Many have used the "giant Q-tip method", i.e. cleaning the inside of the
glass with a rag on a stick and some sort of cleaner (windex, etc.).  There
was also a site mentioned in the last couple of months that had relay setups
that were plug and play, for a very reasonable cost, that were supposed to
give a lot better light from the stock bulbs and reflectors.  Can't remember
the site/name, maybe someone out there does?  It was targeted at SUV/truck
owners.
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: Meg Powell <megpowell@SHAW.CA>
> Reply-To: Meg Powell <megpowell@SHAW.CA>
> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:49:16 -0700
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
> 
> Could the residue be from the salt water?  If so, I think that oven cleaner
> on a damp cloth should do the trick.
> 
> Meg
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
> 
> 
>> At 05:36 PM 7/19/2002, Raimund Feussner wrote:
>>> Raimund
>>> P.S.: What makes sealed beam lamps "sealed"? Are the vanagon�s U.S.
>>> headlights sealed beams?
>> 
>> Sealed-beam lamps are literally that -- lamp, reflector, lens are all one
>> piece, hermetically sealed.  If they're regular tungsten, a crack in the
>> lens will immediately burn out the light.  If halogen, there's an internal
>> capsule that contains the pressurised gas so the halogen cycle works.
>> 
>> In 1936 they were an enormous improvement over what else was out there...
>> 
>> david
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>> http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
>> '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>