I think it's going to take about 4-5 hours of steady night driving for the
plastic black "light-compartment" separators to melt and warp.

done there, been that
I did consider lining the black plastic near the bulbs with foil with a glue
or sticky backing, to act as a heat shield and reflector.
bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "tabe johnson" <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 3:24 PM
Subject: Want an Easy Rear Light Upgrade? Bulbs Available.

> I have stumbled across some NOS 50 Watt lightbulbs.  They are
> suitable for all the rear lights in the Vanagon and they are an
> easy upgrade -- just remove the old bulbs and put these in.  Takes
> five minutes.  Very satisfying, for the time it takes!
>
> Each rear light assembly holds 4 bulbs - Stop, tail, turn, and reverse.
> If you want to change all of them, that makes 8 bulbs per vehicle.
>
> Similar bulbs are available on the web and on ebay for $3 ea.+s/h.
> I expect to be able to negotiate a price in the range of
> $1.50-$2.00 per bulb + shipping.
>
> Could I get a show of hands (OK, emails, whatever) as to if any
> of you would be interested in purchasing some of these bulbs, and
> how many?  I'm not going to do this if no one cares.
>
> Here are a variety of photos of the brake lights on my westy.  Left side
> is the replaced 50W bulb; right side is the stock bulb.  The difference
> in the tail lights (not shown) is even greater because the stock bulb is
> pretty small.
>
> http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/50w_bulbs_day.jpg
> http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/50w_bulbs_night.jpg
> http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/50w_bulbs_distant.jpg
>
>
> Let me know if you're interested!
>
> --tabe johnson
> xtabe@yahoo.com
> '87 Westy
>
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