Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 05:28:04 -0800
Reply-To: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
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Ken and Listees: the solution is a $95 pr. of hella XL low beam driving
lights mounted on the front bumper. Susquehanna Motor Sports and others
sell them and it's the best modification I've made to my vanagon besides th
roof rack for my boats and the CD Changer!
Dimwitted moose and Flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: KENWILFY@aol.com <KENWILFY@aol.com>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, January 21, 2000 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
>The thing is that there is just no easy solution to the poor low beam
problem
>with the Vanagon. If there were, don't you think someone out of the 800+
>listmembers would have figured it out and told the rest of us? :)
>
>Why? Because it is a design problem.
>The square headlights have a poor DOT design that doesn't allow what light
is
>there to go where it is needed. The wiring is poor so if you simply put in
a
>higher wattage bulb you would probably start a fire. The headlight switch
>can't handle the current of a nicer bulb without shortening it's life
>drastically. So what choices do you have:
>
>1. If you like the square look then go with a set of David Marshall's
Hella
>H4 lights with relays(I can't find a source for these or I would carry them
>myself). Price ???
>
>2. If you like the round look go for the Quad round grille with H4 round
>lights and H3 inner lights with relays. $295 from me.
>
>3. If you are really lazy go with the Projektwzo lower foglight grille kit
>which gives you more light, no drilling, wiring, etc, looks cool and costs
>$325 a set (I sell these too).
>
>4. If you are low on money, call up JC Whipme and buy their cheesiest,
>cheapest foglights, drill holes in your van (right through the fiberglass
>bumper or better yet mount them directly on the roof) wire them up and get
>ready for the Dukes of Hazard reunion. (Yee Haw!)
>
>5. If you have no money, borrow a set of aircraft landing lights from your
>local airport (plane of your choice), and burn out other driver's retinas
>with 121 Gigawatts of pure night dispelling light (before your battery
>explodes and your alternator goes up in flames) :)
>
>Have a great, and bright Friday night :)
>
>Thanks,
>Ken Wilford
>http://www.vanagain.com
>John 3:16
>Office (856)-765-1583
>Shop (856)-327-0027
>Fax (856)-327-2242
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