Date:         Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:46:02 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Time to replace headlight
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Yeah, right after I sent that I thought to myself I shouldn't have commented because I don't kow anything (other than what I've read here) about the later model Vanagons and their rectangular headlights. But I do know enough about Vangons to know that if there was an off the wall, non-standard and more expensive way of doing something, Volkswagen most likely did it that way on the Vanagon! And to Scott, I have found a 2.1 that was pulled to do a Suby conversion, I should be picking it up this weekend.    Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> 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