Date:         Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:12:29 +0000
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From:         Marius Strom <marstrom@MICROSOFT.COM>
Subject:      Re: LED lighting
Comments: To: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
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A friend of mine here in the PNW did the LED lightbar on the back of his Syncro.  It's super nice - doubles as blinkers, reverse lights, and everything.  A picture of it can be seen towards the bottom of this page:

http://www.perrywales.com/Perry_Wales/Syncro.html#30

(it's mounted on the bottom lip of his hatch)

I think the product he used is: http://www.plasmaglow.com/fire-ice-led-tailgate-bar/


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Robert Stewart
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 12:59 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: LED lighting

Daryl,

Don't hold out on me! What's the setup?
Have some photos or documentation of parts dealers and the wiring diagram you used?
I.e. what wires you tapped into at the tail light assemblies?

IMHO I think it is best to either flush mount to the rear hatch interior window with an silicone or expoxy and use a sheet of arcrylic plexiglass that has been frosted on one and polished shiny on the other,  this way it will pickup the light of the LED and radiate across a larger space. Either that or mounted on the Hatch.

I would like to see anything you have if you don't mind.

Thanks,
Rob


On Feb 18, 2011, at 5:09 PM, Daryl Christensen wrote:

> Coincidently. I just put a pair of LED Stop/Tail/T-sig lights on mine.
> For now, I Just set them on the rear camper shelf to see how the 
> reflections did at night. Not horribly distracting, but needs the 
> lights either closer to the glass of to kill the reflectivity on the 
> rear lid just below the glass. The very top reflections didn't bother me much.
> A temporary setup till I figure out a better way, but they sure be bright...
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> 425-788-4070
> "On the cutting edge of Old technology"
> 86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On 
> Behalf Of Sheilah Rogers
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:38 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: LED lighting
>
> that's a great idea!
>
> if i had my druthers i'd maybe do a perimeter around the whole van - 
> light up like a christmas tree.
> whose gonna hit that?
>
> s.
>
> (homage to the truckers...)
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Robert Stewart wrote:
>
>> Has Anyone Created a secondary LED Turn Signal and Break Light Signal 
>> that
> mounts to rear hatch?
>> I am thinking of mounting just below the window where the indent is body.
>>
>> I am looking to design and build one this spring.
>>
>> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>> Question?
>> Does anyone know which wires are for the left and right turn signals?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Robert
>> NY

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