Bus Depot H4s - On Sale!

Bookwus · Post by **Bookwus** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:49 am

Hiya Bob,

Are you happy with the light output and the aim of the headlights? They do look a lot brighter in your pictures.

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:41 am

Bookwus wrote:Hiya Bob,

Are you happy with the light output and the aim of the headlights? They do look a lot brighter in your pictures.

X2. Ham, you left out the crucial detail!

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:10 pm

I haven't driven it at nite yet!

But the light is very nice, pure white. And it seems like it's a much more controlled beam.
A side note, have you ever tried to aim lites in the daytime? Yeah.

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:12 pm

Replacement bulbs can be found at your local FLAPS.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:06 am

Tired, so I drove the bus to work today.
Lights are very nice bright light, but alas they are aimed too low. Try again.

hiwaycallin · Post by **hiwaycallin** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:17 pm

hambone wrote:Tired, so I drove the bus to work today.
Lights are very nice bright light, but alas they are aimed too low. Try again.

What's the procedure for aiming these things anyway?

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:22 pm

Same as sealed beams, those 2 adjusting screws.

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:04 am

Here's how I aimed my Cibie's.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:36 am

Thanks for the instructions. I did it that way with the sealed beams, but they were too low and I wound up doing the trial and error method.
The H4s are still too low after driving it last night. It's better though. The light output is much brighter than sealed beams, and with greater coverage. It will be interesting to see once I get them adjusted correctly.
Of course one of the adjusting screws is kind of stripped out, I may have to replace that headlight bracket. Yep the rusty one...
http://www.oeveedub.com/mm5/merchant.mv ... 41-941-041

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:50 pm

Trying to adjust the headlights, but alas that adjuster is indeed stripped. Tried to superglue it but it just wouldn't work. Trying to be stupid and save a nickel on a worn out part but at least ya gotta try. Some quick rigs can last a long time...(others not somuch.} I can actually pull the headlight back and forth from the stripped screw, nice.
So it goes with antique aircraft. OE headlight retainers seem to be hard to find, only Taiwan aftermarket from CIP1.
Not sure but OEVeedub only had 2 on the shelf. Mexico OE Supplier says the website. Keeping the fingers crossed that I'm not getting the ol switcheroooooooooooo.
VW parts availability is highly variable. It's strange, all of sudden there will be a really good quality part out of nowhere. Others are just hard to get.

Bookwus · Post by **Bookwus** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:13 pm

Hiya Bob,

Two words.............Bill Trafton.

dtrumbo · Post by **dtrumbo** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:52 am

Two more words...

Ken Madson

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:10 am

Bill has saved me on numerous occasions. But this time I ordered a new one... We'll see.

Bookwus · Post by **Bookwus** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:16 am

Ahh.........the impetuousness of youth.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:22 am

I'm tired of messing with worn out crap. Those adjusters seem delicate and I didn't want to take a chance with a used part.

Talked with OEVW. The part is indeed as represented. Hella? I'm guessin'.

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