Additional Brake Lights

[wchin]

Originally Posted by thunder24685

the fabrication that i did <snip> ..yes i know with out pics this post is usless

Yes. Please post some pictures of your project. It sounds very interesting.

[SuperchargedMR2]

Originally Posted by thunder24685

ya and just think when one of them burn out you will get to spend another $120 to get another set and drive around for a weak after you notice it to get it in....i replaced mine with a housing (home made) and a 1157 bulb so i get both marker and stop and turn in mine and when mine burns out i will go get another bulb at local pats store for under $3

If you get LED lights they should last for the life of the car so I wouldn't sweat one going out, if it did many years down the road than I'd deal with it!

[OkSlim]

Originally Posted by johncal

I wouldn't. That's $120 for 2 lights. I paid like less than 20 bucks for both with shipping. besides, I like the clear lens. The red LED's look great when theyt light up and it breaks up the look of the back... jsut my opinion though.

If you read the description of that ebay auction

1= a set of two.

the price wouldn't matter to a playa like me but i'm just pointing it out in case the additonal 64 bucks was holding anyone back.

Just sayin

On a bright note. If I could find some really intense Red LED's in a smaller cluster, I bet I could cut out a smaller hole in the factory reflector and mount the led's and still have a reflector ring.

I really wish there were some of these cars in the salvage. I like to be able to put my stuff back to stock and I would rather not bust up the factory parts and not have anything to put it back together with.

The internet is a powerful drug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automot...etroreflectors

Retroreflectors
(also reflex reflectors) produce no light of their own, but rather reflect incident light back towards its source, i.e., another driver's headlight. They are regulated as automotive lighting devices, and specified so as to account for the separation between a vehicle's headlamps and its driver's eyes. Thus, vehicles are conspicuous even when their electrically-powered lighting system is deactivated or disabled. Regulations worldwide require each vehicle to be equipped with rear-facing red retroreflectors.[5][15] North American regulations also require side-facing retroreflectors, amber in front and red in the rear.[5] Sweden, South Africa and other countries have at various times required white front-facing retroreflectors.

Before another argument starts, Please don't blame me for putting some relevant information in this debate about whether or not red reflectors are real,required,imaginary or anything else.

[PhatRoyale]

OkSlim, please refrain from quadruple posting next time, thanks.

[OkSlim]

Originally Posted by PhatRoyale

OkSlim, please refrain from quadruple posting next time, thanks.

You are starting to take this stuff a little too serious.

[bluebandit]

Sorry if this maybe a little off-topic but I am considering doing this mod... the stock reflectors remind me of an old bike

However,I am thinking about adding a thin red strip (1/4th of an inch) of 3M reflector tape around the edge of the rear light assemblies to still maintain some visibility when the car is parked.

Cutting up something like this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3M-Conspicuity-Tape-Reflector-Tape-Red-White-6-6_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem334e8d74d7QQitemZ2203 61225431QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccess ories


I am not sure how it will look... I have been trying to look up pictures of something similar but cant find anything. What do you guys think?

[thunder24685]

^^^ you can pick some of that stuff up at the parts house and if you run a plate frame tape it to there and it wont look extremely tacky that has been my thought when i eliminate the lights in trunk and quarter all together

[OkSlim]

Originally Posted by bluebandit

Sorry if this maybe a little off-topic but I am considering doing this mod... the stock reflectors remind me of an old bike

However,I am thinking about adding a thin red strip (1/4th of an inch) of 3M reflector tape around the edge of the rear light assemblies to still maintain some visibility when the car is parked.

Cutting up something like this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3M-Conspicuity-Tape-Reflector-Tape-Red-White-6-6_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem334e8d74d7QQitemZ2203 61225431QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccess ories


I am not sure how it will look... I have been trying to look up pictures of something similar but cant find anything. What do you guys think?

I posted this in my list of mods. It is a 2.5 inch LED and Reflector.
That way you are covered.
I also measured the stock factory lens and it something like 2.625 so I bought the chrome trim ring to fill any void in the fitting.
I bought the version without the flange.




Just sayin it would eliminate the need for the reflector tape.
I have the reflectors and the connectors. I haven't received the trim rings yet. When I get them all I will post a pic of them all together.

[XRSized]

What's the purpose of the blue light? Isn't blue illegal? or is it a superwhite colour?

[DocUnissis]

Just finished this one myself. I managed to blow 5 fuses in the process trying to narrow down where the problems were, and ended up putting some 3ohm resistors in series with my lower brake lights since i thought that was the problem.

That didn't work, so I pulled everything out and found the frayed covering was JUST outside the additional lights. I hadn't expected this, as it was not near any sharp metal edges.

Things worked after that, until I was driving and would lose power and the check engine and traction lights came on. Turning the car on and off again makes it drivable, and since i needed to get to work, I just kept turning the car on and off until I got there and back.

When I got home I took the resistors off and the lights still work, but the dash lights are still on. I haven't tried driving again yet, but will tomorrow.

My theory is that the resistors took power from the rest of that circuit, which includes the traction control and valve timing among other things, and caused the ECU to go into some kind of safe mode when it wasn't getting enough. I'm hoping that the problem is fixed now, and the ECU just has itself in a huge tizzy over the whole thing and just needs some time/a reflash.

EDIT: car fixed itself, win!

PS - additional brake lights are sick, I'll post all the mods I've done as soon as I have a couple more finished.

[87phantom]

Found one with a reflector built in: http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Ligh...s/MCL59RB.html

Great idea - I'll be doing this shortly!