Those bulbs melted my taillights as well.

On Mar 23, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:02:31 -0400
> From:    Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Updated Tail Lamps
>
> Bill,
>
> I've used high-powered tail lights and brake lights on my Vanagon for
> years and when I recently inspected the internals of my taillight
> housings I found that they were distorted from the heat.  Some black
> plastic actually bubbled.  Now, my current Westy is a part-time
> vehicle, so the amount of time I actually used the taillights is not
> that high.
>
> I thought about using the type aluminized adhesive tape HVAC folks use
> to seal ducts inside the taillights to increase reflectivity.  There's
> lots of heat-and-light absorbing black in there after all.