Don't get  me wrong - I love my SA E-code setup. Just don't like that
dark spot. But for most driving the E-Code are great. My setup is the
Hella Lens that came with the SA Grille, and the 7" are the Bosch lens I
got from Ron at BusDepot and they have been great.

John

On 1/28/2014 3:04 PM, Jay Brown wrote:
> I have never heard anyone say that a set of Vanagon rectangular lenses
> worked anywhere near as well as a set of 7" rounds unless they were joking
> or they had the European H4 rectangles.
>
> The high vs. low beams issue that John is experiencing has nothing at all to
> do with the SA Grill, since it typically doesn't come with any outer lights.
> It is most likely due to using e-Code lenses that have a much different
> vertical cutoff than standard US DOT lenses.  Substituting something like
> the Hella Vision Plus headlight, which looks like a Euro H4 lens, but has
> the cutoff of a US spec lens would probably help with this problem.  The
> Vision Plus lenses will provide significantly more upward lighting (enough
> of a difference that they are illegal in most of the world) and will fill in
> the dark space between low and high beam better than the e-Code beam shape.
>
> Jay Brown
> '85 Zetec Westfalia
> https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/
>
>
> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:02:12 -0600
>
> From: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
>
> Subject: Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
>
> I'm not wonderfully thrilled with my SA rounds either, the relationship
> between the hi beams and the low beams with that severe cutoff leaves a dark
> hole in the road when driving over hilly ground with the low beams on. It's
> just enough that a deer could dart out and I would never seehim until I was
> right on top of him. If I adjust that out - then the low beams are to high
> and bright for on coming drivers.
>
> I have the relays and higher wattage bulbs.
>
> John
>
> On 1/28/2014 12:45 AM, OlRivrRat wrote:
>
>   its S'A'Grill HeadLights TrulySuck compared to mine ~
>