I agree that the round 7" Hellas are they way to go when you consider all
the factors.  If you have a 1980-1985 Vanagon you can uprgade to quailty H4s
for less than $90 in an hours time.

All three of my car have the exact same setup.  One pair of round 7" Hella
H4s each.  I suppose I could even outfit my ancient Honda motorcycle with a
Hella 7" H4 headlamp.  DOT lamps are absolute garbage.

It sounds like the SA grill quality is poor and unless you do alot of
highspeed backwoods driving I doubt the inner lamps would get much use.
Heck, I removed the inner lamps on my 1991 GTi and I haven't missed them a
bit.

-john

'85 Silver Sunroof
'91 GTi 2.0 8v
'76 BMW 2002

>From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
>Reply-To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: which type of headlight upgrade would you recommend and why?
>Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 20:20:22 EST
>
>In a message dated 1/21/04 2:40:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes:
>
>
> > I would recommend going with the European H4s on the outer lights over
>the
> > SA H4 stuff.  The H4s are literally night and day difference on low and
>high
> > beam - not matter which you choose you will have superior lighting.
> >
> >
>
>  david, e-code headlights are e-code headlights weather theyre square or
>round. its more of the brand and fluting that makes the difference.   i
>have some
>nice Hella e-code round H4 headlights on my 84 van and theyre awesome
>(relaying helps too of course) along w/ the SA grille.    its really just a
>matter of
>personal taste..square or round?   i like the round euro look of the
>mk1/mk2
>GTI's and so i chose to go w/ the round.  if i wanted to keep the square
>look,
>id buy your outer e-code square headlights..
>anyway, ANYTHING is an improvement over the DOT headlights.
>chris

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