

| Subject: | Re: headlight bulb question... |
| From: | John Rodgers |
| Date: | 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: >OK, the inner (driving) lights are square, and a single wattage. They come >on only when the high beams are on. The outer lights (headlights?) are dual >wattage, for high and low beam. The outers have a pretty poor reflector >pattern, and in my experience, the 80/100 W bulbs don't make a lot of >difference there, though the relays help a lot. The inners do well with the >100 W bulbs, in conjunction with the stock outer bulbs and relays. (And >bigger fuses). > >So, when the low beams are on, you should have the outer lamps only, at low >wattage. When the high beams are on, you should have the outer lamps at >high wattage, and the inner lamps. >Alles klar, Herr Kommissar? >tx, >bmc :) >Ben McCafferty >ben@volkscafe.com > >Volks Cafe >1823 Soquel Avenue >Santa Cruz, CA 95062 >831-426-1244 >http://volkscafe.com > > >From: John Rodgers <j_rodgers@charter.net> >Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 17:25:15 -0600 >To: Ben McCafferty <ben@volkscafe.com> >Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: headlight bulb question... > > >Now I'm really cornfused!! >The driving lights aren't the highbeam lights? So in a low beam siutation >which lights are supposed to be lighted and which are off. When in a high >beam situation which ones are on and which are supposed to be off??? > >I'm not sure mine are working right!!! > >Thanks, > >John Rodgers >88 GL Driver. > >Ben McCafferty wrote: >Driving lights are the inner, square ones, with a single wattage bulb. If >you buy the 100W bulb from your FLAPS, it will have a tab on it that will >prevent installation. The tab is easily removed with sidecutters. But >remember that you need relays before using higher wattage bulbs. Also >remember that the driving lights only come on with the high beams, so they >won't help your low beam situation. >tx, >bmc :) >Ben McCafferty >ben@volkscafe.com > >Volks Cafe >1823 Soquel Avenue >Santa Cruz, CA 95062 >831-426-1244 >http://volkscafe.com > > > >From: John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> <mailto:j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> >Reply-To: John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> ><mailto:j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> >Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:43:56 -0600 >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: headlight bulb question... > >Folks, > >I'm going to show my ignorance here. Which light are considered >"Driving Lights" ? Inboard, Outboard, Combination? > >Thanks, > >John Rodgers >88 GL Driver > >Neil Wasbrikoff wrote: > > >Hello Volks, > >would anyone know, if I can use an 80/100 watt, 9004 bulb in my main head >light housing? Here's a link I found, which lists some nice bulbs. I thought >86 +Vanagons used 9004 bulbs, but I can't remember. > >http://www.midnightmoose.com/9004.htm > >Anyhow, I am just curious if I can upgrade my main bulbs to (80/100 watt) >something like these. > >Thanks, >Neil > >__________________________________________________________________ >The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! >http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > >Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > >
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