Date:         Fri, 24 Apr 1998 08:48:03 -0400
Reply-To:     Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rectangular Headlights -- HiPo Possibility
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ed McLean <mcleans@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, April 23, 1998 9:57 PM
Subject: Rectangular Headlights -- US only???


>Maybe everyone else knows this but I'm going to ask it anyway.
>
>After reading the round quad SA Vanagon headlight thread I began to
>wonder if Vanagons supplied to all countries got rectangular headlights
>after 1986?   Did everyone with rectangular headlights get the same US
>DOT specification reflector with a 9004 bulb or did some countries get a
>better reflector with a H4 bulb?  The "world specification bulb" might
>be an alternative for better headlights for people in the US that don't
>want to do the upgrade to quad round lights.
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I was pursuing this question not too long ago and did get a hopeful
response.  I had found a firm in Canada called PG Performance that seems to
do alot with high performance lighting.  I e-mailed them asking if there was
an "e-code" H-4 direct replacement for the square hi-low beams on Vanagons.
I got a response saying yes there was, and that it would cost $350(!!)
Canadian.  The response was very brief with no detail so I e-mailed back
asking for specifics.  That was more than a month ago and I have not heard
back.

So, anyone interested in this possibility contact PG Performance at
info@pgperformance.com.  Maybe if alot of us do this we can get there
attention and get a meaningful response.

Gary