and just a follow up: here is a google search on ecode vs dot codes and
throughout the boards (vwvortex, audi, jeep etc) the opinions agree.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ecodes+vs+dot+codes&sxsrf=APwXEdecxgn5c5ICTeXtUnRE3I0WOzYM3A%3A1686016209656&source=hp&ei=0ZB-ZP6GJdSeptQP7dmWyAY&iflsig=AOEireoAAAAAZH6e4S8-dWNu3MVAotUxjINn6-ddDmhZ&oq=ecodes+vs+dot&gs_lcp=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&sclient=gws-wiz#ip=1

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 9:44 PM Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:

> yes, the procedure is the same. The rectangular bracket has 4 screws and
> you will find two connectors (for outer and inner lights) instead of one
> (for the old round headlight).
> The light output of the rectangular ones are terrible (David Beierl said
> these things should have never been in existence). Some people will say put
> relays in. Some other ones will tell you to put some higher wattage bulbs
> (with relays) in. But with higher wattage bulbs, you only get a brighter
> mass without more vision. The only change which will make a difference is
> to replace with ecode headlights (and then higher wattage bulbs and
> relies). Ron at Busdepot offers them
> https://www.busdepot.com/255941105kit (Ken at Vanagain also offers them
> (with LEDs? no ecodes?
> https://www.vanagain.com/product/vanagon-h4-square-headlight-kit-with-led-bulbs
> ).
>
> Good luck, Karl.
>
> On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 9:05 PM John Lauterbach <john@jhl.mgacoxmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This question relates to my '91 Vanagon.  I plan on replacing the
>> antenna.  I
>> remember from doing the same job on my long gone '84 Vanagon, I had to
>> remove the
>> left headlight.  I don't know if it is my aging eyes, but the headlights
>> on my '91
>> seem less bright than they should be.  I have never done any work on my
>> '91
>> (everything done by shops), so I have never taken off the front grill,
>> etc.  My copy
>> of Bentley, which supposedly covers everything from 1980-1991, doesn't
>> even show the
>> inner headlights.  So is changing out the headlights as easy as it was on
>> my '84, or
>> am I heading for trouble?
>>
>> BTW, if you live in the Deland, FL, area, I have had good results having
>> AC Autohaus
>> in Orange City work on my Vanagon.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> John
>>
>