<VV> Needed an interpreter, now need experience

[Bill Elliott]

VW/Audi headlamp switch wiring is absolutely horrible... try to run 
anything more than stock voltage though one and it fries. The voltage 
drop on my quattro was 2 full volts! On my Westie the lights were so dim 
I didn't even bother measuring the voltage... and went straight from the 
original sealed beams to E-code H4's with relays... lighting was 
improved so much I think I wasted my time on the big Bosch driving 
lamps... I really no longer need them!

I don't see the voltage drop on a Corvair being anything close to a 
VW/Audi, but relays are never a bad idea...

The big 7" H4's are common and cheap... the 5's are more difficult. If 
searching Ebay check "BMW" since most used the same 4 headlamp system as 
a Corvair. I've been waiting to see a Corvair sporting a BMW "angel 
eyes" system... the city light is built into the headlamp rim.

On my wife's Corvair, I only went to sealed beam halogens and that was a 
sufficient upgrade. On mine, I used halogen low beams and lucked on a 
set of Carrello H-1's for high... really lights up the night on bright...

Bill

Chris Mills wrote:

> A nice (cheap) upgrade in the VW world is to add relays to your 
> headlights  so the headlight switch is carrying only the current 
> required to close  relays which actually switch the power on and off 
> at the headlight. The  gain is a voltage increase at the bulbs and 
> longer headlight switch life.  I did this upgrade on my VW Westfalia 
> and would say it is worth the  trouble though I cannot give any 
> numbers to back it up. Relays came from  Parts Express cheap. Carry a 
> couple spares b/c they are cheap. Radio Shack  has them too but a 
> Radio Shack prices.
>
> The Daniel Stern website has the schematics and if you like to buy 
> kits,  they sell the kits.
>
> I'm running H4 headlights in my VW and like them much better than the 
> old  sealed beams. Can't tell you where I got them from many years 
> ago. I  retained the city light function (wired to the parking lights) 
> just for  the fun of it.
>
> Chris in Cookeville
> '78 VW Westy with a Corvair implant
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