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• Re: SA Quad Round Headlight Grille kits FS!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 21:01:45 EST
  ...keep your stock hi-low beams..................the inner light is a DRIVING LIGHT....... want a higher powered hi-low headlight? get some H4's...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:01:50 +0100
  PerL wrote: >What I would like to do is replace the H4 >unit with a DE low beam only unit, and let >the low...
• 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: Low Beams quit working!...Is it the switch?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:49:51 -0400
  ...I can flick on the > High Beams, but they won't stay on...and I have no Low > Beams...ie: No headlights! Anybody experience...
• Re: foglight switch kits are back!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:02:28 -0800
  ...They are street legal low beam lights that Hella claims provides a "100% improvement" over typical low beams. I would agree with their statement...
• here's How to Wire Headlights with Relays for Higher Wattage Bulbs
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:41:16 EST
  ...High Beam and Low Beam. �Now you go to fuse panel. �Here you will see the four fuses at places number 3, 4, 5...
• Re: Looking for more square vanagon headlights (left low beam really)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:56:05 -0400
  ...I have high and low beams. I think they're in pretty good > shape but will check tonight when I get home from work...
• Re: highbeam low beam swap around
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:33:41 -0400
  ...Bob, you could put a small star in those VW low-beams, and the light still ain't going in the right place. It...
• fog light wiring ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 23:00:10 -0600
  ...I guess I would like the fogs to come on with the low beams, and the pencil beams to come on with the high...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 07:40:58 -0800
  ...these on the low beam circuit as you will piss off on coming traffic.� But for high beam and fog beams they are totally...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:47:34 -0700
  ...Has low beams but neither high beams. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > Loren, offhand...
• South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:44:50 -0500
  ...my outers are both high and low beam. The inners are high beam only. When I hit my brights, all four lamps are lit...
• Re: New SA grill
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:39:52 -0700
  ...If you mean the regular outers low beam, sure, why not. I have a switch that allows me to set my low beams to...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:07:32 -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: H4 Headlight aim, thanks and..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:57:17 -0700
  > The main difference, though, is that 7" round and > 200mm rectangular Hellas have an irritating beam separation problem. > Set the low beams where they...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:06:26 -0800
  ...I'd give you the finger too for driving with the driving lights on during low beam - these driving lights are HIGH BEAM only...
• 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: 360W of Bright?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:24:35 -0800
  ...Dual bulb Halogen, manly reflectors, excellent low beam cutoff. Works with your high-low beam relay set up.
• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:46:32 -0600
  ...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: 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...
• Re: Rewiring for Xenon lights
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 23:31:48 -0500
  ...The low beam pattern is real crap, the high beam is great though. I want a HID low beam driving beam replacement solution.. That...
• Re: 84 westy - how to stop clock battery drain?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:27:35 -0400
  ...8 Amp (White) Left Low Beam 4 ...... 8 Amp (White) Right Low Beam 5 ...... 8 Amp (White) Left High Beam & Indicator Light 6 ...... 8...
• Re: Headlight hi-beam issues
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:17:53 -0700
  ...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: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:30:38 -0700
  ...They came with a relay which is connected to the low beam headlight wire. They come on with the headlights on low beam and...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:22:55 -0600
  Have a VanaFriend who recently lost Low Beams on trip back to where He was living in Roswell ~ Over next few weeks He noticed...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:57:08 EST
  ...beams on with the SA driving lights on there is SIGNIFICANTLY more light than running the SA driving lights on w/ the low beams...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 07:59:04 -0500
  ...Is that why new cars with their projector-lens HID lights seem so d*mn bright in on coming traffic, even on low beam...
• RE: Lowering Van Question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jun 95 14:23:15 EDT
  ...about the Bus Boys adjusters for the IRS beams? I don't want to lower, I want to use em to raise a sagging...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:16:19 +0000
  ...High-beams are often on a different circuit from low-beams so you can at least drive home if all else goes kaput. (check...
• Re: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 May 2012 22:24:08 -0700
  ...Like 'nobody there' when you ask for low beams. That was the high/low beam switch .. which is actually in the part with the...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:49:24 -0500
  ...The low beam is on >along with the high beams and the area nearer the van is then lit up better. However, this may...
• Re: Replace Headlights?
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 11:20:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...The low beam is designed to light up the right roadside, while keeping the light low, under the eyes of oncoming drivers. The high...
• ebay plasma blue headlights
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:54:31 -0800
  ...Are they any better than just replacing my aging stock low beam with a new bulb? Has anyone purchased from ron or ken an...
• Re: Upgrading Projectzwo Bulbs to 100w and/or Yellow
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:38:50 -0500
  ...Very low flat beam of light spread far to both the left and > > right. Low enough to stay out of eyes. > > Not to belabor...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:06:12 EST
  ...I don't see how or where lights in addition to DOT low beams could not negatively impact other drivers. And now, as if...
• Re: road greetings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Aug 1994 18:46:48 -0500 (CDT)
  ...that passe'? > Well, I tried, but my high-beams only work if the low-beams are on, so flashing headlights is not really easy...
• Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:12:31 -0700
  ...My wife's Acura TL has genuine factory HID lights which use the same housing and one light bulb for high and low beams...
• Re: headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:33:35 +0000
  ...recently when I turn on the headlights, these symptoms appear: - headlights are dim - high beams are on at the same time as low beam...
• Re: headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - Ken
  Wed, 8 Feb 2017 18:42:45 -0500
  ...recently when I turn on the headlights, these symptoms appear: - headlights are dim - high beams are on at the same time as low beam...
• Re: Window Trick Works!
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 12:22:34 -0700
  ...If when you turn off your headlights they are in the low beam position and your turn on the lights with the ignition off...
• Re: Installed headlight relays, need new bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:38:43 -0700
  ...Aiming these reflectors properly will give you a very useful wide dispersion low beam. The high beam is of course rarely used except on...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 23:22:42 +1300
  ...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: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:26:57 -0800
  ...To keep the high beam properly aimed, you must > raise the low beam above the 'dazzle' level. What to do? What to do? > > The...
• Re: Xenon kit from Sylvania
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:01:53 +1300
  >LHD low-beam ? >I am mechanically pretty sound, but lighting >technology is a new forum for me, please let me know >what this is...
• headlight alignment parts, headlight replacement - RON SALMON, please read!
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:09:37 -0400
  ...First, the low beams need proper alignment, and I need parts. I'm trying to sort out which parts. There�s not much to...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:33:08 -0500
  ...The Golf Country had > Hella 500s (H3) for the high beams so I made these come on along with the > low beam only H4s...
• '88 headlight upgrade options?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:58:27 -0700
  I don't drive our Westy much at night, but when I do, I am reminded how awful the stock low beams are. The...
• Re: Window Trick Works!
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:28:04 -0000
  ...If when you turn off your headlights they are in > the low beam position and your turn on the lights with the ignition off...
• High Beam Indicator-Ya Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 18 May 2003 20:23:21 -0400
  ...Battery LED now goes out when started, but still no high beam indicator, and in fact now my left headlight is out on low...
• Re: Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 19 May 1998 00:32:17 -0700
  ...Low Beam: 301-130-830 High Beam: 301-127-760-01 The High beams have the letter E within a circle on the lens...
• High beam switch needed.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:26:53 -0700
  ...Ot come on till I click the high/low beam column arm/switch.� Most likely the worn contacts in it or something. I have...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:56:21 -0700
  All 4 of mine are "on" when on high beam, or "driving light" mode. When on low beam, only the outer 2 are on...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  ...When your low beams are on, take a test light or volt meter and with one of the tester leads grounded to the chassis...
• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:18:22 -0700
  John, I put a set of Hella XL low beam auxiliary headlamps, part number 74700 (including "molly mounts"), on my '90 westy. It really...
• Re: Low beams are both out.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 02:48:51 +0100
  ...The low beams are not > working but the high beams are. Would they both go at the same time or > is it a relay...
• Re: front headlights
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sun, 20 May 2001 22:31:37 -0400
  ...lo beam will only light when the > High Beam is turned on...any ideas? Your problem sounds normal...the low beam element is gone...
• Re: halogen wisdom please
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 07:55:52 -0800
  ...them so much earlier than regulat high beams that I end up using the low beams more than I would normally use them! James
• Re: Cheap infared gun
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 03:19:04 -0700
  ...Does the one on sale at Lowes NOT use a laser beam? Thanks, Anthony '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)"
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:36:35 -0500
  ...to the bright light and will not see much beyond the low beams. This, and the color of light actually hurts night time depth...
• No low beam on driver's side '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:44:15 -0500
  ...Everything was working fine but now he has no low beam on the driver side. We've swapped in several different headlights and get...