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• Re: Retrofitting 5X7 H-4 Lights - Another Method (long)
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 11:33:37 -0800
  ...Brazing was for the first set only. > The second thing that concerned me was the necessity to drill into the light > reflectors to mount...
• Re: Michelin MXTs..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:36:19 -0500
  ...Has roadside reflectors, wrenches, screw drivers, electric air pump (plugs into cigarette lighter hole) etc. Anything to help with changing a tire. I'm...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:55:59 -0800
  ...Al Knoll wrote: > The reflectors have an optimum above the roadway height so that both beams > are correctly aimed. The headlight position oo the...
• Re: Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:12:08 -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: Hella Driving Lights: Was:Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 06:58:10 -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 - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:54:02 -0800
  ...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: Tail lamp upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:05:08 EDT
  ...b Making sure the connections are good throughout so there are no serious voltage losses c Making sure the reflectors are clean and shiny...
• Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:52:30 -0800
  ...colored brown van, to park in such a way > that > > your reflectors don't reflect. > > > > I usually pull off the road, then pull off...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:08:03 -0400
  ...emergency flasher switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light reflectors, no concave passenger side rearview mirror, but a flat mirror, possibly a...
• Re: Ebay:90 Syncro Crew Cab
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:10:17 -0800
  ...The VIN shows that is it is a North American spec vehicle, but there are no rear side reflectors that all North American Vanagons...
• Upgrading 86-up headlights: the definative answer! (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:08:13 -0700
  ...High watt bulbs: "Dimness" is not the problem here, lousey reflectors which send an unevenly distributed light beam are. And high power bulbs will...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:19:35 -0400
  ...pitted on the outside from road stuff and speed and the > reflectors even if they "look" OK no longer do what was designed. Simply...
• Re: LED Backup Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:02:42 -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: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:01:06 -0600
  ...kit is installed, its the outer lights that get the new reflectors? John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Ben McCafferty wrote: >OK, the inner (driving...
• Re: vanagon smoked or clear rear sidemarkers...any interest?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:08:30 -0400
  ...around >here people get magnetized reflectors, stick them on during instection, and >then remove them after they get the sticker on the windshield. lots...
• Re: Deep Water Driving
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  13 Dec 1995 12:37:36 -0800
  ...This also includes steering racks and shift linkages and of course, your fog lamp assemblies( wiring, housing, connectors, lenses, reflectors). Don't' mean to...
• Re: headlight alignment parts, headlight replacement
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:38:35 -0700
  ...Especially of the tres cher Euro Vanagon reflectors. I will be getting a volume quote from a manufacturer for 3M film cut to fit...
• Re: Anyone used "Night Hawk" bulbs? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:50:06 -0500
  ...HID lamps allow for a lot more light output over a relatively short length, so the reflectors are a little easier to design. As...
• Cliffs, road markers, handling and sheep
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 12 May 2000 10:31:11 +1200
  ...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: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:25:36 -0800
  ...Since they are still using the (Eurospec) standard reflectors, it will be all about the distribution pattern of the LEDs. > > > > >> On Jan 15, 2016...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:09:59 -0400
  ...emergency flasher > switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light reflectors, no concave > passenger side rearview mirror, but a flat mirror, possibly a...
• 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
  ...With the E-code version of the headlights > installed, it had amazingly good illumination. > > > > Al Knoll wrote: >> The reflectors have an optimum above the...
• Re: Wow! how bout this guy?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:48:17 -0700
  ...around on an adjacent road to get a flash from my 'reflectors' because people are such 'herd animals' and they tend to cozy-up...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:24:20 -0500
  <<The white reflective stripes alone at the height you have them is illegal in all 50. Got any links to documentation on this? California...
• Re: simple hack - improving dig. clock lighting
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:10:39 -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: Brighter headlights - 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sun, 22 May 2016 19:12:04 +0000
  ...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: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:06:50 -0500
  ...have the filaments in the same position, so the lenses and reflectors optimised for one won't work well with the other. James Ottawa...
• Re: Questions again.. :(
  Historical mailing list - J Greenberg G Jannini
  24 May 96 10:10:06 EDT
  ...In the space under the closet are jumper cables and 2 folded triangle reflectors. On shelf at top of hatch is remaining reflector, folding...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 21:59:56 -0600
  ...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: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 23 May 2000 20:46:50 -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: Ebay:90 Syncro Crew Cab
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 06:14:16 -0800
  ...The VIN shows that is it is a North > American spec vehicle, but > there are no rear side reflectors that all North > American Vanagons...
• Re: Anyone used "Night Hawk" bulbs? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:57:28 -0700
  ...HID lamps allow > for a lot more light output over a relatively short length, so the > reflectors are a little easier to design. > > As...
• Re: FRIDAY OT - Headlight aimage
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:58:21 -0800
  ...slightly too high, too far up the road...they light up reflectors a mile+ ahead. The Hella H-4 E-codes are still a...
• Re: What lights for an upgrade to the stock lamps? Here are some answers...
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:01:18 -0500
  ...I tried mailing Daniel Stern Lighting a > couple of times, but have gotten no response. > > Can anyone tell me what lights - reflectors and bulbs...
• For Sale: 1989 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Tanja Bomb
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:47:29 -0800
  ...arms, beautiful Hawaiian style custom curtains and custom made fitted sun-reflectors for every window. Oil changes every 3,000 miles on rebuild. Complete...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:39:41 -0700
  ...emergency flasher switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light > reflectors, no concave passenger side rearview mirror, but a flat > mirror, possibly a...
• Re: power
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 13:49:41 -0500
  ...different . . . ) i still check, cause the buses are VERY good radar reflectors and that bozo will pick ME up before he'll pick up...
• Re: window tint (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 15:34:40 -0500
  ...Good light reflectors are not necessarily good heat reflectors.* Transmittance--The ratio of the radiant energy transmitted through a substance to the total radiant...
• Re: LED taillights WAS: Re: repost optional bulb sizes/wattages?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:40:28 -0800
  ...ID, 'friend or foe' And once headlights hit them the red reflectors in the tail lights are quite bright too. I just notice from...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:29:47 -0800
  ...Quality units like Bosch, Hella, Cibie, Marschal (sp?) have the best reflectors. The Chinese/Taiwan/Far Eastern units have poor reflectors and beam patterns...
• Re: Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:23:45 -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...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:09:07 -0500
  ...I don't know who makes the if The BD upgrade kit but there is a quality difference in the reflectors and optics, so...
• Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 18:49:09 -0500
  ...Second, brighter lights don't compensate for the poor design of the light reflectors and optics. You'll still have hot spots and poor...
• Re: Syncro Doka on eBay - VIN?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:42:01 -0800
  The vehicle is a very obvious European vehicle, you can tell by the absence of red side reflectors on the rear, the notches in...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 22:19:53 -0600
  So when the Hella kit is installed, its the outer lights that get the new reflectors? John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Ben McCafferty wrote...
• Re: Cliffs, road markers, handling and sheep
  Historical mailing list - John P
  Thu, 11 May 2000 23:55:08 -0000
  ...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: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Wed, 3 Sep 2014 12:49:37 -0600
  ...pitted on the outside from road stuff and speed and the >> reflectors even if they "look" OK no longer do what was designed. Simply...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:36:23 -0800
  ...Quality units like Bosch, Hella, Cibie, Marschal > (sp?) have the best reflectors. The Chinese/Taiwan/Far Eastern units have > poor reflectors and beam patterns...
• Re: wiring and fuses for 80/100w bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:38:12 -0400
  ...Also, if you get good reflectors-lenses, 80/100 watt low beams are not needed, nor are they legal. Also, 320 watts of fire...
• Re: Rectangular headlights... low & high-beam units same shape?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:54:35 -0800
  ...The European spec H4's (also called e-codes) are virtually identical in shape except for the reflectors. They also only accept the NA...
• Re: Hella style driving lamp, or else.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 May 2007 08:57:00 -0400
  ...Good reflectors and some upgraded wiring make these perform very well. I know some have cleaned the lights but there is no substitute for...
• Re: Painting
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:39:06 -0400
  ...Remove the bulbs, and tape off the reflectors. if it's removalble, take it off. - If you're applying primer, ask ahead of time...
• Re: Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 06:33:43 -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...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:21:05 -0500
  ...Quality units like Bosch, Hella, Cibie, Marschal > (sp?) have the best reflectors. The Chinese/Taiwan/Far Eastern units have > poor reflectors and beam patterns...
• Westfalia Van in Germany
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:40:08 -0700
  ...Corrosion in the headlight reflectors, lights, brakes, operation of the engine, Corrosion on the undercarriage and structural soundness and general roadworthiness. They do not...
• Re: Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer
  Wed, 2 May 2001 16:22:23 -0500
  ...on European Sciroccos (hmmm?)" European cars do not have the same reflectors or bulbs that NA spec cars do (in many cases; this is...
• Re: adjustable headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:12:06 -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...
• Re: Brighter headlights - 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 22 May 2016 17:28:36 -0400
  ...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: Ebay:90 Syncro Crew Cab
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:09:30 -0800
  ...The VIN shows that is it is a North > American spec vehicle, but > there are no rear side reflectors that all North > American Vanagons...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Jul 2015 04:15:40 -0400
  ...so there's a bunch of stray light coming to the reflectors from the wrong direction. You can make wonderful LED lights but you...