Yes, and......you'd want a good dash warning light or something if you do that. It's easy to forget and leave them on, and that could sure attract cops. It's a ticketable offense, - a white light showing to the rear while driving forward. Might be useful for flashing at people with their high beams on behind you too ( one Reason to have a switch ) but that's technically illegal, so be careful doing that. -----Original Message----- From: Ron LK Johnson [mailto:adhocMedia@COMCAST.NET] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:09 PM To: Scott Daniel - Shazam Subject: Re: Back-up lights Scott - Yes. Definitely I want to run a relay for the power. This might also be handy for wiring in a switch to run the lights without having to put the shifter into reverse.
Sincerely, Ron Johnson On Sep 20, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > Just operate big BU lights via relay instead for putting the load > through > the back up switch on the trans is the main thing I have to say. I > 'suppose' I could offer for sale some big round aftermarket back up > lights I > have on a vanagon rear bumper here. They're about 4 inches in dia, > white, > with a lens that makes a wide even pattern I believe. > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > Behalf Of > Ron Johnson > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:13 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Back-up lights > > In addition to terrifically under-powered headlights on a Vanagon, the > back-up lights are also below expectation. > > For headlights, GoWesty seems to have a good upgrade kit - any yeas > or nays? > > For back-up light improvement, I haven't seen any Vanagon specific > kits. I > have seen a KC Lites kit at JC Whitney (2x 55W!). Any other votes > in this > category? > > > Thanks, > Ron Johnson > Portland, OR > '91 Weekender, "Betsy" > |
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