Date:         Wed, 24 May 2000 11:03:33 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
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>NO. Save your money. There is no easy solution to better vanagon lighting.
>The bulbs are not the problem; the problem is that the reflectors suck.  The
>solution is to scrap your stock hi/low beams and convert to E-Code
>headlights.


I have heard that the problem with dim VW lights is that the charge rate is
at fault; the alternator just supposedly doesn't feed enough juice to heat
up the filaments. Certainly the stock H4 lights in my Caravelle are very
bright, and I'm really fussy about being able to see at night, not just
having headlights only good enough to let others see me!

Of course my bus doesn't have a VW alternator...