>I'd like to put a brake-light behind the VW eblem on the tail gate with
>the VW emblem over it. That'd be classy

For my 66 Split I cut out card VW symbols and fitted them inside the
taillights' lower (running/brake) compartment and in the front indicators.
Not really noticable during the day, but OK at night.

A VW symbol could easily be made by installing red superbright LEDs in the
shape of a VW symbol, either by drilling the tailgate and fitting the LEDs
directly into the sheetmetal or by making a black plastic (fiberglass?)
fitting inside the rear window and fitting the LEDs into this. Make the LED
circuit in series...  a smaller cheaper pot needed than fitting them in
parallel. A resistor can be used to adjust brightness. Include a few blue
LEDs for a "blue-dot" purple effect (blue LEDs are expensive and dimmer
than other colors).

If I do build (strip?) a Bugaru roadster, I will use LEDs to make
indicators and taillights, fitted into the steerable fiberglass front
fenders and rears, as well as probably the A-pillars and front & rear lid
edges.

I've been thinking about color-selectable dimmable LEDs for some time now
for custom backlit white-faced instruments.

Any light mounted in the rear window should be sealed to the glass, or
light will leak out and cause a distraction in thre rear-view mirror.

Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
fax 64 (3) 479-7527
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