I did some looking around. You can get a direct replacement for the tail
and brake light in our busses.
For just under $90.00 a pair you can get a 40 LED 1156 bulb replacement!
Yeouch.

Individually, the bulbs cost about 2.50

This web page has a lot of good stuff.
http://www.theledlight.com/ledbulbs.html

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Chris Stann wrote:

> Has anyone attempted to make LED taillights for the Vanagon?  Any home-bound
> hobbyists with too much solder laying around?
>
> I had idea of installing flat plates with pre-drilled holes for the LEDs in
> place of the taillight reflectors and running "custom" wiring to the
> taillight electric plugs.
>
> Chris,
>
> '85 Westy
>