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• 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: driving light placement, was Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:02:28 -0500
  ...The US uses Low Beams and High Beams. Driving > > lights are MAINs, and hence the equivalent of HIGH BEAMS, and the > > other drivers are...
• headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Brian and Carol Megas
  Fri, 31 May 2002 21:00:20 -0700
  ...Flicked the high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever again to get the high beams back on...
• OOPS! Wrong attribution! Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:55:18 -0800
  ...On my van I have one low out but the high beam comes on. Can >>always buy one bulb and replace it, if the...
• Re: CHEAP Headlamp upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 07:16:59 -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: New SA grill
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:53:31 EDT
  ...If they're on, you're blinding > oncoming traffic. > > If you mean the regular outers low beam, sure, why not. I have a switch...
• Re: Where to aim the headlights? SA grill.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 10:01:54 -0700
  I've found that the key issue is where the top of the cutoff pattern of the low beam is aimed. Ideally one would...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 02:31:48 -0700
  With the Headlights on, if you pull back the Turn Signal Stalk half-way (before the click), both Low and High Beams will light...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Fri, 7 May 1999 18:49:48 -0500
  ...Our NHTSA allowed high beam DRLs in the first place, refuses to acknowledge that US low beam headlamps produce too much glare (over 5x...
• 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...
• lowbeams aren't working; why not?
  Historical mailing list - susan hafler
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:11:54 PDT
  hello, listees, my low beams (headlights) aren't working. neither are my highbeams, except when i manually pull the high-beam lever toward me...
• Re: headlights on with ignition on!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:16:59 -0800
  ...As soon as the user goes from low beam to high beam the high beam circuit goes to 12V and the difference across the...
• Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:04:45 -0500
  ...low beams issue that John is experiencing has nothing at all to do with the SA Grill, since it typically doesn't come with...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:50:45 -0700
  ...Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:54:42 -0500 > > > Beam patterns are better (wider, longer-reaching) on low and high >beam with > > Cibies. The main...
• Sharp Cutoff Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:34:54 -0800
  ...On high or high+low the beam is of course not baffled and will as you would expect 'dazzle' the oncoming traffic. For a...
• 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: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:50:48 -0800
  ...So here is the senario has high powered relays, works fine in low beam both sides work, if I turn on the high beams...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:42:59 +0100
  ...low beam) Total about 300 USD 3) Take Projektzwo with high beams and Hella DE (better on low beam (as 1)) and high beam...
• Re: our new 87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Patrick & Stephanie Harris
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:25:34 -0700
  ...not much light come out of the regular low beams. You'd expect better lighting out of a composite headlight rather than a sealed...
• High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:06:47 -0500
  Not one of my hi beams or the blue indicator are working. My low beams work as do my fog lights. I have the...
• 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: Low Beams quit working!...Is it the switch?
  Historical mailing list - Brien K Dews
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:09:44 -0400
  ...Low Beams quit working!...Is it the switch? > Hello All: > > Tonight my headlights went out. I can flick on the > High Beams, but they...
• Headlight hi-beam issues
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellis
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 16:03:30 +0000
  ...Low beams are fine on both sides. If I turn on high beams, the drivers side turns off completely and the passenger side works...
• Re: F.S.: Hella XL Auxiliary Halogen Low Beam Headlamp Kit
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:04:59 -0800
  ...PN 74700, made in Germany, complete Hella XL auxiliary > halogen low beam headlamp kit includes the headlamps, bulbs, harness, relay, > -Dana-
• Re: Hella Driving Lights: Was:Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 07:27:04 -0800
  ...Driving lights will not improve the performance of low beam headlights as they should be wired to only come on with the high beams...
• Re: Headlight's won't come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:40:00 -0500
  ...The hi-low beams are actually controlled by contacts on the turn signal lever. In order to be able to "flash" the hi beams...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Steven Min
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:59:49 -0800
  ...On my van I have one low out but the high beam comes on. Can >>always buy one bulb and replace it, if the...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Steven Min
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:42:44 -0800
  I know it might sound strange but maybe both of the low beam filaments burned out ?. On my van I have one low out...
• 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...
• headlights again
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Sat, 4 May 2002 13:03:56 -0500
  ...Low beams only (I guess they are the high beams, the blue light on the dash doesn't stay on). Based on the responses...
• Re: rectangular E-Code headlights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:07:47 -0800
  ...There is quite a bit of voltage drop with the high beams on, but not much with the low beams. And the low beams...
• Re: sporadic high beam prob on 85
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 00:09:35 +0200
  Caston/Payne wrote: > The SA grille looks great on Vinnie, but there is a problem with the high > beam circuit. Low beam is fine...
• Re: Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 10:48:50 -0800
  I wonder what condition your high/low beam switch is in? You'd think the stock fuses would blow if the load was too...
• Re: High Beams out on 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:17:14 -0600
  ...Weird because I literally just had it inspected two > days ago. > > When turned "on", High beam switch turns off low beams, so I got...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:48:53 -0400
  ...Click it again and I have the low beams. >I have a relay kit in place and it's worked fine for several years...
• Re: headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:25:51 -0800
  ...If I run just the high beam wires through one of the > > relays, but twist the low-beam (yellow-and-black) wires together, > > everything...
• Re: Extra Headlight Question + Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Anderson
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:28:02 +1000
  Driving lights should only operate in the high beam, or brights depending on where you're from. For better low beam lighting you could...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:03:23 -0500
  ...auxiliary high beams) to come on only with the outer high beams. They are spot beams and are not intended for low beam use...
• Re: Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 12:48:36 -0800
  ...Anyhoo, complete low beam failure caused by bad connector on back of fuse panel. https://shufti.blog/2016/12/03/vanagon-headlight-low-beam...
• Re: Headlight Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:44:34 -0800
  ...Mark Jere Hawn wrote: > Greetings All > > > > Low beam works as designed; I switch to hi beams and both lights on the > passenger side go...
• Discontinued -- Low Beam Horizontal Headlight Adjuster
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:23:24 -0500
  In late Sept, I ordered a few items from Bus Depot and the headlight adjusters for the low beams were backordered. Early last week...
• Re: '87 Driver headlight out...or not?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:36:05 -0800
  ...my > Driver's > side low beam is off when driving with low beams, but works fine > when the > high beams are turned on. Is...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:46:37 -0600
  ...All the while I was using various combination of low beams, high beams, and driving lights. We found what was acceptable and what wasn...
• Re: No Low Beams
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 08:50:28 -0700
  ...Turned out to be the low beam filament on each head lamp burned out at (basically) the same moment. More likely, one burned out...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 12:36:57 -0700
  I usually adjust low beams so the tops of the beams are about 2 1/2 van lengths out in front.. with the right...
• Headlight Question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:22:52 -0800
  Greetings All Low beam works as designed; I switch to hi beams and both lights on the passenger side go out????? Any suggestions? TIA...
• FW: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:57:56 -0400
  ...Help! At 14:00 7/8/2000, bpchristensen1@home.com wrote: >Headlight problem; low beams work fine, but when I switch to high beams...
• Re: FW: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Preston Grimes
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 11:51:36 -0700
  I had the same symptoms--high beams but no low beams. It turned out that my headlight grounds were corroded, thus the circuit was...
• FW: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:33:42 -0400
  ...Help! > > At 14:00 7/8/2000, bpchristensen1@home.com wrote: > >Headlight problem; low beams work fine, but when I switch to high beams...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:36:12 -0700
  ...The downside is that the low beams still run through the switches. You could do the same mods to the low beams if you...
• ....that hi/lo beam switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:55:33 -0600
  Help please! My hi/low switch went out last night on way to Moab. Held the hi beams on until they finally went...now...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:04:47 -0700
  ...Yellow (which feels like a dimmer white) is the low beam wire and white (white hot) is the high beam wire--these are the...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:12:10 +0100
  Dick Taylor wrote: > I know, I know...the part I wasn't > thinking about is the fact that the low beams stay on all...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 08:33:28 -0700
  ...The best I have come up with is the high beam lights the highway too far ahead and the low beam is right...it...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:33:13 -0600
  ...In '86-91 Vanagons the outside headlights have both low beam and high beaam filaments There is no application for H4 bulbs where both...
• Re: How do I lower my late model?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 13:51:32 -0400
  ...the low-down (pun?) on lowering yer 69 Single Cab: Bus Boys got into the " bus biz" back in '87 modifying front beams so...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:49:04 -0500
  ...They do fill in the sides of a poor low-beam pattern, but only in a very narrow vertical band. If bad low-beams...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:59:12 -0800
  ...All is ever do is aim the low beams so the tops of them are about 2 1/2 to 3 car lengths out...
• Re: High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:19:59 -0800
  ...What year van? Mark Pat Patterson wrote: > Not one of my hi beams or the blue indicator are working. My low beams > work as...
• wiring and fuses for 80/100w bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:46:22 -0700
  ...Option C would be to run one wire and fuse to high beam and one to low beam, which gives the system some redundancy...