Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:18:48 -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: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
In-Reply-To: <3E0D64CE-DE82-4B1D-91FB-81BB4F4CBACB@shaw.ca>
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I had a friend with a Saab that had auto-leveling headlights. That was my
only experience with them, when he had a problem, and if they are
representative of all others, I wouldn't want them. When they mess up they
screw up your road vision and are $$$ to fix. Now, mechanically adjustable
from the inside of the van, wow. That would be different, and, given the
proximity of the lights to the dashboard in the car and the amount of room
in there, seems easy enough to do.
Jim
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> They weren't auto adjusters, the headlights were adjusted manually via a
> dash mounted dial.
>
> The aiming adjustment was to compensate for differing loads in the van.
>
> Alistair
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> > On Nov 17, 2014, at 2:06 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Volkswagen had auto adjusters for the Vanagon in Europe. Looking
> in the ETKA, the VW parts program, you will see them on the models made for
> countries other than US and Canada. Parts could probably be found in
> Europe or through VW or through VW Classic Parts.
> >
> >
> >> On Nov 16, 2014, at 9:47 PM, Automatic digest processor <
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> Don=2C thanks for the warning about aiming Euro pattern lights. I can
> see =
> >> that the height from the road of the Vanagon headlights could pose an
> aimin=
> >> g problem=2C compared to the '83 VW Rabbit that was the last vehicle I
> 'upf=
> >> itted' with Euro H4 headlights.
> >>
> >> The Truck-Lite headlights mentioned by other posters might address this
> pro=
> >> blem=2C as most heavy trucks have their headlights high up from the
> road as=
> >> well.
> >>
> >> In Europe=2C some vehicles came with manual (or automatic) headlight
> level =
> >> adjusters - even cheap cars=2C like French Citroen 2CVs or Russian
> Ladas. =
> >> Sometimes I think that might be a nice feature on our vans.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Frank Condelli
> > Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> > '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel
> Trains (Collection for sale <http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm>)
> > Frank Condelli & Associates <http://www.frankcondelli.com/> -
> Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
> > BusFusion <http://www.busfusion.com/> a VW Camper camping event,
> Almonte, ON, June 04 ~07, 2015
>
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