Date:         Fri, 7 May 1999 18:49:48 -0500
Reply-To:     ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Yi-Ruey Wei <ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM>
Subject:      Re: H-4 lights
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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> When I first bought my 86 Transporter I was astounded at how bright the
> headlights were.    But on the other hand at the time my other car was a
> Ford Sierra and the headlights on those are UNSPEAKABLE :)
>
>Justin

I guess people in US just don't have the luxury to enjoy a better lighting
like everybody else in the world.  Blame it on NHTSA, who refuses to
upgrade the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 (lamps and
reflective devices) to the better European ECE WP29 standard.  Our NHTSA
allowed high beam DRLs in the first place, refuses to acknowledge that US
low beam headlamps produce too much glare (over 5x the glare produced by
the ECE low beam), and not to mention who refuses to mandate separate amber
rear turn signals or side-visible turn signals of any kind which have
become an international safety standard.

As many list members mentioned before, you can always use 99% rubbing
alcohol or Windex to rinse your foggy low beam headlamps.  It will make
your low beam brighter!   Replacing higher wattage bulbs may have risk of
burning the wire or switch.

Yi-Ruey Wei
87 Vanagon GL Syncro w/78K miles
85 Jetta GLI w/169K miles
Dallas, Texas