Date:         Wed, 4 Mar 2009 09:05:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: HID kit on eBay
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>
> The HID will be *very* fuzz and upset oncoming drivers.
I didn't think that folks with HID headlights cared about that. I mean,
those folk can't be so oblivious that they don't know how frickin'
annoying those lamps are.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR




On 3/4/2009 7:22 AM David Marshall wrote:
> Opps - you're right - it is 9004 not 9003 like I previously stated.
>
> However I still stand by my recommendation of not to use them in
> low beams - put a halogen and HID in a halogen shell side by side on a
> wall and you will see what I mean.  The HID will be *very* fuzz and
> upset oncoming drivers.
>
> David Marshall
> VW Adventure Driver
> and BMW Adventure Rider
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>
> On
> Wed, March 4, 2009 03:15, Hector Zapata wrote:
>
>> I beg
>>
> to differ. My Vanagon came originally with 9004, not 9003. And I
>
> have
>
>> HIDs and they are great, although I have H4s. Don't worry
>>
> if the vanagon
>
>> is
>> not listed, the kit should fit, the
>>
> connectors are what matter. And get
>
>> the
>> hi/lo kit,
>>
> it's worth the extra money, and if you have the square
>
> headlights, get the driving lights kit as well.
>
>>
> Héctor
>
>> 1990 Carat 'Ursula' w/HIDs
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:25 PM, David Marshall
>> <mailinglist@fastforward.ca>wrote:
>>
>>
> Perhaps sending the item number as opposed to the mega long link that
>
>>> doesn't work.
>>>
>>> There are basically
>>>
> two types of Vanagon lights
>
>>> from 86-92
>>>
>>> H4 for Europe
>>> 9003 for North America
>>>
>>> As for HID kits in these - DON'T DO IT - at least
>>>
> not on the low
>
>>> beam.  The "ball of light" made by
>>>
> a HID kit is larger than
>
>>> the ball of light made by a halogen
>>>
> so it will make a very bright, but
>
>>> not
>>> a
>>>
> crisply focused light as you are used to.  If you have a 9003 setup
>
>>> - it will make it just plain suck and everyone will bright
>>>
> you.
>
>>> HID kits on the high beams work pretty
>>>
> good!
>
>>> David
>>> Marshall
>>> VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
>>>
>>> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>>>
>>> On Tue,
>>>
> March 3, 2009 13:56, Kep
>
>>>  Koeppel wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anyone have any experience with this
>>>>
> kit?  Am I correct in assuming these
>
>>>> should also fit
>>>>
> '86-88
>
>>> vanagon or are the headlights different than
>>>
>>>> '89-'92?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Vanagon-89-92-Xenon-Lights-HID-Kit
>
>>>
> -B_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1240Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3
>
>>>
> a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a8Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem400
>
> 034060202QQitemZ400034060202QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
>
>
>