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• Re: Projektzwo driving light compatibility
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 22:51:50 -0600
  ...The reflectors might be different but appears to fit in the hole of the PZ grill extensions. > > Wondering if anyone has a Jag in...
• (NVC) Fryeday - Rear end of car skips
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 19:14:12 -0800
  ...patch of road, a bump, or one of the raised divider reflectors, the rear feels like it hops, and gives the unsettling feeling of...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:39:17 -0400
  ...The lenses are pitted on the outside from road stuff and speed and the reflectors even if they "look" OK no longer do what...
• Brighter headlights - 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 22 May 2016 11:36:51 -0600
  ...the inside of the headlight unit and try to get the reflectors as bright and shiny as possible. I don't want to make...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:41:53 -0700
  ...The real key to upgrading the headlights is a system approach involving more efficient reflectors, an isolated high current path through relays of suitable...
• Re: Sights to see in the plains states (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - B
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:00:44 -0700
  ...to the windshield and are useless, so follow a truck between reflectors on poles which try to tell us where the road is because...
• Re: interesting way to add back lights
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:27:36 -0800
  ...Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >>> They look like stick-on reflectors. I think he should deduct >>> about $5,000 >>> from the >>> price. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Geez...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:37:47 -0700
  ...org/SolarOneNV.html > > Next summer I'll have some portable parabolic reflectors++ that I can > set up and then MELT YOUR VANAGON, panels and...
• Re: rallylights.com vendor comment
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:33:55 +0200
  ...while you might > >get the same experience that I did with reflectors turning yellowish, glass > >that cracked, short life on the bulbs and at...
• 7" round E-Code lights for your SA Grill or pre-'86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 2 May 2002 18:10:51 -0700
  ...Pair of Bosch E-code reflectors with "city lamp" b.. Pair of 55w/60w or 80w/100w H4 bulbs c.. Pair of 5w "city...
• 1985 Vanagon 1.9L parts to go
  Historical mailing list - Carl Weibel
  Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:16:48 -0500
  ...of front blinker light assemblagesWindow wiper motorPair of red side lights/reflectorsFuel pumpClutch master cylinder (or is it the slave�anyway the one closest...
• Re: Head Lights - 85-86
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 9 May 2006 18:07:14 -0700
  ...d say just get ahold of a couple E-code round reflectors with higher wattage bulbs, install them with the buckets n' grill from...
• Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 08:31:57 -0600
  ...The reflectors are very fluted and don't really give you much more than a red glow. I do use 50W halogen bulbs in...
• Re: Head lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:27:13 -0500
  ...Get a pair of the eurospec rectangular reflectors and save yourself a lot of grief. On Jan 9, 2010, at 11:41 PM, Mark...
• Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:55:35 -0400
  ...Now we have headlights that vary greatly in beam quality from car to car, have reflectors that tarnish, lenses that yellow with age, and...
• Re: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:10:02 +0200
  ...according to both Bosch and Hella square lights or rather reflectors are just rounded ones with the outer parts cut off AND they claim...
• Re: 84 westy shell
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:08:03 -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: H-4 Headlamp
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:30:42 -0800
  ...course use reason in selecting the lumens one applies to the reflectors. Pensioner has had QI lamps since the 70s on all his cars...
• Lights, Camera (almost time for Action)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 23 Apr 2005 01:05:49 -0400
  ...I also spent the time to wash out the insides of my high beam reflectors (which had looked foggy). I think a previous owner...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - John P
  Tue, 23 May 2000 23:55:26 -0000
  ...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: (NVC) Fryeday - Rear end of car skips
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:33:27 -0600
  ...patch of road, a bump, or one of the raised divider reflectors, the rear feels like it hops, and gives the unsettling feeling of...
• mud flaps revisited
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:32:23 -0400
  ...They are from a FLAPS, the biggest ones I could find, almost Mack truck sized $18Cdn for the pair, with 2 little red reflectors...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 07:23:42 -0600
  Helmut pointed out that some purchases in other countries make sense even though there may be conveyance fees attached. "350 USD are still a...
• Re: anybody want an 85 single-cab pickup? FS in Vancouver, BC, Canada -$9000CAN
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:52:13 -0800
  This one looks a little weird! For those with a sharp eye there are no rear side reflectors and it has round headlights - this...
• adjustable headlights was.Re: rare LLE vanagon for sale on samba
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:10:05 EDT
  ...The lights or reflectors can be adjusted to do what? They allow you to focus more light on the road right in front of...
• '55 Barndoor and '48Scooter FS
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 May 1997 09:48:37 -0700 (MST)
  ...coat...> Comes with the original engine, Plenty of new rubber, semaphores, reflectors, single tip exhaust, correct f/r ribbed bumpers. Most parts to complete...
• /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 10:19:42 CST6CDT
  ...How do keep all those plastic reflectors imbedded in the roads from being scraped off by the snowplows? :)
• Re: third break light...
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:26:39 EDT
  ...the logo thing, more in general??? What about the little lights / reflectors on the sides of the buses??? Easy. In West Virginia, you can...
• Re: Tail light update
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:01:17 -0600
  ...for brake lights, the difference is hard to miss and clean reflectors help as well. JB -----Original Message----- From: Matthew [mailto:poll7356@uidaho.edu...
• Re: Mellow Yellow got hitted (another update)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:24:40 -0700
  ...cameras, reflectors . . . swell stuff. He said that if the alignment was going to be knocked off from the collision, it would have been way...
• Re: A Fantastic Find at Canadian Tire!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Pike
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:15:21 -0330
  ...Two lamp reflectors/enclosures (178 mm), 2 H4 bulbs, 2 high quality > boots. Instructions. > > The price: 89.00 CDN! Aprox $55.00 US! > My...
• Re: '86 Headlight replacment?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 8 Mar 1997 01:41:20 -0600 (CST)
  At 04:51 PM 3/7/97 -0600, you wrote: >When my reflectors and lenses got "shot" - coated with crud (inside) - a >few years...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 24 May 2000 09:38:34 -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: Reversing Lamps - Rear fog Lamps
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:36:30 -0700
  ...They have lenses, reflectors and all the > right stuff but alas they're clear lenses....wot ho, who comes through the > night? Sir Led...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:30:07 -0500
  ...Still, with worn out reflectors and sand blasted lenses bulbs are not the issue. Our headlights simply need to be replaced. If this is...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 21 Apr 97 23:26:56 CDT
  ...they have the Daytime Running Lights bulb fixtures already made into the headlight reflectors. >Westy doesn't have the 3rd brakelight. What do you...
• Re: 84 westy mirror
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 02:09:53 EDT
  ...Having said that I use the square reflectors on both outside mirrors on the inside lower corner. I stuck em on then used shims...
• Anyone ever take a car from Europe to North Americia?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:19:24 -0800
  ...I already know what I have to do to import one and make it road legal (yellow and red reflectors front and rear possibly...
• Round Headlight Upgrade from Sealed Beams
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:07:01 -0400
  ...They had become not-so-sealed and moisture had dulled the reflectors quite a bit. One looked a dull gray color and threw very...
• Re: tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:29:49 -0800
  ...And reflectors/lenses designed for incandescent > bulbs generally expect something approximating a point source of > light radiating into most of a sphere. "Bulbs" using...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 05:33:18 -0500 (CDT)
  ...they have the Daytime Running Lights bulb >fixtures already made into the headlight reflectors. > > >joel > > Tim Hannink Orlando, Florida 1991 Vanagon 1975 VW Bus...
• Re: rallylights.com vendor comment
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:16:22 +0200
  ...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: Can the pre 86 upper grill be fitted into a post 85 vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:11:33 -0800
  ...I'm never going to put those old square abominations on again anyway-- I love my round Hella E-code reflectors with 100w/80w...
• Re: Euro vs US tailights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:42:34 -0700
  ...The second difference was the absence (on the Euro version) of reflectors in > the lens assembly for both the brake light and the turn...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:46:02 +0000
  ...came up > with a computer program that could design arbitrarily shaped > reflectors, and car makers instantly started making headlights > customized to a particular vehicle...
• Re: Projektzwo driving light compatibility
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 20:57:10 -0800
  ...The reflectors might be different but appears to fit in the hole of the PZ grill extensions. >> >> Wondering if anyone has a Jag in...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:56:48 -0800
  Volks: This may help with this headlight discussion: the following is a response from Daniel Stern (Stern Lighting:http://lighting.mbz.org/faq/) to...
• Re: Cliffs, road markers, handling and sheep
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 May 2000 22:42:25 -0400
  ...dent cars or rip out of the ground when hit, bear reflectors to show >where the road edge is at night, and they work...
• Re: Vanagons in Germany
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 27 May 2003 19:51:04 -0700
  ...On the North American vans there are some red reflectors on the side at the rear. The European ones do not have these. David...
• Re: H4's
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 29 Apr 97 11:45:19 CDT
  ...ask me again after a rock takes out one of my reflectors!) my previous H4 lights were the Cibie Z-Beam's ... personally, i...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights: Was:Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 10:10:07 -0600
  ...For one thing, the Bosch reflectors are > > metal which is the hallmark of a cheap light because it will eventually it > > will leak and...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:12:14 -0500
  ...Since they are still using the (Eurospec) standard reflectors, it will be all about the distribution pattern of the LEDs. > On Jan 15, 2016...
• Bus Aquisition
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:00:46 -0800 (PST)
  ...Its missing taillights and reflectors; not really too hard to find. Has both bumpers; front is nice, rear is mangled. Missing 1 piece of...
• Re: westy transporter difference?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:24:02 EDT
  ...a little "notch" out of them between the screws and no reflectors? does the drivers doorjamb sticker say "this vehicle confirms to all USDOT...
• Re: Cleaning Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 11:34:10 -0600
  ...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: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Dan
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:40:08 -0400
  ...Now we have headlights that vary greatly in beam quality from > car to car, have reflectors that tarnish, lenses that yellow with age, and...
• Opportunity lost - I could cry!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 95 13:49:54 EDT
  ...I believe was a '69 because the reflectors were round & behind the wheel well (am I learning?). It was blue & white and absolutely gorgeous...
• PARTS WANTED TO BY (LiMBO want ads) ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 19 Jun 96 21:04:16 CDT
  ...parking light lenses, round side clearance reflectors, 2r and 2y. floor mat. call Frank (813) 321-5802 (FL) 1972 Westy side mount tent, VGC...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:19:44 -0400
  ...compared to halogen lights] > due to having low-resistance >filaments, poor reflectors and drude lens pattern and finish. Can we settle on "because the...
• extra long map pocket
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 14:48:56 -0800
  ...Total price for 2 amber side reflectors (exact match to the vanagons) and 2 map pockets, = $10.00 at my local U-pull-it...