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• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 07:40:58 -0800
  ...When > cresting a hill or incorrectly aimed HID headlights will blind > oncoming traffic, but otherwise the beam cutoff is below the oncoming > driver's...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 6 Apr 2014 18:49:26 -0600
  ...dual headlights where both > high and low beams were on at the same time?? Like low beams are just > on and when the dimmer...
• 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: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ric Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:53:56 -0400
  ...In my earlier posting I spoke of the "intermittent" high beam light coming on...well it comes on with the ignition switch on and...
• High-beam Lens
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Ford
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 22:22:24 -0500
  Guys, Anybody out there have a high-beam lens for my '90 Vanagon? Right- side lens hit by a baseball, (foul-ball) Thanks in...
• Re: How do I lower my late model?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 13:51:32 -0400
  ...Available in two ways - Bare Beam with adjusters installed is $289 EXCHANGE and we must have yer old beam in advance on 68-69...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:36:12 -0700
  There is an intermediate step you can take that provides more direct power to the high beams via relays but does not require running...
• 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: 1991 vanagon - rectangular hi-lo beam headlight replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:53:08 -0700
  ...the inner hi-beams are square, the outer hi/lo-beams are rectangular. I don't know which one you're talking about. Maybe...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:14:44 -0800
  ...Generic, for the front of the vehicle, can contain 'high' beam, 'low' beam, or both. Low beams set to illuminate immediately in front and...
• Re: Wiring in Auxilliary lights?
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:15:27 -0700
  ...Do the same with the high beams. Take the power from the current switch to the switch on the high beam relay, and in...
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 13:50:41 +1200
  >I don�t know what defines the US-headlights as "sealed beam", does it mean >they�re sealed so you can�t reach into...
• Re: SA inner lights - how bright?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:08:18 EST
  ...They are meant to be used as additional light for your high beam. In other words, when you turn your high beams on not...
• 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: Projektzwo Fog light question
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:51:35 -0700
  An easy way to wire the fogs is to use a relay that is activated by the low beam signal. When the lows are...
• Re: New SA grill
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:53:31 EDT
  ...They're basically > high-beam type lights with no upper cutoff. If they're on, you're blinding > oncoming traffic. > > If you mean the...
• Re: H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:21:04 -0700
  ...Now I > have some sealed beam halogens that are OK, but I wanted a little more low > beam, for sure..and extra high beam...
• 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: headlight emergency!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:22:29 -0400
  ...I have the double high beams when I hold > the high beam switch on, but once released I have neither high beams nor low...
• More headlight problems
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:55:30 -0700
  Hi Volks, Ok, I checked all the fuses first and yes, the #9 was fried (hi beam fuse). I replaced that and the headlights...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:07:32 -0800
  ...In my application, I do the aiming with the dipped beam/cutoff as most of my driving can be done without high beams. Pensionerd...
• Round Headlight Upgrade from Sealed Beams
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:07:01 -0400
  I had terrible sealed beam headlights (round) on my van. They had become not-so-sealed and moisture had dulled the reflectors quite a...
• Re: High beam blue LED
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:52:00 -0800
  ...High beam blue LED Does anyone have advice on replacing the high beam blue LED. Mine is burned out. Thanks to all. _____________________ Leo Lipert...
• Re: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:52:48 -0700
  The dash hi-beam light is unique among the dash LEDs in that it is the only one that is NOT an LED. Since...
• another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 May 1998 16:40:47 -0700
  ...The low beams will draw more current, but that shouldn't be a problem as the gauge of the low-beam wiring is the...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 13:38:58 -0600
  ...They are common. > > Both the high beam and low beam headlights have separate bulbs, and are not > > sealed beam lights. > > > > bob > > > > > > On Sun, Dec...
• Re: headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:54:07 -0500
  ...If I run just the high beam wires through one of the >>>relays, but twist the low-beam (yellow-and-black) wires together, >>>everything...
• Fuse Box Blues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 18 May 2001 22:14:15 -0700
  ...Like my high beam had a 20 and my other high beam had a 10. They're all new fuses, but I just put...
• Re: A light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 31 May 2011 22:13:24 -0400
  I believe there are two fuses for the high beams as well. Got manuel? Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia May 30, 2011 o...
• Re: '68 front-end into '59 Bus? Disc brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 1996 01:57:42 -0400
  ...You might be best off moving the whole '73 beam to the '68. A big job, not technically difficult, but those beams are VERY...
• Re: H4 led bulbs, trying out another pair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:41:14 -0700
  You read the post? ;-) Beam pattern pics coming, post has link to previous led bulb beam pattern, and notes about lamp ( hella e code...
• 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: Gah. Inspections
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:24:40 -0400
  ...Just power the foglight relay from the low beam wire. Then > >they will come on when > >the low beams are on. Since you will...
• Re: Looking for LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:58:09 EST
  ...2:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, robertmstewart@MAC.COM writes: > I am Looking for an LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb. > > radio shack..
• 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: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 May 2012 22:55:15 -0400
  ...left ones work ( hi & lo beam) right ones don't work ( hi & lo beam) when the switch is on. left one don't work...
• 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: 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: High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:19:52 -0600
  ...John On 11/15/2013 5:06 PM, Pat Patterson wrote: > Not one of my hi beams or the blue indicator are working. My...
• 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: 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: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:55:59 -0800
  ...You can at least partly address the high vs low beam pattern incompatibility by going to a 4 headlight system, where you can aim...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 05:45:26 -0800
  ...While these are a huge improvement over the standard stock round headlights, the angle between the high beam and the low beam is slightly...
• 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: headlight emergency!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:33:00 -0700
  ...I have the double high beams when I hold > > the high beam switch on, but once released I have neither high beams nor low...
• 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's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:31:27 -0800
  ...But when I pull up on the turn signal switch the high beam light on the dash comes on and so do the lights...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:55:17 -0400
  ...I could be wrong, but I thought the 5 3/4" high beam was a common high beam/driving light size. See here, for...
• Funny old Trucklite
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:28:25 -0800
  ...But noted funny high beam to low beam delay on Trucklite. The internet says this is not the first time https://shufti.blog/2022...
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:08:50 -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: 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...
• H4 led bulbs, trying out another pair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:39:50 -0700
  ...Been running them since then, loved the low beams, didn’t like the high beams so much and hated the weak station fm interference...
• Re: No Low Beams
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:54:55 EST
  Tom, There are two fuses (Bentley says 3 and 4) for the low beams. There are no relays in the system. The other three...
• Re: High-Beam LED Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:34:45 -0400
  The high beam indicator is a regular bulb with a cover. Both are still readily available at the dealer. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 03:10:08 +0000
  ...We all know there are round sealed beam > headlights. but I suspect that most of us have never seen an > aftermarket > rectangular sealed beam...
• Re: H4's
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 29 Apr 97 11:45:19 CDT
  ...What is >the difference? And finally, is there any wiring involved? I'd be >surprised if the H4's use the sealed beam sockets...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:07:29 EST
  ...when i put the high beams on, you can see the light in their rear view mirror, but with the low beams on and...
• 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...
• The drama continues -> Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:42:12 -0700
  ...I'm assuming the correct behavior > is for the low beam side to switch off when the high beams come on. > > The main thing...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:06:12 EST
  As far as High Beams v. Driving Lights, I would say, you say Tomato and I say Tomato. (You have to pronounce "tomato" differently...