Date:         Thu, 4 Apr 1996 16:36:57 -0500
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From:         SyncroHead@aol.com
Subject:      Re: Backup halogens?

In a message dated 96-04-03 21:20:12 EST, coyote@zuni.chaco.com (Ron Lussier)
writes:

>
>I vaguely remember someone mentioning that they figured out how to brighten
>the backup lights on their van.  Can anyone remember this?  (I couldn't find
>it in the archives.)
>
>Coyote

I put halogen bulbs in the back-up sockets and they are brighter than the
standard bulbs.  Not a whole lot though.  I was wishing for 2X as bright and
I would guess the new halogen bulbs are 20% brighter.  I got mine from
JCWhitney.

Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg

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