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Date:         Wed, 5 Aug 2015 07:27:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Dake Collins <wuwe423@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dake Collins <wuwe423@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: BRIGHT backup light for camping
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk0CJpJ7aB1WXuAsjU4JXMdDZJa9y6aesUBLz2aM5jKCfA@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim - Thanks for the tip; I just ordered one. Dake Wu-Wei II, ’86 Westy > On Aug 4, 2015, at 8:05 PM, Jim Felder <Jim.Felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > Recently, I opened the rear closet door in my westy only to have my beloved > wide Hella Airport with H2 bulb and a magnetic bumper mount fall to the > ground and crack the lens. I replaced it with this > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/CREE-Super-Bright-Car-Offroad-ATV-Truck-SUV-LED-Driving-Fog-Work-Head-Light-Lamp-/111483602678 > ? > > and I could not be happier. I mounted it permanently under the rear bumper > where it is relayed in to a switch below the dash. I learned the value of a > rear mounted backup light wen an unseen tree nearly took off the drivers > door as I was backing into a remote campsite. Thing was cheap enough, > bright enough, small enough and housed in a finned cast aluminum housing > that I had to have it. > > It does a great job, it will be the last one I buy for sure. > > Jim


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