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Subject:Re: Backup halogens?
From:Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Date:Thu, 04 Apr 1996 09:15:00 -0800 (PST)

>i installed a clear foglight on top of the bumper and rigged a relay and
>switch on the dash. now, this method will light up the world behind you 
like
>you cannot imagine. :)  like, 500 feet out behind you and way off to the
>sides. you can actually SEE behind you, and can backup at about 20 mph if
>you want to. and anybody behind you KNOWS you're gonna do something!!

Effective on tailgaters too.

But I still like the little-pump-squirting-diesel-into-the-carb trick--
makes the guy think his car will get dirty, which is much more important
to him than the danger he's causing.   ;^)

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