>Adding extra candlepower to a poor reflector design is like giving a drunk
>several cups of coffee.  He's still drunk but now he's wired in addition.

Great Line! That's a quote to keep!

>IMNSHO the current lens/reflector is inadequate from a beam pattern
>perspective
>and therefore mine will be for sale as soon as I have a suitable replacement.
>
>Musts are H4 lamp.  Excellent beam pattern with sharp cutoff.  If the E1 spec
>rectangulars available at exhorbitant prices provide the right combo I
>might go
>with those.  But if the lens/reflector design is the same as the
>inadequate one
>that comes stock on US Vanagons this is not an acceptable solution.
>
>If the Hella 200mm rectangulars can be mounted conveniently in the square
>grille
>using of course a modified or new mounting shell this might do.

Has anyone done this?  I was contemplating it myself. Nothing a MIG welder
won't fix :-) But I haven't acually measured to see if they will fit, I
guess they must since the rounds used to fit.

>As I see it the jury is still out on the matter so I'll most likely wait for
>some sort of research results.
>
>The vanagon does have the problem of abnormally high light position which
>makes
>dealing with a fixed aiming relationship for most H4 sharp cutoff lights
>not an
>acceptable solution.  If any reader has a pair of VG to EX Marchal Ampilux for
>sale at under $200US/pr I'll buy.  These units have functionality that solves
>this problem.

What functionality is that?
Would you put round lights in your syncro? or is the  "VG to EX Marchal
Ampilux" a rectangular light?

I could have converted to the rounds from the front half of the stretch,
but I stayed with the 86 lights because I like how they look (from the
outside, not from the driver seat on low beam :-/.

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