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• Low beams don't work
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:11:45 -0600
  ...I pulled back and the high beams came on, then tried low beams again and nothing. I had to drive with high beams the...
• Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:29:47 -0500
  When the headlights are operated, what is the correct light configuration? 1)Low beams only - high beams off 2)High beams only - low beams...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:23:17 -0400
  The outer lamps have both high and low beam (dipped) beam filaments. Thus the three wires to each bulb. Low beams, outer lights low...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:38:15 -0500
  ...Thus > the three wires to each bulb. > > Low beams, outer lights low beam filament. > High beams, all four lighted. > > Now for the confusing part...
• Headlight differences - 88 GL and 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:21:27 -0600
  On my 88GL, when lights are on low beam or dim, its the outboard lights that are on, and the inboard bright lights are...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:35:34 -0700
  ...you have either low beams ( just two filaments ) or high beams ( 4 filaments, with the two low beam filaments not activated in the outer...
• Re: 88 Vanagon High Beams (FIXED)
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:14:49 -0800
  ...yellow - power to low beam only, connects to terminal > 56b on the back of the low beam.white - power to high beam AND low...
• headlights
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kimball
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:38:02 -0700
  When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is pulled lights go to high beam but when I release lever the...
• Re: Low beam HELP!
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 4 May 2002 16:56:13 -0700
  I've often see this query about low beams. How much light do you concerned people need? When the streets are well lit it...
• Re: Headlight question
  Historical mailing list - madvws
  Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:59:16 +0000
  ...On low beams, 87 syncro with e-code headlights- both sides work. On high beams both high beams work,  the passenger side low beam...
• Re: Low beam HELP!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 4 May 2002 17:06:16 -0700
  ...Low beam HELP! > > I've often see this query about low beams. How much light do you concerned > people need? When the streets are...
• High beam short?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:13:02 -0700
  ...I switch back to low beams and the low beams are still working---get home and both 10 amp high beam fuses are blown...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:44:41 -0500
  When I have my low beams on I have all four lights dimly lit. When High beams are selected I have 4 really bright...
• Re: Headlight differences - 88 GL and 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:35:19 -0800
  ...Switching from low to > high beam, the low beams lamp turn off, and only the high beams are on. > > On my 91Carat, when the...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:56:55 -0700
  ...Low beam - OK. Pull the lever for High Beam - instant darkness. Well, not instant. As I pull back the beam switches from low to...
• highbeam low beam swap around
  Historical mailing list - Brian & Carol Megas
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 06:20:54 -0700
  I put relays on the high and low beams so the hneadlights are much improved but still not as good as I would like...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:55:53 -0600
  ...Does the e-code headlight fit in the 4" square high beam location? Is it a high beam or a low beam? What exactly...
• Re: High beam short?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:51:17 -0700
  John, The low beam pigtails are new and those are larger and the relay and ground wires are larger but no, the stuff in...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:17:44 -0500
  ...John On 4/10/2014 8:44 PM, James wrote: > In '86-91 Vanagons, the outside headlights have both low beam and high beam...
• High and Low High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Hugh Harkins
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:49:49 -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...
• Re: High beam short?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:12:25 -0700
  Hey Jeff You might want to mention which high beams are blowing the fuse. The inners or outers? Are the low beams staying on...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:44:45 -0400
  In '86-91 Vanagons, the outside headlights have both low beam and high beam filaments in them, and change from one to the other...
• Re: Headlight Question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:15:41 -0500
  ...Whenever you > switch to > high beams, it uses just the high beam bulb. > > > > Jere Hawn wrote: >> Greetings All >> >> >> >> Low beam works as designed; I...
• Re: High beam short?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:41:28 -0500
  ...I switch back to low beams and the low > beams are still working---get home and both 10 amp high beam fuses > are blown...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:39:31 -0500
  ...Jim On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Michael Kimball <kimballmk@gmail.com> wrote: > When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 May 1999 17:23:12 EDT
  ...I am working on a low beam replacement that uses less expensive (than Hella) but still high quality european lamps to replace the sorry...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:50:43 +0100
  ...This is the standard four-headlight system without dual beams. Maybe you can change the square H4 dual beams against the Hella DE low...
• Re: Headlight differences - 88 GL and 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:27:44 -0600
  ...Switching from low to >> high beam, the low beams lamp turn off, and only the high beams are on. >> >> On my 91Carat, when the...
• Re: 88 Vanagon High Beams
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 19:51:38 -0400
  ...click on high beams with indicator stalk and RIGHT side FRONT LOW BEAM >GOES OFF!!! Bad ground on Right front low beam -- it's...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:54:42 -0500
  > Beam patterns are better (wider, longer-reaching) on low and high beam with > Cibies. The main difference, though, is that 7" round and 200mm...
• Bentley page 97.63 HDLT/PRKG labels confusing
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sun, 3 May 2015 22:50:21 -0500
  ...Starting from the left, it would be left high beam, right high beam, left low beam, right low beam. But the one I'm...
• Re: highbeam low beam swap around
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:25:35 -0700
  ...highbeam low beam swap around Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 06:20:54 -0700 I put relays on the high and low beams so...
• Headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:34:57 +0000
  ...On low beams, 87 syncro with e-code headlights- both sides work. On high beams both high beams work,  the passenger side low beam...
• High Beam Question...
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:05:47 -0700
  ...I have a question about the high beams/low beams on my 1990 Carat. If one of the H3 (high beams) bulbs burns out...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:01:30 -0700
  Last time I checked DOT regulations do not allow the high and low beams to operate at to same time. BenT sent from my...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 23:30:35 -0600
  ...Never any high and low beam > combination on at the same time, except when you do thew momentary flash > thing. > > John > On 4/10...
• Re: auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:08:44 -0500
  Don't now about e-code compatibility or not, but Hella makes a rectangular aux low beam light called the XL I bought for...
• Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:23:01 -0700
  ...on low beam: drivers side lights low and high bulbs are both on but noticeable dim. passenger side light low bulb on with normal...
• Headlight Problem Solved....New Syndrome Discovered!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:57:09 -0400
  ...Flicked the switch between "high" and "low" beams, and the switch worked perfectly. Put the plug back on, and again, both high and low...
• Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:07:19 -0500
  Was there ever a model year of Vanagon with dual headlights where both high and low beams were on at the same time?? Like...
• No Low Beams
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:11:25 -0500
  My wife just called me at work and said that she forgot to mention last night that the low beams on the 83.5...
• SA Grille & Lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:25:00 -0600
  ...Loved the high beams and the sharp cutoff but the low beams didn't suit me at all. With my height in the seat...
• FW: auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:29:41 -0600
  ...auxillary low beams? Don't now about e-code compatibility or not, but Hella makes a rectangular aux low beam light called the XL...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:38:58 -0500
  ...auxiliary high beams) to come on only with the outer high beams. They are spot beams and are not intended for low beam use...
• H-4 Euro headlights question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:20:40 -0800
  ...But, the switch between low beam and high beam...Do others find that the beam angle changes a whole lot? The way I have...
• auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:38:03 -0600
  Does anyone have any recommendations for auxillary low beams / driving lights? The price of the E-code headlights is too rich for my blood...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:41:52 -0700
  ...Mark Michael Kimball wrote: > When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is pulled lights go to > high beam but when...
• Re: Low Beams out, Where to Look?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:23:48 -0700
  ...There are separate fuses for left and right, both hi and lo beams. #21 for low beam left, and #22 for low beam right...
• Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:45:15 -0700
  ...A couple weeks ago my low beams both went out and I have just diagnosed the problem as *both* bulbs low-beam filaments gone...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:07:39 -0600
  ...I hear the relay click then passenger > lights turns from high to low beam mode. > > I hope this makes sense and please ask questions...
• Re: SA Grille & Lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:55:15 -0500
  Older Hella H4 headlights have an issue with too much low beam dip. There is a new Hella H4 Super headlight that addresses this...
• Low Beams VERY dim!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:19:25 -0700
  The low beam head lights on my 90 Westy Syncro are so dim it is hard to see at night! High Beams are fine...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dieseldoofus
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:47:01 -0500
  ...low beam to high beam- when lever is pulled lights go to >> high beam but when I release lever the lights return to low...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:50:44 -0800
  ...fit in the 4" square high beam location? Is it a >high beam or a low beam? I thought that the inside 4" square...
• Re: H4 Headlight aim, thanks and..
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:49 -0500
  ...I use Cibie headlights. "Beam patterns are better (wider, longer-reaching) on low and high beam with Cibies. The main difference, though, is that...
• Re: No low beam on driver's side '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:55:23 -0500
  Jeff Lincoln wrote: > no low beam on the driver side. One possibility is that the fuse for the left low beam isn't making...
• Wiring Question: White wire=high beam; yellow wire=low beam?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:10:15 -0700
  ...My understanding from reading Bentley is that white feeds the high beams and yellow the low beams. Can anyone confirm this? My blue high...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy getting close to solving problem!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 16 May 2012 00:57:14 -0400
  ...That connector on the low beam is a standard 9004 connector (if you are dealing with DOT headlights) or H4 (if dealing with EuroSpec...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy getting close to solving problem!
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Tue, 15 May 2012 21:36:31 -0700
  ...I hear the relay click then passenger > lights turns from high to low beam mode. > > I hope this makes sense and please ask questions...
• Still no passenger side high beam,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:58:49 -0800
  ...So here is the senario has high powered relays, works fine in low beam both sides work, if I turn on the high beams...