Greetings,
I recently completed a swap to 100Watt high beam and 80/100Watt low beam
upgrade for my daughter's 86 Vanagon.  The parts were from Van-Cafe and the
improvement was day and night.  I had earlier completed the relay install
per instructions provide from this site.  I am very enlightened as a result
of these two improvements!

Route 66 Rider!
Ramon Hill
Live Long and Be Free
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Kim Brennan
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 4:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Rewiring for Xenon lights

As long as you continue to use the DOT headlights, you will continue to have
hard to see at night problems. The wattage/intensity of the bulb is >NOT<
the problem. it is the light distribution.

A 55 Watt bulb throws out plenty of light....if you direct it in the right
places, like the European headlights do.

On Nov 4, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Matt Drew wrote:

> Howdy volks-
>
> Getting ready to swap-out the OE hard-to-see-at-night headlights with
> some hi-intensity Xenon bulbs.
>
> Lost a previous email where I discussed this one-on-one with a list
> member.
>
> I know that I have to re-wire the headlights so that they don't fry
> the wiring.
>
> What guage should I use? I want to support the load, but don't want to
> go too low.
>
> Also, do I need to worry about the headlight housing/cover being
> damaged?
>
>
>
> Matt
> '90 GL "Blackbeard"