At 05:35 AM 4/22/97 -0500, Tim Hannink wrote:
>The Canadian version of daytime driving lights for 88-91's uses a normally
closed relay to turn 
>off the low beam elements when you turn the brights on. It is wired with
one side of the relay 
>coil to ground and the other side to the high beam indicator lamp circuit.
The relay contacts  
>are connected to the low beam headlights on the fuse block terminal "M2"
and to the 12V supply 
>where it comes in to the headlight switch. 
>VW of Canada confirmed that the only purpose of the daytime driving light
relay is to keep from 
>having the low and high beams on at the same time.
>I have wired my 91 up (temporarily) this way and it does work as advertised.

I need further enlightenment  8^).  on US vehicles, do the low beams usually
stay on at night when the high beams are used?  My concern is that on my '87
Westi, the illumination provided by the headlights at night seems only
marginally adequate as it is.  I haven't really noticed how much better they
are w/ the brights on.  While I like the idea of daytime driving lights,
have somewhat more concern about sacrificing any of the illumination now
available.  

I vaguely remember reading, when i first joined this list and didn't yet
have a bus, some discussion suggesting that round headlights were brighter
than square ones, and that swapping might be a solution.  If i decide this
is a priority, will have to check the archives.

Thanks for any info,

Gail 

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Gail Fitzpatrick
'87 GL Westi, 117k   [Twiga]
Sacramento, CA         
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