

| Subject: | Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades! |
| From: | Scott Daniel |
| Date: | Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:59:12 -0800 |
I have those same lights on my good vanagon, and 85 Adventurewagon. All is ever do is aim the low beams so the tops of them are about 2 1/2 to 3 car lengths out .. and the right one is aimed a bit more to the right to see the side of the road better on low beams.. and the high beams always seem just fine doing it that way. I don't find the high/low 'spread' to be different than usual. You might have the only vanagon with a roof-mounted moveable spot light. Good for finding ninja campsites after dark I'm sure. I just have the old fashioned hand held plug-in-the-cig-lighter style. Works well enough. On 11/16/2013 7:50 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > I have the H4 Euro style with 75bulbs,,Hella, I think. From Bus Depot > > They've been marvelous on my many night time back road journeys but > the "spread", the aim-change between low beam and high beam is > slightly too 'big"...Might be a function of their distance off the > surface of the road when installed in a Vanagon or something.... > > If you aim them so the high beams hit the highway, the low beam is > pretty close in...too far down...if you aim the low beam just right, > the high beams go out about 2 miles, but leave half a mile sort of > dark in front of the van. They're still a giant improvement over the > stockers but the aiming was a compromise...I understand the other > brands may have a different 'spread'...but I don't know this for sure. > I have mine aimed pretty well and I do like the cut-off left side > light pattern the Euro lights have. I did use some relays and I > grounded the lights out near the grill. > > I also have some KC Daylighters...Major off road lights that really > throw a lot of light for deserted highways or really late night deer > country. I added a switch under the rear defrost and wired it to > only work when my highbeams are on, so if I encounter an oncoming car, > unexpectedly, with my driving lights on I just hit the normal dimmer > and the extra lights as well as the high beams go off... > > And for real off road looking around, I have a roof mounted Unity > 100,000 cp manual spotlight, like on cop cars, but on the roof. Very > handy for finding side roads and campsites that aren't directly in the > headlights, also useful as an area light around primitive camp areas > or as a help light for working on another vehicle nearby...The > spotlight runs on my aux battery, but I sometimes add it to my late > night driving package if I am in very heavy deer country....I can > reach it comfortably while driving, up near the center rear view > mirror... > > Now a days all the off road crowd use LED lights...those are > amazingly small and compact, use little juice..probably pricey...dunno > I am happy with my set up so I haven't checked. >
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