Anyone running square H4's ?

[outwesty]

I recently picked up a syncro that has Hella square H4's in it. I looked for a set of these years ago and could not find any under $500-$600 a pair. I see that van cafe now has a $425 kit. http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_923_1053/h4_rectangular_head_light_kit.html

Whoever wired them didn't know what they were doing. The low-beams are wired to the original switch with relays but they are not throwing and the high beams are wired to the defrost switch w/o a relay? (still have not seen the H4's work) The brights function on the stalk does nothing. I am going to pull everything and relay them straight to the battery.

The city light function is pretty dope. These are mandatory in some european countries as a sort of a daytime running light from what I understand. The separate city light bulbs in the housing are amber so the headlights have a slight orange glow when the parking lights are on.

Anyone running these ? what do you think ? The stock squares kind of suck even when relayed with 80/100 bulbs. I was going to do a dual round kit for better lighting but I think the squares look much better on a Vanagon. just curious how many people are running these euro H4's and what you thought....

[Team WorldTour]

I'm running round Euro H4's. I love them! My city lights are blue. They look wicked! I have bulbs for summer and winter (different color/ hue). Just pop out the housing and swap the bulb! Plus, if I have issues with the bulbs, pop into a FLAPS and get a new set- always in stock!
There was a set of BMW style 'Angel-Eye' lights I saw once, I've been looking for them ever since.
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[madspaniard]

Square H4s here, with 100/80w bulbs and relays. Love it, the best mod I have ever done to my van, a total pleasure to drive by night, do it!
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[GMByers]

I ran square H4s on my 91 when we lived in Germany. I even ran a wire to make the parking lights (city lights) work, so both the regular US parking lights and European city lights worked. I eventually switched back to the DOT units. Right now the H4s are somewhere in one of the totes in my garage.

My 80 and 83 both have round H4 lights.
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[purplepeopleeater]

I got them on the sycro, I would assume they are wired wrong judging by the couple of messes ive dealt with.

But they are great, I might put them in the west since I drive it more and I like lots of light when drivin.

[DubNuts]

I have installed several of the H4 100/80 upgrade Kits, in a few Vans. Love them they really light up your life, and make a huge lighting diference. And for like $75.00 bucks you can't go wrong. Not sure if I'm missing something but the Van-Cafe Kit looks to be the same other then you getting a new pair of Retangular Lights. Guess if you don't already have a decent set of lights it would make sense, maybe I'm missing someting. After-all your have to do an install either way..

[RGS Paul]

[a914622]

Iv changed out my square Hella H-4 for the square Cibies H-4s. Big improvment in the light output. The fluting on the lenses makes a big differens. I was going to post a compare pic but the camara doesnt get it. Its probably operator error.

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[outwesty]

[Alaric.H]

I have them in the syncro.

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[Jake de Villiers]

I have the rectangular European H4 setup in my '86 running a Volks Cafe relay kit with 80/100 low bulbs and 100w highs and it is the way to go! There is a LOT more light than my '84 with the single round H4s, especially on high, and the city lights are adorable.
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[ZsZ]

As I live in Europe, I using the H4 headlights, now the square version
all the auropean standard H4 licensed lights have a 4 or 5W parking light a 40W low beam and a 60W high beam
Now I am using a type of Philips bulbs with increased lightning power on 40/60W
My opinion is the square ones with the aux H7 high beam are better but more difficult/expensive to find replace. There is no new ones except the round type.
For me the SA light setup with the round aux high beam is the nicest setup

[AtlasShrugged]

Got H4s and I like them..wired in a relay set..still have the standard H4 wattage bulbs in there. Will up it to 80/100w.

The "city lamps" are wired in and come on with the park lamps. Nice DRLs. Like the amber or blue bulb idea too.

Bus came with electronic headlamp adjusters too..nice.

[IdahoDoug]

Would anybody in Europe in a left hand driver's seat country be willing to identify auto recycling yards/ places with used Vanagon euro lamps for me on a PM? I have a lot of folks overseas but no automotive types and I would not trust them to get the right set of lights to send or the parts that hold them in place.

But if they had a phone number and city they could get them for me and send them in time for Christmas!!

I'd be interested in sending you a finder's fee if that works for you. Thanks!

DougM
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[syncrodoka]

The square H4 assemblies aren't super common in the EU, they got round assemblies throughout the run.

[Corwyn]

I'm running Hella E-code rectangles with 100/130w offroad bulbs, next to Scirocco II high beams (same lens) with 100w yellow bulbs. These things are light cannons! I took great care to aim them relatively low, so I don't burn the retinas out of the local cop!
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[a914622]

[ALIKA T3]

I'll have a set of Rectangular European lights for sale soon,I'm waiting for my double round headlight grill to show up.
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