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Date:         Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:32:25 -0800 (PST)
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From:         mcleans@earthlink.net (Ed McLean)
Subject:      '86 Headlight replacment?

A short while back someone posted a report of the replacement of vanagon
headlights with a non-DOT approved bulb  (I think this was a Hella 550 but
I'm not sure).  I believe this was a '85 or earlier vanagon with round
headlights.


Has anyone replaced a '86 or newer vanagon's high/low headlights with a
better performing rectangular reflector/bulb combination?  My reflectors
are in bad shape because of moisture and some 80/100 watt bulbs that
exploded (But that's another story.).


I checked the voltage on the high beams of the outer lamps at the bulb.  It
was 9.8 volts...
And this is with the inner high beam lights running on a separate relay.  I
guess relays all around are a next project.


Thanks,


Ed McLean
'86 Westi
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