setup is getting replacement lights. The outer lights are more than likely the $40 a pair H4s that...
• Re: Buzzer is going off - turn signal lights
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 21:06:51 -0700
  ...I'm turning on the turn signal lights. The front ones are badly corroded. It is not the door buzzer. It is the #21...
• yep, it's the back-up light switch
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 4 Nov 96 15:53:40 EST
  ...Walked back, no lights. Crawled under and banged on the switch body with my big wrench, walked back and lights! Shifted out of reverse...
• Re: halogen round-eyed vanagon lights
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:42:05 -0500
  I found some info on e-code and "blue" lights that might be significant. http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/info/blue_bulbs/ I'm...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 11:56:07 -0700
  ...Red black goes to a > four pin connector that comes out of the dash, obviously going back to the > lights. Since the lights work...
• Re: Storage Ideas..Was: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - Casey H
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:38:30 -0500
  ...I wired them into my tail lights (one on each side) and my brake > lights, since the stock lights are so low down and...
• Re: Dont blink your lights! *GANG DANGER*
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 16:35:31 -0700
  ...Their goal is to wait until some well intentioned citizen blinks their >lights at them intending to add to the saftey factor. The good...
• Re: Reverse lights going crazy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 Feb 2015 07:47:35 -0600
  ...The symptom I was chasing was a > flickering of the reverse lights when in reverse. After replacing the > switch, the reverse lights now come...
• Re: South African grills?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 01:47:35 EDT
  ...If you upgrade, get the entire SA Grill kit with the Hella driving lights and correct factory brackets which runs about $265-$299. Trying...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:20:08 -0700
  ...That said, the brake lights still worked; AFAIK, the brake light wiring is redundant on my '81 if a switch fails, the brake lights...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:06:23 -0400
  ...Everything between there and the lights simply amounts to a wire.. But if you can scrape off the plastic that covers and protects the...
• Re: Cargo carrier good/bad feedback for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:19:16 -0700
  ...The complication is that the wider ones need to be wired up for tail lights/stop lights, their wide enough to block the lights...
• '56 kombi - new security system
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 12:51:36 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I then turn the lights on and off, and then she cranks up like normal! I tried several differnet things, like trying to start...
• Re: Dash control lights question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 10 Jul 1999 09:43:37 -0400
  At 04:40 7/10/99 -0700, Richard Ferguson wrote: >does anyone else find a reflection at night of the dash lights onto the...
• Re: Logo lights
  Historical mailing list - lp
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:00:32 -0700
  ...Logo lights | |Hi, | |I'm going to install a third brake light into my Vanagon, and came across |these: | http://www.ccidomain.com/aed...
• website for dash lights
  Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:34:24 -0500
  ...I also wanted to find the owner website that had the dash lights replaced with BLUE LEDs or lights and I can't seem...
• Re: 1981 Fuse S9 Potential Future Loads
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Aug 2017 01:03:35 -0400
  Don't forget that circuit will potentially supply trailer lights in emergency flasher mode. Yrs, d On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 12:39...
• another headlight question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:59:34 -0800
  Sylvania.com list a upgrade for our vanagon lights Upgrade Part Number = 9004XV Halogen XtraVision - 20% brighter than standard These lights can be purchase...
• FS hella driving lights.
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:00:55 -0800
  ...I have a "brand new" set of Hella driving lights mounted in a grill to be used on a Rabbit, Caddy of Cabrio with...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:26:09 EST
  ...if only we all knew how to flash our lights in morse code.>> here in NJ we turn the lights on and off to...
• Re: Dealers and E-code lights
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:27:29 -0700
  ...all note that even though the prices for the E Code lights might appear a little higher from some of the online vendors they...
• hellas fog lights
  Historical mailing list - James Henry
  Sun, 2 Sep 2007 12:24:16 -0500
  I am in the process of installing a new pair of hellas fog lights on the front bumper of my 1984 vanagon westy. Any...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years)
  Historical mailing list - JeanneMaly
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 09:12:59 -0800
  ...Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years) > > > > > >> These lights works quite well, but they are not European spec lights with > >> the...
• Re: Running Lights Dark
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:32:28 -0700
  ...dbeierl@attglobal.net> >> wrote: >> >>> The problem was no running lights and no dash lights, so something is >>>> wrong >>>> with both the switch and rheostat...
• Re: Plug in LED dash bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:46:50 -0800
  ...LEDs are not dimmable, and he says they are considerably brighter than stock lights. This would be a problem driving out in the countryside...
• Re: Strobe lights on my vanagon--why?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:52:45 -0400
  ...Strobe lights on my vanagon--why? > > My 90 carat has developed an unwanted feature. When the engine is > running the lights in the car...
• Re: H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:51:04 -0600
  ...Measure distance from the center of the lights to the > ground and then measure where the "cut off" is on the wall - it > should...
• Re: Automatic lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:11:37 +0200
  Andrew Grebneff wrote: > Does anybody know of a QUALITY aftermarket automatic light setup? > > My 1988 Nissan Skyline had 2-stage automatic on/off lights...
• Re: Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 06:33:43 -0800
  ...If you > were thinking of getting the H4 square lights > to help with the poor DOT low beams, these > fog lights would be a...
• Driving Lights, EVs and Bras
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 13:24:20 -0500
  ...I would also like to have a set of driving lights. The bra covers the entire front bumper from the hood opening down to...
• Re: another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Kim
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:49:04 EDT
  ...It is still probably a good idea to go with a relay, instead of having all the electricty for the lights going through that...
• Accessing back of Fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 14:49:04 -0600
  Hello, Just got my new FET fog and spot lights. I am installing them on a 1991 Westy Syncro. In the installation instructions and...
• Re: Lighting question
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 16:49:31 -0800
  ...PerL 88 Syncro Todd Last wrote: > Are the SA rectangular lights the same as the US versions? Or are they > E-code lights? Any...
• Re: Quad Grilles are Back!
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 19:17:09 -0700
  ...the "driving lights" I think these should be thought of as high beams just like in a 4-headlight system. That's how I...
• Re: round > square headlight conversion
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:21:55 -0400
  ITs not the lights. Its the wiring to the lights that is causing the dim lighting. Eric Richmond Mike wrote: > Hi guys n gals...
• Re: Subject: light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:29:44 -0600
  > >incidently, led brake lights turn on about 0.2 s faster than the standard > >1157 bulb, which theoretically translates into about 18 ft greater...
• Re: SA parts and Transporters by the Tunnel
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 15 Jul 2000 02:39:48 EDT
  ...The inner driving lights are Hella as in Hella-valot better than the stock lights alone. The installation on the inner lights is real...