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Date:   Mon, 4 Feb 2008 21:57:13 -0600
Reply-To:   John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:   Re: headlight question
Comments:   To: John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:   <d81c42190802041806r2739c65dt79c1a9b71cf2d3f8@mail.gmail.com>
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If anyone knows how to fabricate a decent bracket, I know someone who is equipped to produce them en- masse. I can ask, ( my former employer - with whom I parted on good terms.) but would prefer to do it with bracket in hand.

John Rodgers 88 GL Driver

John Meeks wrote: > On Feb 4, 2008 7:00 PM, Gregory Smith <gfs@scattercreek.com> wrote: > >> Hi Gang, >> >> Has anyone replaced their late Vanagon headlights with regular >> rectangular E-Code headlights and lived to tell about it? >> >> > <snip> > >> The main area of difficulty that I can see are mounting the darn things >> as the Vanagon uses unique hardware etc., >> > > Gregory, > > Randy Bergum has adapted the Hella H4s to the Vanagon mounting system. > You can see them at: http://home.earthlink.net/~organslave/id18.html > > I have Cibie H4 mounted on my 91 and all I can say is night to day! > > I planned to fab a bracket to mount the Cibies to the Vanagon > adjusters, but couldn't get a solid mount point on the Cibies. I > ultimately hacked my old Vanagon lamps so all I had left was the > bracket. to which I wired and glued the Cibies. > > The mount is solid but my van looks kind o bug-eyed. I had to file the > grille a bit to fit. I was going to write it up for the archives but > it is sort of a kludge. If you want pix let me know. > . > -- > John Meeks > '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits > Northern Michigan > KC8ZFN > Vanagon Rescue Squad > http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm > > >


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