Our Westy passed its annual inspection under the condition that we correct a flaw: the LED third brake light, or CHMSL, did not function 100%.
The lamp is affixed to the van via two M5 nuts in rubber grommets. These were in pretty poor shape on our van due to a lot of sun exposure, and I stupidly lost one inside the top anyway. (Where it goes when it drops in there is anyone's guess.)
I had a tough time figuring out what these nuts are. They are called well nuts or blind insert nuts. I bought these: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Blindnietmutter-Well-Nut-M5-Blindsteckmutter-/251618300858 but similar ones are available in the US: http://www.ebay.com/bhp/m5-well-nut.
The ~10mm holes in the van are slightly too large, but a little tape inside the fiberglass snugged everything up nicely. I suppose you could also use a drywall anchor and Sikaflex...
I paid 65 Euros for the lamp: http://www.campingplus24.de/Elektro...leuchten/Jokon-Zusatzbremsleuchte-Aufbau.html You can easily switch the plastic surround, so you don't have to worry about getting a black one.
Some pictures below. Water got into ours and wrecked some of the connections. They "potted" the whole thing so it's not user-serviceable, I'm afraid.
Ted
The lamp is affixed to the van via two M5 nuts in rubber grommets. These were in pretty poor shape on our van due to a lot of sun exposure, and I stupidly lost one inside the top anyway. (Where it goes when it drops in there is anyone's guess.)
I had a tough time figuring out what these nuts are. They are called well nuts or blind insert nuts. I bought these: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Blindnietmutter-Well-Nut-M5-Blindsteckmutter-/251618300858 but similar ones are available in the US: http://www.ebay.com/bhp/m5-well-nut.
The ~10mm holes in the van are slightly too large, but a little tape inside the fiberglass snugged everything up nicely. I suppose you could also use a drywall anchor and Sikaflex...
I paid 65 Euros for the lamp: http://www.campingplus24.de/Elektro...leuchten/Jokon-Zusatzbremsleuchte-Aufbau.html You can easily switch the plastic surround, so you don't have to worry about getting a black one.
Some pictures below. Water got into ours and wrecked some of the connections. They "potted" the whole thing so it's not user-serviceable, I'm afraid.
Ted
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