Call the dealer. They should be able to look up part #'s for that year and see if they had a single position and double position switch. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denis Palmans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 9:18 PM Subject: Re: Light Switch for 90-92 Jetta/GTI
> Sorry i didnt come across clearly, but my whole point to my original message > is that my canadian '90 GTI 8v has day time running lights (DRL's), but i > have the 2 position switch. The first position does nothing for me, and the > 2'nd makes the lights slightly brighter. Now maybe mine is just a fluke, or > the previous owner had to switch to the different light switch for some > reason when he imported the car to the states (although i dont see why), or > finaly the switch broke and my canadian switch was replaced by a US one. > > i guess i'm actaully more interested in knowing whats up with mine. Are you > sure all canadian cars have the on/off only switch? > > -Denis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > To: "BHonnold" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: Light Switch for 90-92 Jetta/GTI > > > > Most cars do, but A2's with Day time lights don't. > > > > Mark Reda. > > > > BHonnold wrote: > > > > > > "Most" cars with DRL's also have an off switch attached to the parking > > > brake....slight upward travel of the lever turns off the light. If you > > > could shorten the travel within that switch you would effectively turn > off > > > the DRLS and retain control over thh parking lights. > > > > > > BcH > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mark Reda > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:44 PM > > > > To: Denis Palmans > > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: Light Switch for 90-92 Jetta/GTI > > > > > > > > > > > > Denis, the head light switch on my 91 Jetta does very little, its > almost > > > > worth not having. > > > > My Jetta has Day-Time Running Lights, so the head lights and parking > > > > lights are constantly on. The switch only has one setting, and that > is > > > > on or off. > > > > When the light switch is in the off position the head lamps run at a > > > > lower wattage for the day time running lights. When I turn the lights > > > > on there is almost no difference in lighting. > > > > It is super easy to disable the day time lights, but then I cannot > > > > contol the parking lights seperately. > > > > > > > > Thats it. > > > > Mark Reda. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Denis Palmans wrote: > > > > > > > > > > What exactly is the differance between a US switch without DRL, and > a > > > > > canadian one with DRL's? > > > > > My '90 GTI 8v is canadian (but has a nice home in California) and it > has > > > > > DRL's and the 2 position switch. An almost identical '90 GTI 8v but > a > > > > > California car has the exact same switch without DRL's. > > > > > so are there actaull different switches? > > > > > > > > > > -Denis > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > > > > > To: "A2-16V" <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:31 AM > > > > > Subject: WTB: Light Switch for 90-92 Jetta/GTI > > > > > > > > > > > I'm looking for a light switch from an American or European > 1990-1992 > > > > > > Jetta/GTI without day-time running lights (that means the > > > > switch has to > > > > > > have 2 positions: one for parking lights the other for headlights > w/ > > > > > > parking lights). > > > > > > The switch has to be from a Central Electric car otherwise it will > not > > > > > > fir or work. Our cars came in Central Electric from 1990 to 1992. > > > > > > > > > > > > Please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Reda. > > > > > > _____________ > > > > > > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > > > > > > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > > > > [email protected] > > > > > with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > > > > > > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > > > > > > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > > > > > > > > > _____________ > > > > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > > > > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > > > > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of > > > > your message > > > > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > > > > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > > > > > _____________ > > > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > > > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] > with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > > > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > > > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > _____________ > > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] > with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
