Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 23:33:53 -0500
Reply-To: John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From: John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: headlight question
In-Reply-To: <47A7DE99.9000109@charter.net>
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John,
I plan to put some more effort into it again once winter is over and I
can swap out a cibie with a stock lamp. I'll keep everyone posted as
to progress.
I think another alternative may be a group buy of the eurospec Vanagon
lamp as it's contoured to fit our vans and would be the easiest
install.
John Meeks
'91 Multivan, '85 GL bits
Northern Michigan
KC8ZFN
Vanagon Rescue Squad
http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm
On Feb 4, 2008 10:57 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> 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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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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