Alistair,

Good tip on the bulbs - where'd you find them? I agree that rear fog/driving
lights are the only way to go. The stock reflectors just won't do the job. My
'82 came with dual rear fog lights, but on a separate switch... great for
tailgaters too! :-)

On 30 May 2005 at 9:09, Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA> wrote:

> I have been running 50 W halogen bulbs in my back-up lamp sockets for 3
> or more years now. No melting of housing evident. These are German made
> bulbs that fit into the bayonet mount socket.
>
> While an improvement over the stock back-up lamps, they still don't
> really provide enough light when backing up - and I don't have dark
> tint on windows, god only knows how those with dark tint can see out
> through rear window at night.
>
> So I mounted a cheap (as in found at Sally Ann) "driving light" , with
> a 55 W H3 bulb, to top of back bumper, relayed it, tapped activating
> wire from relay to stock back-up light wire. Much better light now.
>
> I took the 50 W bulbs and swapped them into the brake light sockets. I
> do like how much brighter they are now. Wondering though if i should
> relay this circuit too, but seeing as the back-up light circuit
> survived the load...
>
> Tip 'O the hat to Terry K for his consistent proselytising on the
> improvement to brake lights with higher wattage bulbs.
>
>
> Alistair
>
>
> '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
>

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy