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Subject:Re: low buck square headlight H4 upgrade without going to e-codes
From:Christopher Gronski
Date:Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:00:06 -0400

You do not have to change your squares, Frank Condelli offers a relay
and bulb upgrade for the stock vanagon square / rectangular lights:

http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/hdltrela.htm

No mod to the lights, no mod to the buckets, just a wiring mod to
handle the higher wattage.

Chris

On 4/22/06, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 4/21/06 12:19:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> osgruber@COMCAST.NET writes:
>
>
> > I would like to take a look at the mounting bracket and the back of the
> > light housing itself. I would take either side as I would think that they
> > would be mirrors of each other.
> >
> > I am trying to come up with a better solution than buying a set of E-code
> > lamps. There are dozens of lamps that run H4 bulbs and only cost 30 to 40
> > dollars each. If anyone's BTDT before and has some helpful advice that would
> > be most welcome as well. Pictures would be nice too. I do this so I won't
> > have to disassemble the front of my van before I have a plan (it's my wife's
> > DD) I would like to explore this avenue before I think about anything else.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> this has been done before.  you can get some universal square H4 headlights
> and mount them ...slight mod needed to the headlight bucket bracket.   check
> Limbo archives, the mod was in the newsletter.
> also a few listers have done it, so im sure its in the vanagon list archives
> as well.
>