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• Re: headlights on '87
  Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
  Sat, 18 Nov 1995 11:28:04 -0600 (CST)
  ...The >reflectors in the '87's lights look kinda strange to me--there is a tubular >shaped metal thing surrounding the bulb that is...
• Re: Compare Driving/ Fog lights yourself
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:07:14 -0700
  ...bright white bulbs, all H2 / 55W to save both electricity AND reflectors. > With two swiches I could choose the fog only when foggy or...
• Re: E-Code Lights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:38:02 -0800
  ...And even if you could just pop in a brighter bulb, the stock reflectors are so poor that much of the gained light would...
• Re: (NVC) Fryeday - Rear end of car skips
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:33:09 -0500
  ...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: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:17:43 -0700
  ...The effectiveness of 9004 bulbs (no matter what wattage) is limited by the design of the reflectors in the Vanagon headlamp housing. Don't...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:10:33 -0800
  ...AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors >Is that for the German or the South America Caravelle units? > >Would not the South American...
• Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 19:57:48 EST
  ...The reflectors used when radiant tubing is installed under wooden flooring are only Band-Aids which are needed to keep more heat from going...
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:56:33 -0600
  ...to give a lot better light from the stock bulbs and reflectors. Can't remember the site/name, maybe someone out there does? It...
• Re: Scirocco lights vs Vanagon lights
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 23:10:56 -0400
  ...There is something about those old 7" reflectors when they are mounted in the position they are in a van or bus, you simply...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 3 Jul 2015 09:50:26 -0700
  ...so there's a bunch of stray light coming to the > reflectors from the wrong direction. You can make wonderful LED > lights but you...
• Re: simple hack - improving dig. clock lighting
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:53:07 -0500
  ...Camera setting makes it look worse than > it really is, and the reflectors I put in the bulb housing also contributes, > but it does...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:19:15 -0800
  At 11:56 PM -0800 1/14/99, George Chapman wrote: >> My question is this: Is there an available E-Code, >> replaceable bulb, high...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 11:30:41 EST
  Bob, that sounds like the landing lights on the old B-17. I have a couple of them and you thought of mounting them...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:49:04 -0600
  Unfortunately the bumper height codes are not usually enforced because of loop holes some mfr have been using in putting the SUV on the...
• Re: Lights
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:02:37 -0500
  ...Can you measure the head light relays or connectors? You must have a bad connection somewhere? How about the reflectors inside? I need to...
• Re: dim headlights - also Rear fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 14:23:07 -0700
  ...use the extra slot that is behind one of the red reflectors in the tail light assembly. This slot is for the Euro-style...
• Re: brighter tail lights - again
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 30 May 2005 17:56:11 -0700
  ...The stock reflectors just won't do the job. My '82 came with dual rear fog lights, but on a separate switch... great for...
• Re: The Comedy of Errors
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:05:04 -0700
  ...Buckets laid out, Bosch Euro reflectors laid out, new SA wiring harness laid out, Recommended Hella 100/80W H4 bulbs laid out. Bulb doesn...
• Re: vanagon smoked or clear rear sidemarkers...any interest?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:29:58 EDT
  ...around here people get magnetized reflectors, stick them on during instection, and then remove them after they get the sticker on the windshield. lots...
• Square Headlight replacements
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:30:58 -0800
  ...AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors >Todd, >Thanks for your post regarding PUMA for rectangular e-code replacement >headlights. >It was a...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 07:08:53 -0500
  ...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: Brighter headlights - 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 22 May 2016 13:17:59 -0500
  ...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: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:25:45 -0500
  With the new Bosch reflectors (lights) from Bus Depot, I find the stock bulbs to be plenty adequate! John On 4/20/2013 8...
• Re: Mystery Splittie Single Cab revisited
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 10 May 1996 13:17:37 MST
  ...No backup lights, no reflectors, no > openings where other things should go. The rear hatch has a hole in the > bottom center, which I...
• Re: 7" round E-Code lights for your SA Grill or pre-'86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 3 May 2002 20:53:21 -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...
• Re: Headlight Relay Kit - Just moved to Columbus, OH
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 06:37:09 EST
  ...This is not the perfect way as the DOT reflectors are all wrong and the best would be to up grade to the European...
• Re E4 Wiring.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:06:10 -0800
  ...Adding more powerful lamps to these reflectors is a lot like giving strong coffee to a drunk. When you're done you're out...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:25:49 -0800
  At 3:07 AM -0500 1/15/99, Robert A. Alexander wrote: >Otmar - I've picked up some US Navy surplus handheld searchlights that...
• Re: Hella H4/why such different prices?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 08:42:28 -0500
  ...The $20 kits didn't fit well, had hard plastic boots, brittle glass, cheap (burned off in 2 days) reflectors, etc... Chris Smith
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:44:53 +0100
  >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: For Sale: 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Becker1
  Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:12:02 -0800
  ...so they may be just reflectors ... but they look like lights. > maybe no bulbs?) > interior is sorta blueish-grey. > locking storage bin on the...
• Re: Yellow euro headlight bulbs? H4?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:59:51 +0100
  ...French headlight manufacturers had to develop reflectors and lenses that were truly excellent, to make the best of the poor light output from the...
• Re: LED Backup Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:40:59 -0400
  ...LED Backup Light Bulbs > > Hello, > > I built reflectors as Stan suggested and used the lamps recommended by > Jack. The result was excellent. > > I posted...
• Re: Where to aim the headlights? SA grill.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 10:01:54 -0700
  ...The relationship between cutoff and high beam is fixed for most reflectors. If you aim one the other follows. Except for the Marchal Ampilux...
• Re: Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:03:42 -0700
  ...The European spec H4's (also called e-codes) are virtually > identical in shape except for the reflectors. > They also only accept the NA...
• Euro vs US tailights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:32:56 -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...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Claralw
  95-10-10 12:58:06 EDT
  ...to them in the back?(should be one) Are the glass reflectors below the taillights whole, cracked, or missing? What does the speedo look...
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:31:25 +0200
  ...to give a lot better light from the stock bulbs and reflectors. ---- end snipped---- If you are still using the stock Vanagon setup for...
• Re: Brighter headlights - 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 22 May 2016 15:02:48 -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: Stealth Vanagon Camping
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:50:22 -0800
  ...My 'average middle class white van' fits pretty well almost anywhere and if a cardboard or blanket covers the reflectors it's even better...
• Mystery Splittie Single Cab revisited
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 10 May 1996 11:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...No backup lights, no reflectors, no openings where other things should go. The rear hatch has a hole in the bottom center, which I...
• Re: Driving Lights - If not Project Twzo, what's the answer?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:05:32 -0800
  ...The rubber boots on the back didn't fit the H4 bulbs and the reflectors rattled loosely in the frames. I paid $20 extra...
• Lighting Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:01:00 -0700
  ...Easily dimmed for oncoming traffic to the unobstrusive low beam pattern (aimed correctly) Unfortunately most H4 E-Code reflectors are designed for a nominal...
• Fwd: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 04:54:18 -0700
  ...The article mentions the excellent Marchal Ampilux 7" dual reflector lens assemblies that provide independently aimable high and low beam reflectors. Of course if...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights: Was:Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:54:28 -0800
  ...For one thing, the Bosch reflectors are >> > metal which is the hallmark of a cheap light because it will eventually it >> > will leak and...
• bug o' rama report
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 27 May 1996 06:49:55 -0700
  ...NOS fuel reserve tap, NOS barndoor reflectors, 25 hp oil filler, 2 H4 headlamps, ambulance fan, crank-start crank and nut, a couple very...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:07:21 +1200
  ...a weak yellow beam, due to having low-resistance filaments, poor reflectors and drude lens pattern and finish. QHs burn much hotter, giving a...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:36:55 -0400
  ...the outside and the bulbs burning have covered the lenses and reflectors on the inside. Back when lights were OEM lights were still available...
• Re: anybody want an 85 single-cab pickup? FS in Vancouver, BC, Canada -$9000CAN
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:57:11 -0800
  ...For those with a sharp eye there are no rear side reflectors and it has round headlights - this means that it is a European...
• Re: Newbie considering purchase of 88 "Transporter"
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 04:19:55 EST
  ...notice the rear reflectors and the north american front turn signals, means its a north american model, not a european model. actually that color...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:24:05 -0800
  >Adding extra candlepower to a poor reflector design is like giving a drunk >several cups of coffee. He's still drunk but now he...
• Re: LED Backup Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:12:19 -0700
  ...LED Backup Light Bulbs >> >> Hello, >> >> I built reflectors as Stan suggested and used the lamps recommended by >> Jack. The result was excellent. >> >> I posted...
• Re: Brighter Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:37:21 -0500
  ...Bus Depot may still have a sale going on a pair of Bosch H7 reflectors and the lamps are cheap. They can be had...
• speedometers for older buses ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 15 Jun 96 02:38:08 CDT
  ...also H-4 reflectors, bulbs, VDO, Cibie, Hella, etc. products
• Re: adjustable headlights was.Re: rare LLE vanagon for sale on samba
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:44:20 -0700
  ...The lights or reflectors can be > adjusted to > do what? They allow you to focus more light on the road right in front of...
• Trading time-'58 Ghia Coupe for a '56 Panel (w/ brake light)
  Historical mailing list - Jon Peters/UB Networks
  10 Apr 95 8:54:57 EDT
  ...I've put new reflectors in the taillights (coffin-shaped.... pre'60), repro cloisennet VW badge on the nose (nose has NEVER EVER BEEN...
• Likes & dislikes about my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:15:53 +1200
  ...a box will never look dated) -no side-marker lights/reflectors -handling on twisties -solidity -rust-resistance -interior room: carry 7+ people WITH their...
• Re: simple hack - improving dig. clock lighting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:58:56 -0800
  ...Camera setting makes it look worse than >> it really is, and the reflectors I put in the bulb housing also contributes, >> but it does...
• Re: brighter tail lights - again
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Tue, 31 May 2005 14:40:04 -0700
  ...The stock reflectors just won't do the job. > My > '82 came with dual rear fog lights, but on a separate switch... great for...
• Re: Head lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:36:00 -0500
  ...to the higher current. > > Get a pair of the eurospec rectangular reflectors and save yourself a lot of > grief. > > On Jan 9, 2010, at...