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• Re: New SA grill
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:15:56 -0400
  ...They're basically >> high-beam type lights with no upper cutoff. If they're on, you're >> blinding >> oncoming traffic. >> >> If you mean the...
• Re: Headlight Dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 May 2009 22:11:05 +1200
  ...The inner lights are I think H1s, that is, high-beam single-filament halogens. You could Google for South African VW dealers, get e...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:50:49 -0500
  ...High beam blue light? > yeah.........duh. > if he would have said 'blue hi beam INDICTOR LED in the dash'........... > that would have made good...
• Re: 86-91 E-Code Lights are back in stock!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:58:09 -0800
  ...Low beam and high beam allow you to see better and farther due to the superior light pattern - the low beams are not as...
• Re: Night vision trick (was "E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?")
  Historical mailing list - Ian Anderson
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:13:55 +1000
  I got let off when a Police car popped over a hill before I dropped my lights down to low beam. Blinded the poor...
• Re: fantastic super cool photo
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 13:36:41 EDT
  ...high beams in a snow > squall...makes it worse). > They aren't fog lights, they are driving lights. You want them as high as...
• Re: headlight emergency!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:33:00 -0700
  ...with lights. I've lost headlights on my 87 Vanagon > > and am now stranded in Saginaw. I have the double high beams when I...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:27:11 -0800
  ...It is difficult to tell if someone is flashing their high beams or just turning their lights on and off. So, Morse code would...
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:50:48 -0800
  ...as I have switched the the lights just to test. Not sure where else to look high beam switch? Wiring? Any advice would be...
• on fog and driving lights
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:10:39 -0800
  ...Lights mounted high illuminate the fog and you look at a white wall. And because of that, low beams should be off when the...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:41:45 -0500
  ...Since the lights do work > with > >>> the lever pulled the ground is good. Bad ground would have only the > high > >>> beam indicator light but...
• Re: drool...drool
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:21:42 -0600
  ...i always figured if i had my fog lights on, why would i want my high beams on? :) one real advantage of wiring the...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:58:01 -0700
  ...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: H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:21:04 -0700
  ...Park close and mark the centres of the high beams. Back off 25 ft and make the lights hit the marks. Drive. On Wed...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:27:28 -0800
  ...How with high beam lamps HID is a whole different story.� The Golf Country had Hella 500s (H3) for the high beams so I...
• Aux light install..sort of (long attempt)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:17:21 -0700
  ...lights by tripping the relay. ((Here is where I made my first mistake, the one that caused to continuous lighting of the High Beam...
• Re: Major light upgrade (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:59:19 +1200
  ...It came with Hella >driving lights PLEASE, listees, these are NOT driving lights. They are ordinary high beams. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin...
• Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:20:28 -0400
  ...The lights are done directly and the rest by the load reduction relay. > My headlights do >not work, high beams and parking lights work...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:26:59 -0700
  ...before... > >My problem is both my high beam fuses burn out, both of them. The >regular lights are fine. I was wondering if there...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:48:10 +1300
  ...high-beams on and leaving them there until the offending vehicle has passed by. >When I'm driving my sedan, whether the fog lights...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:31:35 -0800
  ...mike, rarely using high beams up front `cause the indicator is blown � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � and I don't out drive the head lights ________________________________ From: Karl Wolz...
• Bright, head light problem...
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:17:54 -0800
  ...Both low beams work fine. I went to replace my high beam bulb on the passenger side, and sure enough... The filament was broken...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:12:46 EST
  ...on my 85 Westy. > > Rewired the inner lights to only come on with the High Beams. > > All is peacefull now. > > thanks Lar, but then...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:41:57 -0700
  ...lights only come on when the hi beam is switched. The driving lights are separately switched but will only come on when the highs...
• Help with Frank's headlight relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:47:34 -0700
  ...Fuse 6 is only for the right hand side of the high beams. Fuse 5 handles the left hand side of the high beams...
• Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 24 May 2010 22:23:13 -0700
  ...ole 'head lights only work > if > you pull the stalk for high beams.' > Naturally you'd be thinking about the high beam switch, the...
• Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL RELATED QUESTION/THREAD HIJACK
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:29:20 -0400
  ...When I switched on the high beams > >> the lights went out completely for a moment. Decided to leave on low > >> beams. Then had to...
• Re: H4 European Headlight report
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 13 May 2009 06:55:03 -0700
  ...the low beams but the high beams really brighten up a long way ahead. I also have the ProjectTzwo fog lights and that is...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues/1991 Resolved
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 25 May 2001 13:35:05 -0700
  ...high beam RIGHT >10. 10 amp ....................... high beam LEFT >11. 15 amp ....................... windshield wipers and washer pump >12. 20 amp ....................... cruise control, a/c...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:54:25 -0400
  ...After you get both high beams working then move on to the low beams. Do you get power to the two fuses for the...
• Re: Low Beams out, Where to Look?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 05:10:28 +0000
  ...No low beams on the headlights. With switch on, ignition on, >all other standing lights come on (tail lights and marker lights). High >and...
• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:28:41 -0500
  Dontcha need separate relays for the high beams and low beams? Larry A. TJ Hannink wrote: >Just curious, why do you need two 30...
• Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:41:04 -0800
  ...High beam LED glows dimly. (if i turn on high beams, the LED goes OUT, ironically) Cluster illumination lights off. If i rotate the...
• Re: CHEAP Headlamp upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 07:16:59 -0700
  ...Fog >lights are for 'permitting weather conditions' in BC and driving lights are >considered high beams and thus illegal to use on low beam...
• 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...
• Who has the SA Grilles for sale? I have a pic.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:19:18 EST
  ...IMNSHO the original lights are comparatively poor in beam pattern and evenness of illumination even with higher wattage bulbs installed. Fashionable perhaps, functional, not...
• front headlights not working....
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:26:51 -0800
  ...But when I hold the high beam arm on the steering column, the high beams turn on, but they won't stay. I can...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:39:39 -0700
  ...lights for the vanagons, and their subsequent poor illumination, which is the best way to fix it? Our low beams SUCK. Our high beams...
• Re: fog light wiring questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 03 Jun 1997 08:25 -0600 (MDT)
  ...On the other hand, there may be a secondary circuit in the relay that cuts power to the fog lights when the high beams...
• Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:56:19 -0500
  ...I have no lights, no brights, no low beam, nothing. The high beam indicator is on no matter if you pull the stalk back...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 12:45:59 -0700
  ...At least you need two circuits, and VW used four -- one each for >left and right high and low beams. What are you saying...
• Re: headlight question"david are you there?"
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 09:55:38 -0700
  ...a sudden the bright lights turned themselves off. Flicked the > high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:16:25 -0500
  ...I have no lights, no brights, no low beam, nothing. The high beam indicator is on no matter if you pull the stalk back...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:56:15 -0500
  Fag lights are usually wired so they only work with the low beams. Using both defeats the purpose of the high beams a bit...
• Re: Headlight Issues Continue - SA installation on '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:38:46 -0700
  ...is there a way to temporarily install a bypass circuit to > power the lights - at least on the low beams so I can drive...
• Hella Driving lights and High Powered headlights
  Historical mailing list - Bob Freeman
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 01:44:07 -0800
  ...It gives you 160 watts of low beam and 400 watts of high beam and has its own relay to prevent burning up your...
• another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 May 1998 16:40:47 -0700
  ...Since the stock rectangular lamps use two 55W bulbs per side for high beams for a total of 110W per side, I figure I...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 02:18:19 -0800
  ...equivalent of a high beam light, if not even more > powerful and should only > be used when your high beams would normally be on...
• Major light upgrade (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:14:29 -0700
  ...The high and low beams work as before. The driving lights come on with the high beams, but only if the new switch is...
• Re: lister needs help on the road - headlight gremlin in 86 westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:12:57 -0700
  ...It is normal for the high beam switch to make the lights come on no matter what, as long as you hold it in...
• Re: FW: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Preston Grimes
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 11:51:36 -0700
  I had the same symptoms--high beams but no low beams. It turned out that my headlight grounds were corroded, thus the circuit was...
• Re: Headlight rewiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 13:21:44 -0400
  ...wrote: >First the low beam/high beam connection to the H4, looks to the same as the >DOT-code lights, so I assume it...
• HID headlight kit available for 7 inch round lights
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:21:20 -0800
  ...if you put those HID bulbs into your rectangular lights. The HID portion (low beam) of the 7" lamps are a sealed beam-type...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:59:14 -0700
  ...and/or >>> high beamers. so, David, with an `85 GL, auto. can the existing >>> switch gear and wiring tolerate 3 LED lights ? >> >> Check the...
• Re: No headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:04:48 -0800
  ...beam voltages feed back to the high beam indicator, lighting it in both cases. I like to ground the headlights at the lights themselves...
• that is a good fog light
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:42:16 -0500
  ...i always figured if i had my fog > lights on, why would i want my high beams on? :) > > one real advantage of wiring the...
• Re: High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:01:42 -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: '86 on driving lights - 100w
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 10:18:08 +0000
  Has anyone replaced the 50W bulb in the square high beam driving lights with a 100W bulb? any signs of amperage overload on the...
• 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: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 04:46:52 -0800
  ...The dash lights comeon and the park lights come on. The passing high beam flasher works so I have high beams if I want...