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• Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:27:18 -0700
  ...Set the low beams where they belong, and the high beams are up in the trees without enough on-road light. Pull the high...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:07:21 +1200
  ...lights for the vanagons, and their >subsequent poor illumination, which is the best way to fix it? > >Our low beams SUCK. Our high beams...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:12:24 +0100
  ...I have seen on the US web site of Mercedes, that the US spec E-class sedan uses parking lights in the high beams...
• Re: headlights OUT!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 19:10:12 -0400
  ...After turning my lights on and the blue high beam indicator was on, I > clicked the lever to turn them to low beams. Nothing...
• Re: High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:19:59 -0800
  ...My low beams > work as do my fog lights. I have the relays and 4 100 watt bulbs when they > work. I checked all...
• Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 18:49:09 -0500
  ...lights and decided to try a relay on my high beams. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE!! It was like I got higher watt...
• Re: help, headlights not working
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:20:32 -0700
  ...you're switching from high to low beams) activates a sort of fail-safe mode that gives the lights power even if they are...
• Re: Little blue lights
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 09:33:52 +0100
  ...Assemble your own kit with Hella Xenon beams (Universal Coach Moutings), high voltage generator for 12 Volts and automatic range adjustment. This will fit...
• Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:15:23 -0600
  ...Nothing! Dash lights OK, driving lights OK, brake lights OK. No head lights. No high beams, no low beams. BUT - if I hold the...
• No Low Beams
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:11:25 -0500
  ...High beams ok. All other running lights OK. Of course, my Bentley is at home, so all day here I'm going to wonder...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 11:02:34 -0500
  I tapped my solenoid into my low-beam headlamp wire so that they shut off with the high-beams and shut off when ignition...
• headlights
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 23 May 2007 06:47:10 -0700
  ...blue hi beam light on the dash is always lite and the high beam column stalk has no effect on the lights. The headlight...
• Re: Lights on '82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:43:49 -0500
  ...When I turn OFF high > beam, low beam goes off ( I think that is the way, but it is hard to tell > which click...
• Re: SA Quad Grill Kit
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:33:01 -0800
  ...lights are not for hibeam usage..., is it?? > > They are His, which are standard halogen high-beam units. They are > NOT driving lights, though...
• Re: Help: Wierd electrical gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:24:16 -0500
  ...beams are lit, toggle >the high beam indicator light out, and high beams are go on. Theres >more. Also when I put the lights...
• Re: round > square headlight conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 00:34:28 -0700
  ...It seems like too many cars have low beams that are as bright as high beams and it's apparent after adding the relays...
• Headlight Independent Wiring/Relay
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 9 May 1999 08:43:06 -0700
  ...set up for my head lights and fog lights? Has anyone tried increasing the wattage of their high beam bulbs...i would like to...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bolliver
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:14:45 -0600
  ...lights and decided to try a >relay on my high beams. > >I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE!! It was like I got higher watt...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:33:37 -0700
  ...I ran short ground wires to the steel "firewall" directly behind the lights. I also have Hella 550 "high beam" lights on my bumper...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:50:00 -0700
  ...Since the lights do work with > > the lever pulled the ground is good. Bad ground would have only the high > > beam indicator light but...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:54:34 -0400
  ...high >beam circuit with 80/100 W bulbs. Which kit is the best? > >? To upgrade the 2 internal stock lights to the new higher...
• Re: 7" hella replacement lights for SA Grill with An Aftermarket HID 6000K kit, Will this work?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:49:27 -0700
  ...If I adjust the lights so that the low beams give me adequate light out to a decent distance ahead, the high beams illuminate...
• So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - Ri
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:16:08 -0700
  ...lights for the vanagons, and their subsequent poor illumination, which is the best way to fix it? Our low beams SUCK. Our high beams...
• Re: Fogg Lamp Wiring
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 20 Oct 94 14:07:30 CDT
  ...however, fog lights and high beams kinda defeat the purpose of the fog lights if you are running in real fog. what i did...
• LED/HID lighting questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:28:30 -0700
  ...I think these stock lights are Halogen bulbs...and the lights operate with one low beam on all the time, switch on the high...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:07:59 -0800
  ...Plus, with the high beams (and the >low beams) on, when I turn on the XLs it really lights up the winter >landscape. It...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:57:02 -0500
  ...I just > did to make sure. > Which is why.... > when headlights won't work, due to a faulty ignition switch .. > high beams still work...
• Re: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:31:13 -0400
  ...should also mention I have the hella H3 driving lights wired into the high >beams with no relays. The standard H4 bulbs don't...
• Low Beams out, Where to Look?
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:53:55 -0800
  ...No low beams on the headlights. With switch on, ignition on, all other standing lights come on (tail lights and marker lights). High and...
• '86 on driving lights. 100W
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 13:56:30 CST6CDT
  Has anyone replaced the 50W bulb in the square high beam driving lights with a 100W bulb? any signs of amperage overload on the...
• Re: Window Trick Works!
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:28:04 -0000
  ...That's why I had to pull the high beam switch two times. Charles Michaux ---------- > From: STEVEN G WACKER <s_j_wacker@JUNO.COM...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 May 2010 21:18:02 -0400
  ...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: headlights OUT!
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 01:17:38 -0700
  ...the high-beam switch mechanism in this area of problem. From my recollection of my wife's solution of our "no lights" problem, the...
• Re: Strange Electrical Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:05:11 -0500
  ...The High Beam lever has contact so the high beams can be flashed with the lights off. When the lever is lifted, it will...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:24:12 +0200
  >I find it strange that the high beams are used >as DRLs, all cars here in Norway >has had mandatory automatic DRLs since 1985...
• Re: HEADLIGHTS on HOLIDAY!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:14:48 -0400
  ...high-beam indicator light as well as > the parking lights come on when the switch is turned on. [Since the high and > low beams...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:07:22 -0800
  ...Not ads > >>additional headlights. > >> > >>>And, the thing is if one flashes their highbeams at the guy with his > >>>fog > >>>lights on in the SUV...
• Re: SA Grilles:James vs Ken:the difference
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:46:34 -0500
  ...NOrmally, the driving lights would go on when your turn the high beams on. I hope this makes sense. :) James >---------- >> From: James Cohen <<jscohen...
• Re: Upgrading Projectzwo Bulbs to 100w and/or Yellow
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:23:22 -0800
  ...proper" fog light beam and 3) they are mounted higher than the typical HEADLIGHT on a typical car, let alone where fog lights belong.
• Re: [GEN] Bra for SA Grill?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:01:59 -0400
  There is a mesh screen across the centre of my bra and my inner lights are set up for high beam only so I...
• Re: No headlights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:57:27 -0800
  ...beam voltages feed back to the high beam indicator, lighting it in both cases. I like to ground the headlights at the lights themselves...
• Re: grills, grills, grills
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 May 94 09:19:11 ADT
  ...Spend your money on a set of massive driving lights instead. It's fun toasting people who won't turn down their high beams...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights for a 1991 GL
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:35:52 -0700
  ...In my opinion, the current stock Hella high-beam lights are plenty adequate for high-beam situations. The current stock low-beam Hella lights...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:19:29 -0400
  ...At least you need two circuits, and VW used four -- one each for left and right high and low beams. >And what about our...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:59:39 -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...
• love my new lights!
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 20:46:41 -0400
  ...lights for on full time-off-on w/ high beams. When it all gets wired up I'll have 460 watts on high beam...
• Re: Led headlamps as auxiliary lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:35:14 -0800
  ...The high beams I think lack something, and I noted that in my previous experiments with others. Using them as aux lights is not...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights: Was:Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:19:03 -0700
  ...anyone flashed their high beams and then I just switch them off. Paid probably $30 or less. Oh yes, the lights are all glass...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:42:02 -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: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:06:29 -0800
  ...Fog lights in Kalifornia must be wired to extinguish when the high beams are on. Driving lights must dim with the high beams. Violators...
• Re: foglight switch kits are back!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:02:28 -0800
  ...driving lights, but low beam lights that you can keep on all the time. They are automatically switched off when the high beams are...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 11:37:01 -0500
  ...not solenoid. >I tapped my solenoid into my low-beam headlamp wire so that they shut off with the high-beams and shut off...
• South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:35:35 -0400
  ...ie -outers low beams & inners high or -outers both low and high and inners running lights How are stock SA's set up? How...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - J \"Westy\"
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:47:04 -0600
  ...When the high beams are on > all 4 bulbs should always be lit. The main outer bulbs are dual filament > Hi/Lo. The inners...
• Re: FRIDAY OT - Headlight aimage
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:58:21 -0800
  ...Slightly too wide an angle between the high and low beam trajectory? When I aim the lights to have the high beam light 'perfect...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:36:12 -0700
  ...But > if you leave the wires alone (with the new E-code lights) you'll have high > beams as good, and low beams much...
• No Lo/Hi Beams
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:36:52 -0600
  ...When I turn the light switch on, the only lights that work are the Hella's when I use the high beam switch, which...
• Re: trigger current for highbeam relay
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 06:42:06 EST
  ...high beams go through on the >fuse block? > >I am trying to get my new spot lights to turn off with the high beams...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:00:59 -0800
  seems most listers have them >wired so they come on w/ their high beams - , but how often do you use your >high beams? do...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:57:07 -0700
  ...and/or >> high beamers. so, David, with an `85 GL, auto. can the existing >> switch gear and wiring tolerate 3 LED lights ? > > Check the...