I had an '88 GL on which installed a SA Grille and upgraded lights and
relays. For the lights, per the instructions that came with them, I cut the
ground wires and grounded to the frame a short distance from the lights.

Worked great.

John
On Jul 16, 2015 5:30 PM, "Dennis Jowell" <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote:

> The original headlight grounds wires do go to the front towards the main
> panel. I just can't locate the correct ones. To simplify the install I will
> cut the ground wires at the headlight assembly and ground them there on
> bare metal. Then I can go forward with the installation of the upgrade.
> I just needed some time to think on it. Dennis, Your suggestion set me
> thinking. Thank you again for that.
> Laters,
>
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
> Newbury, Vermont
>
>
> > On Jul 16, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > All these instructions assume the van's wiring is original. If someone
> > changed the headlight grounding in anyway all bets are off. It is very
> > common for the headlights to be re-grounded near the lights which is a
> great
> > idea. Reduce the length of the wire run and the resulting voltage drop.
> >
> > Denis
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Dennis Jowell
> > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 6:16 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL
> >
> > Jim
> > The basic problem on the headlight install is step one of the
> instructions.
> > " unplug the double ground wire from ground star and cut them into 2
> singles
> > wires. Check to make sure you have the correct ground connection by
> noticing
> > with the ground wire unplugged that the existing Headlights go out"
> sounds
> > good- I disconnected all the ground wire one at a time from both stars
> and
> > the headlights don't go out. I will try again this afternoon.
> >
> > Dennis Jowell
> > Scotch Hollow Farm
> > Newbury, Vermont
>