Sam, With all respect, it may be a useful alternative, but Ford F150 headlights do not have a very good light pattern and they are especially obnoxious to oncoming drivers on 2 lane roads due to the combination of scattered light and high placement. I understand the need for alternatives, but consider Ciebie 7'' round e-code headlights as the better, if not cheaper, solution which fits perfectly in existing pre-86 Vanagons. Hella e-codes are also good, but some have found their low beams to dip too low if the high beams are pointed correctly.
On 4/25/09, sam mccarthy <sfcompost@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Subject: Re: Bummer! NLA!
>
> Really, no need to panic.
> There is a very easy and cheap alternative to the adjuster and and expensive
> and rather pathetic square stock headlight. This has been posted before but
> I think there may have been confusion as to what the alternative light/lens
> and bucket were. This post on the Samba details it all and I have done it
> myself easily and quickly.
> To Clarify - the common, and I mean common, to many cars and trucks in the
> 80's large rectangular headlight, think 86 ford F150, headlight and bucket
> and adjusters can be easily made to work on the Vanagon. The guy on the
> Samba used a Saab bucket and adjusters but they are still the standard
> common size large rectangular light! No expensive weird size, specific to
> Saab only thing at all. These lights are almost as common as the 7" round
> ones. That means cheap at the FLAPS, and lots of upgrade choices.
> I may have to start a service trading your stock square Vanagon Headlights
> sent to me for a returned set of these and a small fee.
> Take another look.
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=274814&highlight=saab+buckets
>
> Sam in Santa Fe
>
>>It has just occurred to me that this may be a very low level nudge to
>>get old machines off the road in favor of Green Technology. It is a
>>growing force in all industrial countries.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> John Rodgers wrote:
>> Heads Up!!
>>
>> I have just been informed by one of the major list vendors that the
>> headlight adjusters - in this case I asked for adjusters for the left
>> outboard light on my 88 GL - are NLA!!!! Can't get them. This is going
>> to be a really big PITA for everybody sooner or later. SA grilles for
>> everyone isn't exactly a workable idea either.
>>
>> While scavenging and hoarding may work for a while, sooner or later we
>> are going to need to be able to purchase adjuster replacements. So,
>> lets everyone do some head-scratching and come up with a solution to
>> this.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 GL Driver with a loose left outboard headlight!
>>
>
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