Date:         Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:48:04 -0500
Reply-To:     vw4x4@FYI.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: LED tail lights etc
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
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The Vanagon does need a cyclops light (high mount stop light)
but what I what is two: one high up, on each side of the rear window,
like you see in state police cars.  Anyone have any ideas?
                                                   Eric

Alistair Bell wrote:

> my friend here in Victoria is putting a high mount stop light into his '82
> Westy. The crazy guy thought it would be "neat" to have it mounted on the
> rear face of the pop top.
>
> He bought an rectangular-oval 6 LED unit from a trucking supply place (on
> Keating X road for any interested locals). He cut a corresponding hole in
> the pop top but when he inserted the LED unit it, of course, faced back with
> a 15 degree or so upward tilt.
>
> That bugged him so he formed a mounting bracket the orients the LED
> horizontally.
>
> When I last saw it a couple of days ago, he was fairing and smoothing the
> bracket to use as a male plug for a mold so that he can make the final
> version out of fibreglass.
>
> The other "gotchya" he discovered was how to route the wires from that
> location to the taillight harness. We looked a a few options and decided on
> one approach, I don't know if he has done the drilling yet.
>
> I'll takes pics when its done.
>
> Alistair
>
> --
> '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94
> albell@uvic.ca
> http://members.shaw.ca/albell