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Subject:Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
From:James
Date:Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:25:34 -0500

We have H6054s in the rectangular grill in our '91, as installed by a previous owner.  He/she also put in the necessary buckets, I think out of a Ford pickup, but the fit is loose (the lights need re-aimed regularly, just from road vibration).  The H6054 light pattern is poor, and an upgrade is something I intend to do down the road, probably to Hellas or Cibies as sold by Daniel Stern.  Had not seen these LED light before - I wonder about their light pattern, especially on low beam?

The H6054s don't fit all that well in the rectangular grill - the PO shaved off some of the plastic around them, and still the grill doesn't sit quite flush - more plastic trimming/grinding is needed, and I think the grill pushing on the light frames is one of the reasons the lights go out of aim easily.

James
'91 Weekender

> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:37:43 -0800
> From: sailingfc@DSLEXTREME.COM
> Subject: Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Semi-hijacking this thread.
> 
> http://www.truck-lite.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=92027&langId=-1
> (same as)
> http://tinyurl.com/lnf79t4
> 
> Has anyone looked into fitting these into the square grill?  A bit pricey,
> but they probably would be the last headlights you would ever buy.
> 
> -Dick-
> 87 Syncro (Blaze)
> 
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:15 PM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > > I had the same situation w/ a broken round headlight grille & replaced
> > it w/ the
> > > Euro/SA style grille & lights.
> > > I think it looks great, BUT the grille is prone to be broken, which mine
> > has,
> > > Now I need a new SA grille only, but as far as I can tell, I need to buy
> > the whole kit
> > > again
> >
> >
> > We don't normally sell the grill separately, but if you originally bought
> > the kit from us and need a replacement grill (or other replacement parts),
> > shoot me an email and we'll see what we can arrange. (If you bought it
> > elsewhere, you may want to ask the seller if they will do the same.)
> >
> > Ron Salmon
> > The Bus Depot, Inc.
> > www.busdepot.com
> >

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