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Subject:Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
From:neil n
Date:Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:53:35 -0800

One thought was to have a light high up on the back of the pop top lid
but that meant drilling holes so.....

I look forward to seeing better out the back. The window tint is
pretty dark. A backup light might've prevented this:

https://sites.google.com/site/musomuso/canadian-west-coast-vanagon-owners-association

The driving light I may install has a fairly narrow (wide) beam. A
round light might be better.

Neil.

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:51 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've got an '88 GL that used to belong to Unca' Joel. He put lots of
> extra lights on it. The extra backup light is like a regular headlight
> but mounted on the rear bumper and wired through a special bus installed
> on the front cabin wall behind the glove box. The light has it's own
> on/off switch, so I can turn it on for as long as I want it.There is
> also another high powered light back there but is red in color also on a
> separate switch. It serves as an extra tail light in bad weather. I
> really like that independently controlled backup like and highly
> recommend it.
>
> As for the front lights there is a pair of round Hella fogs mounted on
> the front bumper and they go well with the SA grille and round lights I
> installed after buying the van.
>
> John
>

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Neil n

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