When I added my 3rd brake light I did exactly what Jim said. I attached it
to the lower section of AC unit. The wires run down the right side shaft and
tap into the brake light wiring. The light is easily visible from the rear
of the van at night.

Check my website, I believe the 3rd photo on the left.
" Vanagon Silver Glow Tape:Magnet System"
http://homepage.mac.com/rmstewart/PhotoAlbum20.html

I also made some reflective glow strips which I attached to the rear of the
van, as you can see it adds plenty of visibility and works very well at
keeping speeding drivers away from the vans tail end to prevent would be
tailgaters from causing an accident. I drove many trips to upstate NY and
NYC and never had a problem with tailgaters of police.

I plan on selling these glow strips in a about a month if anyone is
interested.

--
Rob
NYC/Long Beach, NY
88 Wolfsburg, Silver

on 3/6/06 1:11 PM, Old Volks Home at oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM wrote:

> Not if the Rear Hatch Glass is heavily tinted, as is the case with my rig
> and the curtains are drawn closed (most of the time on my rig as well).
> OTOH, the center stoplight is mounted a bit to high to be effective,
> methinks.
>
> After riding a Honda GL1100 Interstate for a number of years, I have come
> away with the notion that you can't have too much in the way of
> tail/stop/turnlights to let the idiot on the cellphone behind you know what
> you're about to do.  It may look hokey, but I kinda like the set up on this
> rig and who knows, I may do something similar to mine.  In Southern
> California trafiic, the Vanagon Tail/Stop/Turn configuration leaves a lot to
> be desired at times.  In PA, it may be a different story.
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> **********************************
> On 3/6/06, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 3/6/06 8:21:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> groups.florian@GMAIL.COM writes:
>>
>>
>>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=250815
>>>
>>>
>>
>> that looks really hokey..  :<(
>>
>> a good 3rd brakelight mounted on the rear overhead parcel shelf back ,
>> visible thru the hatch glass, it a better idea.
>>
>> chris
>>