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Date:   Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:03:05 -0600
Reply-To:   JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
Comments:   To: Jay Brown <badkarma@TTLC.NET>
In-Reply-To:   <EPEOLLNEGPLMEHMLDHBOKEAPCJAA.badkarma@ttlc.net>
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Don't get me wrong - I love my SA E-code setup. Just don't like that dark spot. But for most driving the E-Code are great. My setup is the Hella Lens that came with the SA Grille, and the 7" are the Bosch lens I got from Ron at BusDepot and they have been great.

John

On 1/28/2014 3:04 PM, Jay Brown wrote: > I have never heard anyone say that a set of Vanagon rectangular lenses > worked anywhere near as well as a set of 7" rounds unless they were joking > or they had the European H4 rectangles. > > The high vs. low beams issue that John is experiencing has nothing at all to > do with the SA Grill, since it typically doesn't come with any outer lights. > It is most likely due to using e-Code lenses that have a much different > vertical cutoff than standard US DOT lenses. Substituting something like > the Hella Vision Plus headlight, which looks like a Euro H4 lens, but has > the cutoff of a US spec lens would probably help with this problem. The > Vision Plus lenses will provide significantly more upward lighting (enough > of a difference that they are illegal in most of the world) and will fill in > the dark space between low and high beam better than the e-Code beam shape. > > Jay Brown > '85 Zetec Westfalia > https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/ > > > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:02:12 -0600 > > From: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> > > Subject: Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older > > I'm not wonderfully thrilled with my SA rounds either, the relationship > between the hi beams and the low beams with that severe cutoff leaves a dark > hole in the road when driving over hilly ground with the low beams on. It's > just enough that a deer could dart out and I would never seehim until I was > right on top of him. If I adjust that out - then the low beams are to high > and bright for on coming drivers. > > I have the relays and higher wattage bulbs. > > John > > On 1/28/2014 12:45 AM, OlRivrRat wrote: > > its S'A'Grill HeadLights TrulySuck compared to mine ~ >


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