Hi Mike,

I've been pleased with my Hella XL auxillary low beam lights.  They are
street-legal low beam lights that you can keep on all the time.  This site
has a description of the lighting pattern :

http://www.macneilauto.com/Hella.htm

The improvements I saw were along the lines of what they say that they will
do in the above link.  The lowest price I've found on this set is at the
following link:

http://www.savannajones.com/hella1.htm

I've ordered two sets of XLs from these guys on two separate occassions.
Both times the lights arrived in under a week.  Prices on these lights vary
greatly ($119 to over $200) depending on where you get them.  Savanna Jones
was the cheapest place I found.

Hope this helps,

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Mike Finkbiner
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 9:42 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Lighting
>
>
> Volks -
>
> There has been a lot of discussion about the best way to deal with the
> inferior low beams on the Vanagon.
>
> My '87 Westy came with a set of non-working driving lights
> mounted above the
> bumper, and I figured the cheapest way to deal with it was to fix them.
>
> To make a long story short, after playing with the wiring and relay,  that
> part appears to be OK, but one of the lights is pretty trashed, and the
> other has a broken part, so it might be simplest thing is to leave the
> existing wiring and replace the lights themselves.  They are 55
> watt bulbs,
> so I think I should stay with that size.
>
> Does Bosch sell spare parts for driving lights?  Their site didn't list
> parts. One of the lights just needs the plastic piece at the bottom that
> holds the lens in replaced.
>
> Anybody out there have a suggestion for an inexpensive set of lights that
> gives good results?  I have been looking on the net, and it's hard to tell
> what's the best way to go.  I'm looking for lights that work particularly
> well to supplement the low beams?
>
> Thanks
>
> - Mike Finkbiner
> '87 Westy
>
>
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