Date:         Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:33:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: headlight question
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This comes up frequently. Anyone want to write the definite response about
them rectangular headlights and give me permission to post it on the wiki?

Note: Tom Buese and I are conferring (as in, sharing a pitcher of beer)
right now about which BZ Shelf Wiki entry is the wiener.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



On 2/4/2008 4:00 PM Gregory Smith wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> Has anyone replaced their late Vanagon headlights with regular
> rectangular E-Code headlights and lived to tell about it?
>
> I'm planning on this conversion on my '88, and don't want to reinvent
> the wheel unless I really need to.
>
> The main area of difficulty that I can see are mounting the darn things
> as the Vanagon uses unique hardware etc., and of course I plan to
> install relays into the circuit as I always do.
>
> The main reason I want to do this is the standard rectangular lenses
> are far cheaper than the standard Vanagon lights, let alone the E code
> ones.  I miss the Hellas that I had on my '84.
>
> Thanks,
> Gregory Smith
> Olympia, WA USA
> '88 VW Vangon
> '87 Bertone X1/9 Corsa