Hi Mike, I've been pleased with my Hella XL auxillary low beam lights. They are street-legal low beam lights that you can keep on all the time. This site has a description of the lighting pattern : http://www.macneilauto.com/Hella.htm The improvements I saw were along the lines of what they say that they will do in the above link. The lowest price I've found on this set is at the following link: http://www.savannajones.com/hella1.htm I've ordered two sets of XLs from these guys on two separate occassions. Both times the lights arrived in under a week. Prices on these lights vary greatly ($119 to over $200) depending on where you get them. Savanna Jones was the cheapest place I found. Hope this helps, Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Mike Finkbiner > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 9:42 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Lighting > > > Volks - > > There has been a lot of discussion about the best way to deal with the > inferior low beams on the Vanagon. > > My '87 Westy came with a set of non-working driving lights > mounted above the > bumper, and I figured the cheapest way to deal with it was to fix them. > > To make a long story short, after playing with the wiring and relay, that > part appears to be OK, but one of the lights is pretty trashed, and the > other has a broken part, so it might be simplest thing is to leave the > existing wiring and replace the lights themselves. They are 55 > watt bulbs, > so I think I should stay with that size. > > Does Bosch sell spare parts for driving lights? Their site didn't list > parts. One of the lights just needs the plastic piece at the bottom that > holds the lens in replaced. > > Anybody out there have a suggestion for an inexpensive set of lights that > gives good results? I have been looking on the net, and it's hard to tell > what's the best way to go. I'm looking for lights that work particularly > well to supplement the low beams? > > Thanks > > - Mike Finkbiner > '87 Westy > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > |
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