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that is badass. i like the fact that the 3rd brake light flashes with the rest.
The 3rd brake lights up like normal, but doesn't flash with the turn signals. Too bad, huh?
I see no reason you couldn't wire the 3rd bulb into lighting up with the tail or the turn. Just that it can't function as both tail & turn/brake, like the others.
The 3rd brake lights up like normal, but doesn't flash with the turn signals. Too bad, huh?
I see no reason you couldn't wire the 3rd bulb into lighting up with the tail or the turn. Just that it can't function as both tail & turn/brake, like the others.
ya the 3rd light on the end is the sidemarker, so i dont want to lose that and risk getting tickets for having a sidemarket out
Last edited by CaliChevyLover; 02-23-2010 at 10:30 PM.
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What I find curious is, that in a Firebird, the 3rd brake light doesn't flash like that. It is on a completely separate circuit.
ya i believe this is something i did wrong during installation. BigBadLou just got back to me, i wont have time to look at it til the weekend though.
@Stealth, in the end it wasnt that hard. just nerveracking...cutting up your taillight harness
i scored a full taillight harness from my friend on here who was parting out a car as a backup, but as i went along i realized that with some soldering or what not you could put it back to stock as long as you don't throw anything away
ya i believe this is something i did wrong during installation. BigBadLou just got back to me, i wont have time to look at it til the weekend though.
I kinda like it though. Since my 3rd brake light has 2 bulbs in it, I have always wanted to tie each on individually, into the left & right turns. I have haven't taken the effort to run 2 more wires & separate the 2 bulbs into 2 separate circuits, to function as part of the turn signals.
I kinda like it though. Since my 3rd brake light has 2 bulbs in it, I have always wanted to tie each on individually, into the left & right turns. I have haven't taken the effort to run 2 more wires & separate the 2 bulbs into 2 separate circuits, to function as part of the turn signals.
Where did you get an adjustable one? Since the 'birds gave 3 bulbs per side, they NEED a slower than stock flasher. My last bulb barely comes on before going off. With the running lights on, you can BARELY see the last bulbs come on before it resets, they all go off & the cycle restarts. http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...rrent=STS2.flv
Where did you get an adjustable one? Since the 'birds gave 3 bulbs per side, they NEED a slower than stock flasher. My last bulb barely comes on before going off. With the running lights on, you can BARELY see the last bulbs come on before it resets, they all go off & the cycle restarts. http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...rrent=STS2.flv
i had the same problem, except only with the turn signals, the hazards worked fine.
Well.....Mine was the prototype for the STS I used to sell.
It is about twice the size as the production versions....Cobbled together from used parts, wrapped in duct tape for its "enclosure", not enclosed in a plastic box box like what everybody else got....And is hanging from the wires it connects to, between the taillight & the body sheet metal!
Well.....Mine was the prototype for the STS I used to sell.
It is about twice the size as the production versions....Cobbled together from used parts, wrapped in duct tape for its "enclosure", not enclosed in a plastic box box like what everybody else got....And is hanging from the wires it connects to, between the taillight & the body sheet metal!
And yes, I'm serious!
i have mine duct taped to the sheet metal behind the driver side corner of the taillight. might get some gorilla glue or something.
got red leds in the brakelights. look amazing. so much more crisp and brighter. 80 bucks for the 2 pairs of rear bulbs. 3rd brakelight bulbs will come later
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UMI Strut Tower Brace
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Spohn rear lower control arms - panhard bar - sub-frame connectors
ok. so i eliminated the stock reverse lights...as a temporary reverse light i took a spare tag light housing and mounted facing backwards in the black end panel...and wired it into reverse. ugly but it works for now.
100% of exterior bulbs are led! for the 3rdbrake light i got 194's with 9 leds on each bulb...lights up the whole housing well for full reflection.
all rear bulbs burn red...and all front bulbs burn amber.
ok. so i eliminated the stock reverse lights...as a temporary reverse light i took a spare tag light housing and mounted facing backwards in the black end panel...and wired it into reverse. ugly but it works for now.
100% of exterior bulbs are led! for the 3rdbrake light i got 194's with 9 leds on each bulb...lights up the whole housing well for full reflection.
all rear bulbs burn red...and all front bulbs burn amber.
that looks awsome! have you consider leaving the bottom grid of the reverse portion as just reverse ? so that you dont mount lights out and look out of place.
that looks awsome! have you consider leaving the bottom grid of the reverse portion as just reverse ? so that you dont mount lights out and look out of place.
that would make the taillights look awkward...and the problem of cutting the housings, sealing them, and making a custom housing for the bottom grid with enough room to hold a socket for a bulb big enough to light up the housing well
thanks for the suggestion though...not trying to be an ***...that's just something I had thought about before.
Last edited by CaliChevyLover; 06-14-2010 at 12:33 AM.
that would make the taillights look awkward...and the problem of cutting the housings, sealing them, and making a custom housing for the bottom grid with enough room to hold a socket for a bulb big enough to light up the housing well
thanks for the suggestion though...not trying to be an ***...that's just something I had thought about before.
yeah but with led strips it shouldn't be that hard and they take no space and weather proof, if not inside the housing they can be set in the outer edge of the taillight (next to the plate) almost invisible and very bright.
see the strip on the lower part of the headlight,they are so thin and small they can be put anywere, just a tought...keep up the good work.
yeah but with led strips it shouldn't be that hard and they take no space and weather proof, if not inside the housing they can be set in the outer edge of the taillight (next to the plate) almost invisible and very bright.
see the strip on the lower part of the headlight,they are so thin and small they can be put anywere, just a tought...keep up the good work.
ah ok. can you pm me more pics of what the strips look like up close?
Not to crash the thread but i add the extra socket for the look and it wasnt that hard nor have i had any issues with doing so- this is what it looked like afterwards
Haz are faster then the turns tho
but i would be happy to take pic of the install if it would help
but i know its not supposed to do that. 
