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  • Re: Different H4 setup with Saab 900 buckets/adjusters on the Samba
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:21:50 +0100
    To be honest, I think these are the standard Hella headlights used on many japanese cars and also for the ProjektZwo Vanagon headlights. Even...
  • Re: Xenon headlight bulbs... any opinions?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:33:10 -0800
    ...the problem with vanagon headlights is not so much the bulb as it is the reflector.... Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "K. Taylor" <res07cqd@GTE...
  • Rewiring for Xenon lights
    Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
    Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:58:10 -0600
    Howdy volks- Getting ready to swap-out the OE hard-to-see-at-night headlights with some hi-intensity Xenon bulbs. Lost a previous...
  • Re: Xenon headlight bulbs... any opinions?
    Historical mailing list - David McClelland
    Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:50:19 -0500
    ...any opinions? Anyone on the list have opinions about the new (to me, at least) Xenon headling bulbs, such as the many being auctioned...
  • Re: Xenon headlight bulbs... any opinions?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:30:04 +1200
    ...xenon gas-discharge lights (such as the Toyota Altezza=Lexus IS 200/300) would seem to have no filament. The Japanese allow yellow headlights...
  • Re: Rewiring for Xenon lights
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Sat, 4 Nov 2006 17:30:41 -0500
    ...swap-out the OE hard-to-see-at-night headlights > with some > hi-intensity Xenon bulbs. > > Lost a previous email where I discussed this...
  • Re: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:35:45 EST
    ...I need headlights, and have always thought that the lighting for the > Vanagons was sorely lacking. So, I am considering Xenon lights. Are there...
  • Re: Xenon headlight bulbs... any opinions?
    Historical mailing list - Zach Kaplan
    Fri, 10 Nov 2000 21:31:39 -0800
    ...filled with xenon. The bulbs appear to have blue filters on them to make people think you have genuine expensive HID headlights. This type...
  • Xenon headlight bulbs... any opinions?
    Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
    Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:11:45 -0800
    Anyone on the list have opinions about the new (to me, at least) Xenon headling bulbs, such as the many being auctioned on eBay...
  • Re: Rewiring for Xenon lights
    Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
    Sat, 4 Nov 2006 17:34:32 -0600
    ...Rewiring for Xenon lights As long as you continue to use the DOT headlights, you will continue to have hard to see at night...
  • Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - JasonPufahl
    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:13:19 -0500
    I need headlights, and have always thought that the lighting for the Vanagons was sorely lacking. So, I am considering Xenon lights. Are there...
  • Plasma Blue Headlights on EBAY for $11.99?
    Historical mailing list - Greg Kriss
    Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:35:18 -0400
    ...HID HEADLIGHTS 86-92 VW VANAGON buy it now for $11.99 You're bidding on one set of TWO Performance Xenon - Krypton gas...
  • Fw: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
    Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:52:06 -0000
    ...Xenon Lights? > JasonPufahl wrote: > > > >I need headlights, and have always thought that the > lighting > >for the Vanagons was sorely lacking. So, I am considering...
  • Re: Rewiring for Xenon lights
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:10:08 -0900
    ...Rewiring for Xenon lights To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > As long as you continue to use the DOT headlights, you will continue > to have...
  • Re: Rewiring for Xenon lights
    Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
    Sat, 4 Nov 2006 23:31:48 -0500
    ...Rewiring for Xenon lights > > As long as you continue to use the DOT headlights, you will continue to have > hard to see at night...
  • HID kit on eBay
    Historical mailing list - Kep Koeppel
    Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:56:57 -0800
    ...vanagon or are the headlights different than '89-'92? Thanks http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Vanagon-89-92-Xenon-Lights-HID-Kit -B...
  • Re: Non- VW Headlights
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:54:38 +0200
    ...That are Xenon lights. BMW, Mercedes and one Japanese van using this style of headlights. >Has anyone seen them or know about them? Could...
  • Re: Plasma Blue Headlights on EBAY for $11.99?
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:48:55 -0700
    ...HID HEADLIGHTS 86-92 VW VANAGON > buy it now for $11.99 > You're bidding on one set of TWO Performance Xenon - Krypton gas...
  • Re: Those blue xenon HID headlight bulbs all over ebay
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:27:21 -0800
    ...had a relay, or grounded the headlights... >From: "G.M.Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> > >Tried Xenon Blue bulbs on my 1985 Jetta. 100...
  • Re: Those blue xenon HID headlight bulbs all over ebay
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:27:45 -0800
    ...had a relay, or grounded the headlights... >From: "G.M.Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> > >Tried Xenon Blue bulbs on my 1985 Jetta. 100...
  • Re: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
    Sat, 13 Dec 2003 07:03:50 -0800
    ...I need headlights, and have always thought that the lighting for the >> Vanagons was sorely lacking. So, I am considering Xenon lights. Are >> there...
  • Re: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - Austin
    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:48:44 -0800
    ...I need headlights, and have always thought that the lighting for the > Vanagons was sorely lacking. So, I am considering Xenon lights. Are > there...
  • Re: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:46:23 -0600
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Xenon Lights? >Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:13:19 -0500 > >I need headlights, and have always thought that...
  • Custom Headlights Sighted in Middletown NY White Syncro Camper, Custom �headlight module� - HID Xenon
    Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
    Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:06:47 -0400
    ...The van was in near perfect condition, mid 80�s van which had a set of amazing custom headlights on it. The driving lights...
  • Re: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:24:53 -0600
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Xenon Lights? >Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:13:19 -0500 > >I need headlights, and have always thought that...
  • Re: Little blue lights
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:41:19 +0100
    ...Raimund >Yes, >They are call "Xenon" lights and work very nicely. Xenon lamps require a >high voltage (hochspannung!!!) transformer and a special gas filled...
  • Re: Little blue lights
    Historical mailing list - KBatzler
    Wed, 9 Dec 1998 06:32:21 -0800
    Yes, They are call "Xenon" lights and work very nicely. Xenon lamps require a high voltage (hochspannung!!!) transformer and a special gas filled bulb...
  • Re: Those blue xenon HID headlight bulbs all over ebay
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:24:22 -0500
    ...they to good/cheap to be true? Don't buy blue headlights. They're dimmer than a non-tinted bulb and cause more glare...
  • Re: Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:41:52 -0500
    ...Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs >> >> I read in the hella literture that the xenon blue 100/80w bulbs are > for >> off-road...
  • Re: Xenon and being the focal point of a smoldering hole
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:36:50 -0800
    ...The headlights on U.S. market vehicles for the last 30 or so years work ok, for a 1950 model year automobile. The newer...
  • Re: adjustable headlights was.Re: rare LLE vanagon for sale on samba
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:42:58 +1200
    ...Those will be xenon lights (though boy-wonders and fools will fit blue-tinted halogen bulbs too, which are often sold falsely as "xenon...
  • Re: h4 headlights
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:18:33 EDT
    ...H4 headlights CAN be legal in the US. > > The rule is, if the headlights are custom built for the car, they are > okay. The...
  • Re: Plasma Blue Headlights on EBAY for $11.99?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:50:21 -0400
    ...HID HEADLIGHTS 86-92 VW VANAGON >buy it now for $11.99 >You're bidding on one set of TWO Performance Xenon - Krypton gas...
  • Re: Driving/Fog Lights [long]
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:40:29 -0700
    ...beams is that the car must have auto height adjusting headlights. The Xenon light is not a bulb, it is an arc produced by...
  • Re: Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:44:11 -0600
    ...Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs >>> >>> I read in the hella literture that the xenon blue 100/80w bulbs are >> >> for >> >>> off-road...
  • Re: Hella H4/why such different prices?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:36:39 -0600
    Jeffrey R wrote: > > I'm looking into getting Hella H4 headlights Jeffrey, They're about the best thing you can put on your van...
  • Re: Driving/Fog Lights [long]
    Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
    Sat, 8 Aug 1998 16:12:47 -0500
    ...beams is that the car must have >auto height adjusting headlights. >The Xenon light is not a bulb, it is an arc produced by...
  • Re: Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:25:09 -0700
    ...Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs > >>> > >>> I read in the hella literture that the xenon blue 100/80w bulbs are > >> > >> for > >> > >>> off-road...
  • Re: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - Antaki
    Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:51:26 -0800
    ...Xenon Lights? I need headlights, and have always thought that the lighting for the Vanagons was sorely lacking. So, I am considering Xenon lights...
  • Re: Plasma Blue Headlights on EBAY for $11.99?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 27 Jun 2002 14:11:29 -0400
    ...On high beams any headlight is blinding; these will be somewhat more so. >I think Xenon - Krypton gas charged bulbs should be outlawed. Um...
  • Re: Sylvania Silverstar headlight bulbs..great or gimmick??? anyone tried em?
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Mon, 17 May 2004 08:12:40 -0500
    Chris, I installed a set of E-code headlights in my friend's Audi 90 and put the Sylvania Silverstar bulbs in them. Yes...
  • Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 7 Aug 2002 06:24:42 EDT
    ...and 100/80 watt, XENON WHITE, 9004 bulbs, by Hella @ $51.95/set of 2, at Canadian Tire (special order catalogue). Anyone with any...
  • Re: round > square headlight conversion
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:46:32 -0400
    ...spec for headlight aiming is based entirely on angles, without taking into account the vehicle height, so a tall vehicle's headlights may be...
  • Re: Xenon and being the focal point of a smoldering hole
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
    Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:17:26 -0500
    ...More and more I am seeing people with their auxiliary headlights on driving in the city! These light upgrades are dangerous to the oncoming...
  • Re: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - tom ring
    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:05:13 -0600
    ...I need headlights, and have always thought that the lighting for the Vanagons was sorely lacking. So, I am considering Xenon lights. Are there...
  • Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
    Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:02:13 -0600
    Initially I went the route of adding the relays and purchasing the xenon bulbs from the FLAPS, but didn't notice a great overall...
  • Re: Xenon Lights?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:53:53 -0800
    ...Xenon Lights? I need headlights, and have always thought that the lighting for the Vanagons was sorely lacking. So, I am considering Xenon lights...
  • Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
    Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:24:33 -0800
    I know there have been endless threads covering dim headlights, but perhaps someone can offer advice on my particular case; - stock '87 Westy rectangular...
  • Re: Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
    Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:03:07 -0400
    ...and 100/80 watt, XENON WHITE, 9004 > bulbs, by Hella @ $51.95/set of 2, at Canadian Tire (special order > catalogue). Anyone with any...
  • Re: Xenon and being the focal point of a smoldering hole
    Historical mailing list - tom ring
    Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:03:09 -0600
    ...The headlights on U.S. market vehicles for the last 30 or so years work ok, for a 1950 model year automobile. The newer...
  • Re: Headlights
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Thu, 8 Aug 2002 19:21:29 -0700
    ...and 100/80 watt, XENON WHITE, 9004 bulbs, by Hella @ $51.95/set of 2, at Canadian Tire (special order catalogue). Anyone with any...
  • Re: Brighter Headlight Bulb 86-91
    Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
    Fri, 5 Jun 1998 08:03:15 -0700
    ...They swear that customers are >much happier with their headlights with these. Okay, I'll buy some. Where do I send my money? Kelly...
  • Re: Xenon headlight bulbs... any opinions?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:36:04 -0800
    I sell headlights and bulbs for most all VW and Audi models and I stock three kinds of Bulbs: - Hella UV Free 55/60W...
  • Re: Driving Lights - If not Project Twzo, what's the answer?
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:05:32 -0800
    ...Third, get rid of those USDOT type headlights and get E-code/ECE/euro-spec headlights. The DOT reflector pattern is ridiculously bad. And...
  • Re: Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Wed, 7 Aug 2002 07:41:53 -0700
    ...and 100/80 watt, XENON WHITE, 9004 > bulbs, by Hella @ $51.95/set of 2, at Canadian Tire (special order > catalogue). Anyone with any...
  • Re: Selling a Canadian Van to an American
    Historical mailing list - Antaki
    Mon, 26 May 2003 14:49:39 -0700
    ...of buyer's choice, tint all windows to nearly opaque, faux Xenon headlights in at least 700W normal driving lights, and triple that for...
  • Re: Hella H4/why such different prices - where to buy
    Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
    Tue, 26 Sep 2000 20:59:29 -0400
    ...Hella H4/why such different prices? > Jeffrey R wrote: > > > > I'm looking into getting Hella H4 headlights > > Jeffrey, > They're about the best thing...
  • Re: Xenon Lights? South African grills & H4s
    Historical mailing list - tom ring
    Sat, 13 Dec 2003 21:22:09 -0600
    ...They are allowing headlights that are smaller and have higher wattage at the same time. That is the real problem. tom On 14 Dec...
  • Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
    Historical mailing list - -------------
    Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:09:58 -0500
    ...W Michael Hart wrote: >I know there have been endless threads covering dim headlights, but perhaps >someone can offer advice on my particular case...
  • Re: HID H4 Bulb question
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Wed, 3 Jan 2007 07:16:18 -0500
    ...As for HID H4 Bulbs, I have been looking at Xenon bulbs from: http://www.rallylights.com/hella/H4.asp But I have a...