Date:         Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:43:54 -0500
Reply-To:     Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon rear lights and the pathetic headlights
Comments: To: David M <covrambles@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <540245.70099.qm@web33602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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David, get the headlight relay kit from one of the vendors (Van-Cafe) and
some of the higher wattage bulbs. It makes a huge difference! Don't put the
bulbs in without doing the relay upgrade or you'll burn out your switch. I
drove in the dark for 14 years. Now I have seen the light, so to speak.

Get the bulbs off Amazon. You can find them real cheap there.

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:59 PM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have my rear light problems all fixed. I went with 23W bulbs for the stop
> and reversing lights and 10W bulbs for the tail lights. Cleaning the rear
> lenses also helped a little and I fashioned some reflective surfaces in
> there with reflective tape.
>
> I'd love to do something about the pathetic headlights. Now that I drive
> home in the dark I can barely tell my headlights are on, they shine no
> pattern on the road in front of me. I see more modern vehicles and it looks
> like a floodlight is illuminating the road in front of them. I then have to
> check my switch to see if I actually have mine turned on. It's very
> disconcerting. The only way I can tell for sure is when I come up behind
> another vehicle and check the reflection.
>
> -David (1987 Wolfsburg)
>



--
Peace out, sauerkraut.
Roger