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DaveTrig Samba Member
Joined: May 12, 2008 Posts: 166 Location: Mahopac, NY
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: Third brake light |
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'Show car' purists, please avert your eyes now, and move on...
I've been thinking of putting a third brake light on my Ghia. Has anyone done this? What'd ya use? How does it look? I don't like the idea of spoiling the line of the car, but I dislike the idea of getting rear-ended even more.
Thoughts? _________________ DaveTrig
'72 Ghia Convertible
'71 SuperBeetle Convertible
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DerekR Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 384 Location: Riverton, Utah
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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This one is my favorite location:
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60 SO 23 Westfalia SWR/BG Camper
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DaveTrig Samba Member
Joined: May 12, 2008 Posts: 166 Location: Mahopac, NY
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Coola! I hadn't thought of that! Any idea what they used? _________________ DaveTrig
'72 Ghia Convertible
'71 SuperBeetle Convertible
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SkrapMetal Samba Hornblaster
Joined: January 18, 2006 Posts: 2558 Location: Dallas, TX
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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I bought one like that from auto zone, it fit nicely in there and worked even after rain storms. _________________ oo9less since 2007
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DerekR Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 384 Location: Riverton, Utah
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ovalboy Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 1310 Location: Beautiful Northern Cincinnati
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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I'm thinking of adding one to my Ghia. I want more of a vintage look, so I'm watching a couple of ebay auctions for the old round lights that have the word "STOP" etched into the lens. I plan to mount it on my back dash on a pedestal. Someone here used an original Hella rear foglight for theirs and it came out looking really nice. |
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lonotch Samba Padrino
Joined: August 28, 2004 Posts: 3304 Location: So. Cal. Oceanside GFK!
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Here's my third brake light, I used a 67 bug backup light with the bracket and a red glass lense to keep with the VW theme. No unnecessary holes were needed to be drilled for mounting.
_________________ It's not about the window, it's about the people.
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blarneyman Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2005 Posts: 1622 Location: Everson/Bellingham, WA
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: |
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I thought this was a pretty cool idea from an earlier thread. Small LED's
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poorpaul Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2008 Posts: 62 Location: Prairie Grove, Arkansas
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:07 am Post subject: LEDs |
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Blarneyman, those were mine on that TR6, and worked quite well. They came from a company called HyperLite. You can have them either come on solid or blink rapidly for five seconds.
Here's a link. www.hyperlites.com You can order direct, but what they do is pass that order on to one of their retailers. |
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Deluxe Lowlight Ghia Samba Member
Joined: March 26, 2006 Posts: 1037 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: |
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or mine
_________________ These vws are cool but the people who own them are far more valuable. Keep friends close they can be taken away overnight.
57 ghia
59 patina ghia
61 patina Ghia
71 bus
73 super beetle
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Banzai KG Samba Member
Joined: April 10, 2004 Posts: 2992 Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: |
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I got my LED 3rd brake light from Hot Rod shows and I fed the wire to the brake light spade connection on the back of one of tailights and no inline fuse, direct connection. Had my 3rd brake light since 2001.
The one I have looks like this:
This high tech, ultra-modern design uses LED light, has a swivel pedestal mount and is stylishly designed out of black plastic to achieve its sleek appearance., got mine for about $25.
You can see the 3rd brake light lit up in my rear window (not the two round ones as those are brake lights from the vehicle in front of me):
Then also there is this thread:
3rd Brake Light - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=169480 _________________ Jim Kikuchi
Sunnyvale (near San Jose), CA
1964 Karmann Ghia coupe
V.V.W.C.A. - Golden Gate Chapter: http://www.ggcvvwca.org/
B.L.T.N. (Better Late Than Never) late model VW Club (San Jose/Santa Clara, CA): https://www.facebook.com/groups/bltnvw/
NorCal Aircooled Group (NAG) Facebook Goup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NAGVW/ |
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72Ghia Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2007 Posts: 1253 Location: Baltimore Maryland
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werka Samba Member
Joined: August 25, 2006 Posts: 1110 Location: Huntsville, AL
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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72Ghia wrote: |
Great idea for some added safety with minimal alteration to the Ghia.
Do you think it would affect cooling in any way? I'll have to keep a look out for a similar looking brake light |
LEDs don't get very hot... |
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72Ghia Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2007 Posts: 1253 Location: Baltimore Maryland
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YloMagna94 Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2008 Posts: 24 Location: Dallas
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69 KG Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2007 Posts: 165 Location: Loganville GA
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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3rd brake light from '39 Ford tail light and a home-made bracket.
_________________ '72 Bus Safare Camper
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caseydenise Samba Member
Joined: April 25, 2004 Posts: 1637 Location: The Great Swamp, NJ
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:35 am Post subject: |
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Any 6 volt options?? _________________ Central Jersey Volkswagen Society - President |
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thefabulousnip Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2006 Posts: 302 Location: Mobile, AL
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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caseydenise wrote: |
Any 6 volt options?? |
Any of the options above other than the LEDs will work for 6v (and I'm sure there are 6v LEDs available somewhere). Just buy some 6v bulbs. |
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crazee Samba Member
Joined: January 11, 2009 Posts: 160
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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What I do on my motorcycle is get one of those license plate frames with the tracer lights around the edges...............hook it to my brake light. When the brake light comes on......the tag frame strobes..........a real attention getter.
Would work great on a car too and would not alter the look & you would not even see it unless the brake was applied.
They make many styles for cars & bikes. They even have license frames that don't strobe and have led brake lights built into them available. _________________ Bradley GT2 & 1972 Super Beetle
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scottz Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2008 Posts: 477 Location: Bellingham, WA
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Here's mine. LEDs in the license plate bolts.
They are brighter than they look in the picture, and obviously no mods to the car.
Plus, they are clear when not on so they blend right in to the chrome bolts. Cost $5 bucks and been workin for over two years.
Want to add a low profile LED to the top of rear window one day.
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