Date:         Sun, 24 Nov 2002 15:51:05 +1300
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:      Colored lights (was: Re: any interest in clear/smoked/all red
              vanagon taillights?)
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>I can help here.  The text describes the lens/bulb options.  It's  a
>white (weiss) lens with a yellow (gelb) bulb (birne).  The rear lens
>(ruckleucht) is black (schwarz).
>
>The thing that strikes me about this site is they're quoting prices in
>Deutschmarks (Dm), not Euros, which has been the legal currency in
>Germany for close to a year now.  I think this is an old, stale, unused,
>page left hanging out there in cyberspace limbo.  The company and
>product may or may not still exist.

Hansen most certainly does. Euro is not THE currency... it is an
ALTERNATIVE currency. The German dealers I have dealt with prefer Dm.
The Eurodollar is about the same as the Greenback value; the Dm is
half of that ie almost exactly the same value as a Kiwibuck, which is
very convenient for me.

>You can tint clear-coat by mixing in any color you want.  It cuts light
>transmission down, making the taillights darker, increasing your chances
>of being rear-ended, so you should up the wattage on the taillights,
>which may cause heat/melting problems, which.....Are you really sure you
>want darkened lenses?

Why not color-match to your vehicle? Hella makes lenses for Golfs etc
which match factory paints. Would blue taillights on a blue Caravelle
look good? Probably not... I like to SEE the lights, not have
blank-looking rear ends on a vehicle. But gray lenses would look
good... BUT in daylight inevitably the indicator & brakelights would
be virtually invisible unless you put QH bulbs in... and then the
lenses would melt at the first traffic light! Hmmm... could put
computer fans into the lights to cool them... fans activated by the
indicator & brakelight circuits, as the fans are normally 12V.
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut