>The best idea I've seen is the addition of auxiliary tail light units >high up in the rear window. I followed a westy for quite a while up >Hwy 1 near Big Sur with 'em last year, and they were VERY visible. >They looked like inexpensive round trailer lights, so they weren't >cosmetically all that hot, but I bet you could find something nice and >rectangular to fit, maybe even with turn signals. The only downside is >getting wire run to them, and the loss of a couple insignificant >inches of visibility. > >> The stock tail light bulbs are just poor and a little sad. Has anyone come >> up with something that works better with little downside? Because the lights fit into plain holes in almost-flat sheetmetal, you could adapt almost any 1970s Japanese lights eg an RT100-104 toyota Corona, Nissan Sunny etc, provided they will fit in the space under the tailgate. Or fit truck LED taillights, as I plan to. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR |
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