Date:         Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:10:10 -0500
Reply-To:     "James S. Cohen" <jscohen@SPRYNET.COM>
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From:         "James S. Cohen" <jscohen@SPRYNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
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>  > They DO keep the keep the stock look. BUT, the Euro H-4s are being
>>  sold by Fastforward for US$330 JUST FOR THE PAIR OF LIGHTS! And then
>>  what happens if one gets busted??? OUCH.
>
>Same thing that happens if the stock headlights get busted!

Very true. But the stock lights aren't $330 a pair. Now add the lexan
covers and you're up to $370. Yikes!


>But I've been driving for about 36 years now and haven't busted a headlight
>yet :)
>But for $40 you can buy the lexan protectors...


Okay, I've been driving for less than 36 years :P

I haven't had a Vanagon light get broken personally, but I know
people who have. I have had a golf light broken.  I guess it depends
on where you live, and what the DOT uses when it snows. In CO where
it's illegal to use salt, they use a lot of sand and gravel.

Round lights are cheaper than the lexan covers!

>
>>  You can buy an SA Grille, AND round headlights for that amount or
>>  less. Plus, the round lights have a MUCH better light pattern, even
>>  better than the H4s.
>
>Haven't used the round ones but I can tell you that the stock rectangular
>ones were the worst headlights I've had in over 30 years...

I agree, THE VERY WORST!


>and after I put
>in the Hella E-Code H4s that David Marshall sells I now have the best
>headlights I've had in 30 years... good enough for me...


I agree that it's a HUGE improvement.


>  and I much prefer
>the rectangular headlights... why would I want to regress to the round look
>of older vans???

Ahh, this is taste. The SA Quad grilles actually are newer,
therefore, technically, the rectangular lights are regressive! Again
I say :P

I like the stylishness of the SA Quads. They really look different
from the run-of-the-mill rectangulars.  But, that's me.

James