Hella XL's are not fog lights, but rather auxillary low beams for vans like
the 86-91 Vanagon that have horrible low beam lights.  To me, the $100 was
cheap compared to the $250+ for the illegal in the US E codes.  I'm sure the
e codes are much brighter than the hellas, but the XL's more than solved my
night driving problems.

DM&FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean" <srohde@STUDENTS.UIUC.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 10:42 PM
Subject: question about Hella fog lamps.

> Hi all,
>
> So I have been thinking about adding a set of fog lights on to my '84
> westy.  It seems that most people that I talk to that have installed fog
> lights go with Hella.  I have found a set of Hella XL's, but they are
> quite pricey.  Is there really a big difference between spending over
> $100.00 for the Hella lamps vs. lamps at NAPA for $35.00?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean