Date:         Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:13:57 -0600
Reply-To:     James Cohen <jscohen@SPRYNET.COM>
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From:         James Cohen <jscohen@SPRYNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rectangular Headlights -- HiPo Possibility
Comments: To: Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
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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.

Yes you can get H4 retangular lights but it is a VW part only.  And only
available in Europe as far as I know.  In '95 I went to a VW Dealership in
Germany and got a price of US$130 per side.  NOt including bulbs and wire
connector.

The only NA mail order source I found was Ron's Parts in Vancouver, and his
prices were just as bad if not worse.  BTW, he has since sold his buisness
and started another one, although the old one still retains his name.

However, there MAY be other discount sources in Europe, and the US dollar
is kicking such ass now, that the price even at the dealer may be down to
$100 per side. Not cheap, but not bad either considering how terrible the
SAE rectangulars are.  Somewhere, possibly in the archives (or in Derek's
personal archives) is a list of German dealers which will mail order.

One last note, I'm not sure that these H-4 are hi-lo. I believe that they
are Lo only.  Aren't the NA lights LO only?

Good luck.

James

James Cohen

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