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Date:         Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:18:38 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
Comments: To: James Jean-Woo Kim <jkim.phd@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <7E2C822B-0CF7-4A4F-AF7B-AAB14E1548C2@gmail.com>
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You'll love it.

Jim

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Jean-Woo Kim <jkim.phd@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Jim for confirming my intention/expectation for a brighter > nighttime driving. I have tried all kinds of half-measures over the years. > I washed the inside of the housings, upgraded the wiring with relays, tried > higher wattage bulbs, replaced countless plastic adjusters, etc. The only > thing that marginally helped was installing extra driving lights on the > chrome bumper. They are not pretty. Now the plastic adjusters are getting > brittle and some are broken again. > > As of this morning, I have a line on a '85 or older grill and a separate > line on a set of brackets. (Thanks guys! You know who you are.) I intend to > install the 7 INCH H4 Hella round headlights in them. I'll report back > after my retro-conversion project. Oldies but goodies I say. > > James > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 28, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > I've owned old and new vanagons with round and square lights. The round > > lights with the bus depot or other similar upgrade is a world apart from > > any other vanagon lighting. The way that the light is bright like a > > "modern" car with an evenly filled field of light below a sharp cutoff, > > with that "up-angle" on the right to see roadside stuff better just can't > > be beat. > > > > You can make square headlights better by cleaning them thoroughly, not a > > simple thing to do sometimes. You can make any of them better, including > > the round ones, by giving them better wiring and grounds. > > > > Jim > > > > > >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:05 AM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> What I do have mounted on the front bumper is two fog lights and two > >> aircraft landing lights. They are angled slightly out to really light up > >> the side of the road. Really helps to avoid the dark hole problem - but > >> can't be used all the time - specially with oncoming traffic. > >> > >> > >> John > >> > >>> On 1/28/2014 12:45 AM, OlRivrRat wrote: > >>> > >>> its S'A'Grill HeadLights TrulySuck compared to > >>> mine ~ > >> >


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