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• 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: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:13:00 -0800
  ...Only two lights on during low beam operation - this would be the outer 7" lights only. Take a looks at an 86-92 Vanagon...
• headlight emergency!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Puzio
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:59:46 EDT
  ...I have the double high beams when I hold the high beam switch on, but once released I have neither high beams nor low...
• not so sealed beams
  Historical mailing list - Edward
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:00:26 -0500
  ...On low beams they have a distinct cut off and put a lot of light down low. On high it is more straight out...
• Me too: Re: [Syncro] Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:48:14 -0600
  ...When night fell, I had no low beams. On checking, the fuses (10A) for the low beams were both burned, and the fuses for...
• Round Headlight Upgrade from Sealed Beams
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:07:01 -0400
  ...People have complained about these headlights, not being able to get both the high and low beams adjusted correctly. I really don't see...
• sporadic high beam prob on 85
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:02:30 -0400
  The SA grille looks great on Vinnie, but there is a problem with the high beam circuit. Low beam is fine--high beam is...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:50:51 -0800
  ...If you aim them so the high beams hit the highway, the low beam is pretty close in...too far down...if you aim...
• Re: Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:14:41 -0800
  ...Headlight low beam failure > > I was a bit hesitant posting this in my blog, might be that I was pushing > too many electrons through...
• Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:42:58 +1300
  ...kit >- low beam only, dual bulb HID for high an low, mechanically moving HID >bulb for high and low or the HID-Low / Hallogen...
• Re: Lighting Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:33:19 -0700
  ...Also cheap is a set of Hella XL auxiliary low-beam headlights, sometimes available on ebaY for $30-$100. Sylvania also makes an auxiliary...
• Re: Low Beams out, Where to Look?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:15:45 -0700
  ...Low Beams out, Where to Look? > I'm coming to the list before I start troubleshooting in the morning, > it's raining out there...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:12:10 -0800
  ...It was in the low beam high beam switch. I removed the steering wheel and un plugged the turn signal switch and wiper switch...
• Fuse Box Blues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 18 May 2001 22:14:15 -0700
  ...low beam left 22. low beam right 44. giant rear bed cushion vibrator _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:20:30 -0800
  ...THe low beams go out when you switch to high beams. If not, >the temperature in the bulb would be way too high, the...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:15:42 EST
  ...Time, crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM writes: > The outer lamps have high and low beams, so they switch up as the inners > come on. > > correct..and...
• Re: Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Paul Albert
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:11:23 -0700
  ...lights only for low beams. I think they're terrific. They really augment the low beams. About $119 for complete kit. Mounts on top...
• Re: High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:19:52 -0600
  ...My low beams > work as do my fog lights. I have the relays and 4 100 watt bulbs when they > work. I checked all...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:50:09 -0800
  ...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: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:16:53 -0600
  ...In '86-91 Vanagons the outside headlights have both low beam and high > beaam filaments > > > There is no application for H4 bulbs where both...
• More Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 20:14:45 -0500
  ...hi-low) units were e-code h4's with the white blanket of light on low beam limited by the razor sharp beam cutoff...
• Help with 1991 Vanagon headlights
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wasbrikoff
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:36:42 -0500
  ...Low beams on both sides were off. However, my low beams did would work when I switch to my brights. I sheepishly, drove home...
• Re: High Beam Blue Light Inoperative
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:17:13 -0500
  ...If none of the high beams are working and the low beams are, you may have a bad dimmer switch, ( the common name for...
• Re: LED/HID lighting questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:58:08 -0400
  ...Since most drivers spend the majority of their time on low beam, it makes the most sense to aim the low beam where it...
• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:14:56 -0500
  ...Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions > John, > I put a set of Hella XL low beam auxiliary headlamps, > part number 74700 (including "molly mounts"), on...
• Re: Low Beams out, Where to Look?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:23:35 -0700
  ...Low Beams out, Where to Look? > have you seen this one? > http://www.busdepot.com/busdepot/details.jsp?partnumber=171905865 > $11.00 plus shipping...
• Re: headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:58:11 -0800
  ...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: Lowering an 85'
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:03:16 EST
  ...front axle beam...hell ya, lower it, I think it would look cool. Of course you need new 15" rims, low profile tires, oversized...
• Headlight relays, was: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:13:06 -0700
  One relay is for low beams and the other for high beams. I have installed several of these from various sources. The best of...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade: New Circuit and Switch?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:44:58 -0800
  ...Mark neil n wrote: >......... > > Of note, find it interesting that on the '81 gas, #12 wire supplies > the low beam, but hi beam is...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:47:34 -0700
  ...So, when the low beams are on, you should have the outer lamps only, at low wattage. When the high beams are on, you...
• Re: Led headlamps as auxiliary lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:35:14 -0800
  ...And I liked the low beam pattern and brightness. The high beams I think lack something, and I noted that in my previous experiments...
• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:53:26 +0200
  ...I would think, two relays for the low-beam (and eventually two additional ones for the high-beam). Why 30A-relays? Because you can...
• Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:31:27 -0800
  ...manual? I need to know which relay is the hi beam low beam relay. My lights wont come on unless you hold up the...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:55:17 -0400
  ...The perceived low cost of headlamp replacement for the SA setup has a > pitfall. The inner 5 3/4" high beam light seems to...
• Re: advice needed for '90 Weekender Carat
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 10:30:36 -0500
  Some people say that you get better low beam performance if you drive the lamps through a relay, triggered by the headlight switch. Apparently...
• 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: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:54:59 -0400
  ...I think this way is also a bit cheaper, since both hi, and low beams are not in one "headlight" Sudhir On 10/28...
• Head lights stuck on high beam
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 23:19:59 +0000
  ...The high-low beam has worked OK in this 84 Westfalia I have used for 10 years. I can't remember what I did...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 11:10:10 -0700
  ...If what folks want is broader, more filled-in light on low beams, this is the way to go. If they want to see...
• 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: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:25:01 -0400
  ...HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy > Hi! > > The headlights (both high and low beam) have ceased to function on my > 87 Westy. I have parking...
• Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:28:08 -0500
  ...The high beams fail more often than the low beams but they both do it. By pulling the switch stalk on the steering column...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:06:29 -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: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:38:22 -0500
  ...The kit includes a replacement wiring harness for DRL equipped vehicles that only runs the fogs when the low beams are switched on. Hitting...
• Re: Lights on '82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:43:27 -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: Headlight rewiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 13:00:10 -0400
  ...The E-code has IMO a highly superior low-beam to the DOT standard -- and apparently VW did a p*ss-poor job of...
• Re: headlight alignment parts, headlight replacement - RON SALMON, please read!
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:45:43 -0600
  ...No.* > > > Headlight <http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=255941133> > Adjustment > Piece > > Low Beam, left or right (located on Top/Inner Corner) > > $6.77 > > 255941133...
• Re: Bright, head light problem...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:52:11 -0500
  ...If it isn't...swap the bulbs from the low beam on the passenger side to the low beam on the driver side. If...
• 84 Vanagon head lights stuck on hi beam
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 8 Apr 2016 01:52:04 +0000
  ...The high-low beam has worked OK in this 84 Westfalia I have used for 10 years. I can't remember what I did...
• Re: wiring and fuses for 80/100w bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:10:20 -0500
  ...I agree with the 160 W in low-beam mode. I don't know if you'll have 200 W or 310 W in...
• Re: Where to aim the headlights? SA grill.
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 02:22:03 +0100
  ...So since most of my driving at night is done with the low beams, I > aim those and let the high beam pattern illuminate...
• Winking Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tony Smith
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 07:24:27 -0800
  ...My '87 Westy is winking its headlights When I switch on my high beams, the right-hand low beam goes off. Switch off the...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:34:24 -0700
  ...Key off, headlight switch off, headlight switch and hi/low beam pull switch should not open/close the load reduction relay. But.... Key off...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:28:05 -0700
  ...The low beam is on along with the high beams and the area nearer the van is then lit up better. If I remember...
• 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: headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 06:54:27 -0400
  ...Flicked the > high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever again > to get the high beams back on...
• Re: Daytime running lights...so what's the problem here?
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 18:37:51 -0400
  ...Low power or not, if the DRL uses the high-beam lens and reflector, it is aiming high and wide (so that drivers in...
• Re: newibie
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:28:20 +1300
  ...beam indicator is on when headlights are on low beam with key in on >position, and goes out when you turn high beams on...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:48:55 -0500
  ...While these are a huge improvement over the standard > stock round headlights, the angle between the high beam and the low beam is > slightly...