Looking for extra rear light myself and would like to know the procedure
for your "upgrade" beyond the thumbnail sketch. Personally I've used
regular stop/tail light dual filament bulbs in the tail light socket and it
is noticibly brighter as it burns on the stop light filament. I'm still
interested in your extra "cateye" lamp though.
Later,
Dave

At 8:28 PM -0700 9/19/99, George Chapman wrote:
>Hi, Volks;
>
>After an off-List discussion with Per Lindgren about
>tailight arrangement, I learned that the "cateye" (fresnel)
>lens reflector, inboard of the standard US tailight
>location, has a light bulb socket behind it. (Per, tells me
>the standard Euro tailight setup is a bulb behind the
>"cateye")
>
>Hmmm.  Since I would like more tailight glow, I opened up
>the tailight assembly and with some quick testing realized I
>could power a bulb in the "cateye" socket--- if I had the
>appropriate bulb clip (like the other sockets).  I found
>some clips at the junkyard, installed them, connected the
>appropriate little "nibs" of the metal circuit board, and
>stuck in a 5W tailight bulb.   Ooooh!  So much light.  Now I
>have two bulbs aglow (the "cateye" dazzles with light).
>
>Not certain this is of any interest, but thought I'd pass
>along my discovery. Such as it is.
>
>- - George Chapman, 91 GL
>    Lake Almanor, CA
>
>PS.  I also realized (but did not test) that if you swap the
>tailight assembly (left/right), and then invert them, the
>tailight bulbs will be on top.  This may be of interest to
>those living in snow country, where snow build up on the
>bumper can obscure the tailights.