Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:48:19 -0800
Reply-To: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
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Or, you can swap out your DOT squares with E-code squares. Make a world of
difference. Even better lighting than the round E-code lights.
Cheers,
Jeff
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jean-Woo Kim
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:18 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
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
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> 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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