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• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 01:58:20 +0100
  Kent Christensen wrote: > Per wrote: The part number for the stock Caravelle H4 units > is: > 255 941 105 for the left > 255 941 106...
• Vallejo Show
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 13:33:43 -0700
  ...RHD Brake pedals, a set of normal reflectors (for you, Rusty) and a set of barndoor reflectors, a barndoor steering wheel, bus semaphores, NOS...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:17:49 -0800
  At 5:32 PM 1/15/99, Kent Christensen wrote: >Per wrote: The part number for the stock Caravelle H4 units >is: >255 941...
• Parts Score, details
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 19:01:42 -0700
  ...gas heater, 2 more early distributors, and some NOS lights and reflectors, albeit for Toyota, which I promptly gave to one of my neighbors...
• Re: rear turn signal wire color?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:39:10 -0500
  ...then splice them in to side turn signals. > >(The amber side reflectors off a 1984 Rabbit are an exact match/fit.) Please don't...
• Re: reflectors and ice cream
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:23:31 -0700
  Turbanned Ruffians wanted. Perhaps that's where Osama Bin Hiding. tim in san jose (land of the Turbanned Ruffian Icecream Man) On 10/14...
• 84 westy shell
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:55:31 -0800
  ...One seat turntable is still there, dash and some trim pieces, turns signals and reflectors, electrical cord hatch cover, electrical cord, bits and piecs...
• Re: anybody want an 85 single-cab pickup? FS in Vancouver, BC, Canada -$9000CAN
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 18:57:32 -0800
  ...The real reflectors were never omitted on a Vanagon / Transporter than entered Canada or the USA. Even the VWs that I have imported as...
• Re: LED taillights??
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 11:43:23 -0800
  ...pre-drilled holes for the LEDs in > place of the taillight reflectors and running "custom" wiring to the > taillight electric plugs. > > Chris, > > '85 Westy
• Re: reflectors and ice cream
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:26:12 -0700
  Turbanned Ruffians wanted. Perhaps that's where Osama Bin Hiding. tim in san jose (land of the Turbanned Ruffian Ice cream Man On 10...
• rear turn signal wire color?
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:04:51 -0800
  ...then splice them in to side turn signals. (The amber side reflectors off a 1984 Rabbit are an exact match/fit.) However, I don...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:09:34 -0700
  On 10/14/05, George Goff <THX0001@aol.com> wrote: << I've been meaning to check into the bumper height requirement for PA. I...
• Re: HIDs? Was: Does the H4 bulb put out more light than the 9004 bulb?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:21:50 -0500
  ...Yes the > federal government wants you to believe all that, and maybe it is > true in some reflectors. For years we've all stuffed...
• Re: Cleaning Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:05:47 -0800
  ...Very > clever! and it works! Now the headlamp lenses and reflectors are clean and > shiny. With the extremely poor light pattern of the factory...
• Re: HIDs? Was: Does the H4 bulb put out more light than the 9004 bulb?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:40:18 -0800
  ...Let alone the euro only reflectors, and the > E-codes, and even worse the idiots running RHD 7" reflectors�on LHD cars.� > If I...
• Re: Euro vs US taillights
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:53:46 +0300
  ...The lenses do not own any parabolic reflectors, and the white lens for the backup light is replaced by a red cover which looks...
• Re: conspicuity
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:18:56 -0600
  ...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: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 10:13:19 -0500
  I'm using H4 versions of these exact bulbs in e-code 7'' round reflectors. Light output is white, impressive, but there is too...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 10:34:39 -0800
  Blind 'em... hell with that much power you'll probably just evaporate them... problem solved... :) Bill Johnson '85 GL Westy '97 VFR750 '67 Bug...
• Re: LED Backup Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 31 May 2020 09:17:43 -0600
  ...I searched > the archives for advice, but didn't find anything useful. > > My light assemblies do not have reflectors for the backup lights, so...
• Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:14:28 -0800
  ...colored brown van, to park in such a way that > your reflectors don't reflect. > > I usually pull off the road, then pull off...
• Re: Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 07:57:13 EST
  ...For one thing, the Bosch reflectors are metal which is the hallmark of a cheap light because it will eventually it will leak and...
• Who has the SA Grilles for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:56:04 -0800
  ...So who's got 'em and what reflectors do they use. Happy T-day to you all. al
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 07:02:34 EDT
  In a message dated 10/13/05 10:24:17 PM, felder@KNOLOGY.NET writes: << Probably every state (I know mine does) has laws...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:06:36 -0500
  ...Even if you are sucessful putting an H4 bulb in to the stock USDOT reflectors, you won't get any better light on the...
• Re: ya say ya can't see at night? blind as a bat??
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Mon, 4 Nov 1996 11:34:04 -0800
  ...combination. > >-Mark McCulley You can't get past the lousey retangular reflectors. The beam distribution just plain sucks. One can always get the euro...
• Re: smoked tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:09:02 +0200
  ...They have new lenses and reflectors, I am more than happy with these. But I can�t give you any advice where to get...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 24 May 2000 11:03:33 +1200
  ...There is no easy solution to better vanagon lighting. >The bulbs are not the problem; the problem is that the reflectors suck. The >solution...
• Re: rallylights.com vendor comment
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:59:47 +1200
  ...while you might >get the same experience that I did with reflectors turning yellowish, glass >that cracked, short life on the bulbs and at...
• Re: Looking for a fog light switch kit - Any vendors have one?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:08:07 -0800
  ...I don't have the reflectors in the rear fogs, either, but for brake lights, they are just fine. PerL 88 Syncro [text/html]
• Re: Instrument lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:35:38 -0500
  You can get the bulbs out as David B describes without removing the white reflectors. However, removing the reflectors is easy if you work...
• Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:21:17 -0500
  ...colored brown van, to park in such a way that > your reflectors don't reflect. > > I usually pull off the road, then pull off...
• Re: Xenon Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Anderson
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 07:42:25 +1100
  ...Note that I said reflectors designed for HID retrofit. By that I mean the whole light unit, reflector, lens and bulb holder are designed...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 07:05:29 -0500
  � <<Aw heck it;s 455am. Time for a nap and dream about�Vanagons running over�a field of DOT's.>> � Clancy, While your dreaming...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:38:16 -0700
  On 10/14/05, <rrecardo@webtv.net> wrote: > > > Ya gotta remember who's proclaiming to be BENT here > > It sure isn't me Clancy...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 23 May 2000 11:25:11 -0700
  ...There is no easy solution to better vanagon lighting. > > The bulbs are not the problem; the problem is that the reflectors suck. The > > solution...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:28:06 -0700
  > > > I have a current DOT rules and regulations book at work to keep the > trucks there legal. Regs for commercial trucks and trailers are...
• Re: What lights for an upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:08:55 -0700
  ...I tried mailing Daniel Stern Lighting a > couple of times, but have gotten no response. > > Can anyone tell me what lights - reflectors and bulbs...
• Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:26:48 -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: HIDs? Was: Does the H4 bulb put out more light than the 9004 bulb?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:47:54 -0500
  ...Yes the >> federal government wants you to believe all that, and maybe it is >> true in some reflectors. For years we've all stuffed...
• Re: Driving Lights - If not Project Twzo, what's the answer?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:05:25 -0600
  I suspect that the reflectors have degraded over time as well. This was always the reason that DOT didn't approve non-sealed units...
• Re: Tail light lens removal
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:35:38 -0400
  Tony, I'm referring to separating the rectangular red/orange/white lens from the black housing to gain access to inner reflectors. Chris. Wysłane...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:46:24 -0500
  <<I've done design work for trucking fleets who call these features "worry bars." They're designed to keep the brights out of the...
• '86 Headlight replacment?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:32:25 -0800 (PST)
  ...Has anyone replaced a '86 or newer vanagon's high/low headlights with a better performing rectangular reflector/bulb combination? My reflectors are in...
• Re: LED taillights??
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 09:32:46 -0500
  ...pre-drilled holes for the > LEDs in > place of the taillight reflectors and running "custom" wiring to > the > taillight electric plugs. > > Chris, > > '85 Westy...
• Re: Instrument light removal
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:09:55 -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: LED Backup Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 28 May 2020 19:07:20 -0400
  ...My light assemblies do not have reflectors for the backup lights, so it seems the best LED replacements would only shine out the end...
• SA Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Wind Warrior
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:57:06 -0700
  ...will they take an H4 bulb? Have the reflectors been improved? If so, I would be interrested in that headlight upgrade... Especially since I...
• custom side turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:23:22 -0800
  ...Our vanagons have red running lights/reflectors on the side in the rear, and I am wondering, has anyone tried to modify these lights...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 15:15:25 -0800
  Is that for the German or the South America Caravelle units? Would not the South American headlights be unusable in the US because the...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:39:39 -0800
  ...The reflectors have an optimum above the roadway height so that both beams are correctly aimed. The headlight position oo the vanagon is above...
• Re: driving my bus to and in B.C.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Mar 1995 11:36:53 -0800 (PST)
  ...a GOOD winter car survival kit (sleeping bag, candles, food, flares/reflectors etc). forgive me if I have stated the obvious. Alistair P.S...
• Re: Driving Slowly (add reflectors!)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:45:54 -0500
  Tabe, that's very cool! Where did you find the tape? Would like to have some. On a dark and stormy night my red...
• Re: LED taillights??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:33:39 -0800
  ...pre-drilled holes for the LEDs in > place of the taillight reflectors and running "custom" wiring to the > taillight electric plugs. > > Chris, > > '85 Westy >
• Re: Bus Depot's STRICT return screening policy
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:49:48 -0500
  ...noticed right away....European models don't have the extra chrome reflectors on the inside of the turn signal section of the tail light...
• Re: interesting way to add back lights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:39:45 -0800
  ...Mark John Bange wrote: >On 3/6/06, Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote: > > >>They look like stick-on reflectors. I think he should...
• Re: A Fantastic Find at Canadian Tire!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 14:11:29 EST
  ...Two lamp reflectors/enclosures (178 mm), 2 H4 bulbs, 2 high quality boots. Instructions. The price: 89.00 CDN! Aprox $55.00 US!>> I...
• Re: LED taillights??
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:23:04 -0800
  ...pre-drilled holes for the LEDs in > place of the taillight reflectors and running "custom" wiring to the > taillight electric plugs. > > Chris, > > '85 Westy
• Re: A little more to the story of how we got our Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:52:23 +1200
  ...Does it have those hideous North American-market door reflectors & rear sidemarker lights? If not, and there's no sign on the INSIDE of...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:48:54 -0500
  � <<If there were an odd number of the red stripes, I would ask you to pretned that was my hand and I was asking...