Date:         Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:56:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2014111817483795@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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I think the problem with the vanagon is it sits high, higher than the
Rabbi, so the light pattern is smaller - for the same distance let's say 20
feet. So we need to aim higher in order to get a larger light pattern which
in turn make us see less because the light pattern is farther away...

just a thought... it could be wrong.. :-)

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:48 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 08:48 PM 11/16/2014, James wrote:
>
>> Don, 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 aiming problem, compared to the '83 VW Rabbit that was the
>> last vehicle I 'upfitted' with Euro H4 headlights.
>>
>
> If the divergence between the beams is more than it should be it
> would be a worse problem on vehicles with lower-mounted lights -- to
> carry it to the absurd, think how small the angle would have to be if
> the lights were three inches off the deck.  I've been reading about
> this for many years but nobody seems to have worked out the
> geometry.  Or else of course I have my head where the sun reacheth
> not, which has happened before.
>
> Yours,
> David
>