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• High beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:53:43 -0500
  ...I think I'll try to just replace my uppers by myself (using a "pickle fork") I also failed saftey because my high beam...
• Re: high beam indicator sucks
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:39:09 EDT
  ...Granted this is not the traditional color of the high beam indicator light, but it works well for me. -- Sean Bartnik Fredericksburg, Virginia 1981...
• 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...
• headlights not working on an 84 ... funky voodoo
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:06:35 -0700
  ...If I turn on the headlight switch, the running lights come on and the high beam indicator is always on, even when I pull...
• Re: Headlight upgrade issue
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:32:17 -0400
  ...Both high beams work, and so does the left low beam. The right low beam does not. I swapped the lamps, same result - no...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:46:17 -0700
  ...Cunegonde's only working headlight circuit is driver's side high beam, which goes on/off normally from the steering column stalk switch. Driver...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:36:26 -0700
  ...her high >> beams >> at the victim to prove to the victim he or she doesn't have his or >> her high >> beams on-- this...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:33:37 -0700
  ...I also have Hella 550 "high beam" lights on my bumper, which really turn night into day out in the desert night. They automatically...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:25:17 -0700
  As I said in my original post. > ............... > > The error with regard to the high beam current route probably arises > from the fact that a...
• Used Passenger Side High beam light needed for 87 Wolfy BAD-HELP!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Nick Meyers
  Sun, 14 May 2000 23:16:08 EDT
  Used Passenger Side High beam light needed for 87 Wolfy(the smaller square on headlight on pass side), I need one as my current...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:33:01 -0400
  ...High beam is 6000K (pure white) I believe the closest to pure white is either 4300k and 5000k (the ones I'm using). 6000k...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:18:03 -0500
  ...I have myself had a pistol pointed at me for giving a high-beam overtaker a dose of my own high beams after he...
• Re: Low Beams VERY dim!
  Historical mailing list - PATT
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:21:50 -0400
  ...Beams VERY dim! >The low beam head lights on my 90 Westy Syncro are so dim it is hard to see >at night! High...
• 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: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:16:40 -0800
  ...He clearly describes the small inner lights as not high beams. They are and this is what Kim is referring to. :) "Driving lights" are...
• Re: Aux driving lights question..best easy power source..?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:47:51 -0700
  ...So, if I want the aux lights on, I have to >> run >> the high beams..and if I dim the high beams, the aux...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:08:13 -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: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:18:04 -0700
  ...I like the idea of a switched 3rd light for tail-gaters and/or high beamers. I got this for all those reasons, backing...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 18 May 2001 23:55:27 -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...
• Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Beasley
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:12:23 -0400
  ...The curious thing is that the blue high-beam indicator light on the dash is stuck on. No amount of clicking the stalk on...
• Re: Lights out last night.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:42:42 -0500
  ...Luckily- If I hold the high beam/low bram switch I get high beams. The taillights work fine. Full moon last night and living...
• 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...
• High Beam Lens Needed
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:10:48 -0800
  I just noticed the high beam lens on the right-hand side got nailed by a rock, so I am putting it out to...
• Electrical question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:05:32 -0400
  ...Headlights had a very momentary blink on high beam when hitting PennDot approved bumps. (PennDot makes bumps from potholes) Last week when returning from...
• Who has the SA Grilles for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:56:04 -0800
  ...IMNSHO the original lights are comparatively poor in beam pattern and evenness of illumination even with higher wattage bulbs installed. Fashionable perhaps, functional, not...
• headlights again
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Sat, 4 May 2002 13:03:56 -0500
  ...Low beams only (I guess they are the high beams, the blue light on the dash doesn't stay on). Based on the responses...
• 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...
• Re: Headlight's won't come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:40:00 -0500
  ...This is why the high beams light when the switch is raised. As part of this design, if you turn on the headlight switch...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:47:34 -0700
  ...They come on only when the high beams are on. The outer lights (headlights?) are dual wattage, for high and low beam. The outers...
• Re: newibie
  Historical mailing list - Chris McEwen
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 17:23:55 -0700
  ...High beam indicator is on when headlights are on low beam with key in on position, and goes out when you turn high beams...
• Re: URL for info on LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:20:17 +0200
  ...Radtke" wrote: > Radio Shack sells a blue LED that's way brighter than whatever the Vanagon > high beam indicator is. I used one for...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:40:50 -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: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:16:32 -0400
  ...Pulling the high beam switch bypasses the ignition switch to blink the high beams. This is another test. The headlight grounds share a common...
• **** 87 Wolfsburg used passenger side high beam needed! ****
  Historical mailing list - Nick Meyers
  Fri, 5 May 2000 09:27:01 EDT
  87 Wolfsburg used passenger side high beam needed! That is the smaller of the 2 in the square headlight set-up on my 87...
• 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...
• 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: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:47:34 -0800
  ...Then, if your bulbs are up to it, you can simply disconnect > the high beam connectors to the combo bulbs so you get high...
• 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: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:20:59 -0800
  ...Everybody around here drives with foglights on when there isn't fog, which is sometimes almost as bad as high beams. Well, the complaints...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Redwood
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:08:54 -0700
  ...on US vehicles, do the low beams usually stay on at night when the high beams are used? My concern is that on my...
• Re: LED Reading Light
  Historical mailing list
  31 Jul 96 08:19:39 PDT
  My '80 had a RED color LED for the high beams, drove me crazy until I cannibalized a couple of junker dash panels to...
• 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: 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: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:36:49 -0700
  ...High beam blue light? >I would try a blue LED with a resistor of about 700 to 900 ohms. > > Larry A. > > > On Wed, Mar...
• Re: High-Beam LED Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:24:08 -0700
  ...High-Beam LED Indicator Bulb > Does anyone have an extra High beam LED Indicator bulb, the blue one, or can > these be obtained from...
• Inner High Beam Cutout Switch Circuit Diagram
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sat, 22 Oct 2016 01:37:36 -0700
  I recall a 4 headlight wiring schematic that used both the usual relays and a separate on/off switch for the inner high beams...
• High beam indicator ?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Mar 1996 09:29:07 -0500 (EST)
  Hello All, Does anyone know if the high beam indicator by law needs to be blue? My Vanagon failed inspection beacause of this. My...
• Re: No low beam on driver's side '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:00:41 -0800
  On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > the high beams are on, > but one isn...
• Re: High and Low High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:30:30 -0700
  ...Both my high and low beams shine from my high beam lamps as if the high beam lamps were combination high/lo beam lamps...
• Headlight Problem
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:04:14 -0500
  ...The blue indicator light for the high beams is lit, regardless of whether or not high beams are selected. So, the culprit is the...
• Tach/dig. clock Dash Pod retrofit Qs?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 22:43:41 EST
  ...I understand the high-beam indicator light works opposite of the way it was intended when a newer pod is retrofitted in an aircooled...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:15:57 -0800
  ...On 12/19/06, Oxroad@aol.com <Oxroad@aol.com> wrote: > > As far as High Beams v. Driving Lights, I would say, you say...
• hi beam headlight unit
  Historical mailing list - .
  Thu, 04 Apr 1996 21:41:50
  ...Performance unlimited 800 333-7862 #65115 $76 ditto high beam headlight unit for 86 Sherwin Sherwin Kaufman Spring Valley, New York 86 Westfalia Syncro...
• headlights OUT!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Davis
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 12:39:31 EDT
  ...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 beam dash bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Apr 2015 01:13:30 -0400
  ...is that my 82 diesel westy had a green led for high >beam indicator. I just checked Bentley and it confirms. Yes, the green...
• 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...
• Re: '87 Driver headlight out...or not?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:36:05 -0800
  ...Driver's > side low beam is off when driving with low beams, but works fine > when the > high beams are turned on. Is there...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:37:29 -0700
  ...High beam blue light? >I would try a blue LED with a resistor of about 700 to 900 ohms. > > Larry A. > > > On Wed, Mar...
• OOPS! Wrong attribution! Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:55:18 -0800
  ...On my van I have one low out but the high beam comes on. Can >>always buy one bulb and replace it, if the...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:46:37 -0600
  ...All the while I was using various combination of low beams, high beams, and driving lights. We found what was acceptable and what wasn...