Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 12:41:35 +0000
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Headlight upgrades
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I agree that's how they should be normally used, but I didn't wire mine
that way so that I could use my fog lights as filler light in bad road
situations with high beams going as well. In fact I would guess that I have
used high beams/fogs in the woods way more often than I have used just the
fogs and lows in the fog. But to your point, yes, the reflection from high
beams in the fog gets in the way of being able to see as all you can see is
the fog.
Jim
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 8:57 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Sorry, that was supposed to "fog" lights.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Dennis Haynes
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 9:56 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Headlight upgrades
>
> Fag lights are usually wired so they only work with the low beams. Using
> both defeats the purpose of the high beams a bit. As your eyes adjust to
> the closer light the further light is not as useful. It's like when the
> dash lights are super bright and your eyes adjust to that. Driving at low
> speeds do you really benefit from seeing that far down the road anyway.
> Especially if there is traffic in front of you.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Mark McCulley
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 1:21 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Headlight upgrades
>
> Clear fog lights are a good supplement to both low and high beams. Where I
> live there are no street lights or ambient city light so I use my brights
> whenever possible and usually have the fogs (Hella 500s) on too. We're
> talking 2 lane roads, 35-50mph speed limit and frequent deer, bicyclists,
> and pedestrians when I'm driving to/from work. Bicyclists and pedestrians
> usually have strobe lights but the deer never do.
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 5:03 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Mark~Jim~Dan
> >
> > Are YouGuys talkin Hi's or Lows or ~~
> >
> >
> > On 21 Jan , 2016, at 5:40 PM, Dan N wrote:
> >
> > > I agree with this.
> > >
> > > per my observation.. the pattern of my '85 (round) is good on the
> > > road
> > but
> > > not so much on shoulders... on my '88 (square) not so much on the
> > > road
> > but
> > > good on shoulders... I tried to adjust as much as I can but never
> > > get
> > both..
> >
>
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