I just got a set of what I believe (was told) to be Pilot brand H4 bulbs
from my local Carquest auto parts store. They have the small park light
built in to them...Holler and I can get the real manuf. and number maybe..
Daryl of AA Transaxle
Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
1-877-377-0773 toll free
425-788-4070
aatransaxle.com
86 Syncro Westy WBXTurbo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: ecode h4 headlights

>>  > My husband would like to put the SA grill in our 87 Syncro.  Do all
>> the
>>>  H4 type lights come with city lights, or do we need to look for a
>>>  certain brand?  It appears from a quick glance at Volkscafe's site that
>>>  the grill comes with lights, but my memory could be faulty.
>>>
>>I'm not sure what the correct usage of "city lights" is, actually. The
>>SA grill comes with the two smaller inner H1 lights, which I've heard
>>variously called "driving lights", "city lights", and "running
>>lights". The outer 7" round lights (and their required mounting
>>buckets) usually have to be procured separately when you get the SA
>>grill (busdepot SA grill comes with two outer lights, but not their
>>buckets).
>
> Mine came with the inner (H1 high-beam; these are NOT driving lights)
> light, but I bought them straight from RSA.
>
>>Now, the thing I'M looking for is outer-type 7" lights that have a
>>small bulb inset in the top part of the reflector, separate from the
>>hi-lo bulb; they appear to be common in some european countries. This
>>small bulb comes on with the parking lights and shines almost straight
>>down and basically just makes the headlights light up about as bright
>>as the parking lights.
>
> These ARE parking lights, so for the US market just blank them over
> with heatproof rubber bungs. Your indicators already double as
> parking lights, I believe.
>
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
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> New Zealand
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