Date:         Mon, 3 Dec 2012 10:45:00 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Time to replace headlight
Comments: To: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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At 10:10 PM 12/2/2012, J Stewart wrote:
>I haven't been reading all these posts, but since I now own my first
>rectangular headlight Vanagon this may be something of interest to
>me. Sealed beam rectangular headlights? Yes, I know for a fact they
>exist, as I have owned several early and mid 90's Chevy vans which
>used rectangular sealed beam headlights, as well as one 1993 Jeep
>Wrangler with rectangular headlights (remember those? Jeep purists
>went NUTS and they went back to

You're behind the times, Jeff.  Around [I forget] someone came up
with a computer program that could design arbitrarily shaped
reflectors, and car makers instantly started making headlights
customized to a particular vehicle.  And naturally those headlights
cost a fortune, since they're dealer spare parts and not consumables.

The Vanagon headlight looks like an ordinary rectangular - from a
distance, where you can't read the $200 on it.  Go take a close look.

Yours,
d