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Subject:Re: square headlight upgrade kit
From:KBatzler
Date:Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:50:44 -0800

-----Original Message-----
From: Budd Premack <bpremack@WAVETECH.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: square headlight upgrade kit

>Okay, I admit it; I am confused.
>
>Does the e-code headlight fit in the 4" square high beam location?  Is it a
>high beam or a low beam?

I thought that the inside 4" square was a fog light.

>
>What exactly is available to replace the 5x7" low/highbeam original
>equipment headlight, and at what cost/

I'll contact my friend who works for VW/Audi in Germany and find out the
exact details, but I believe the outside unit covers the High/Low in H-4
e-code form.

>From my perspective, the high beams are adequate, but the low beams stink.
>I have added a pair of bumper top mounted Hella fog lights which I almost
>always use in conjunction with my original equipment low beams.  This
>combination results in reasonable lighting at a low cash outlay (as I
>obtained used Hellas from a List member), but there is always room for
>improvement.
>
>Budd Premack
>86 Syncro, 84 GL, 73 Super
>Minneapolis, MN (Land of Frozen Waters)
>

Karl Batzler