huge thanks to BigBadLou who helped me out along the way.

Only 2 bulbs flashing. if i wanted 3 i would have to lose reverse lights.

or find a dual filament socket compatible with the 194 sidemarkers. if anyone knows of one let me know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9aOuDQiBwM

 

that is badass. i like the fact that the 3rd brake light flashes with the rest.

 

thank you sir. im kind of torn because i have an applique over the 3rd lense:



so it kinda looks cool but i know its not supposed to do that.

 

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

 

You could put in a Firebird side marker line, the put a dual in the corners place.It would hafta be custom fit with some cutting but.....

 

true. that would work. but nah im not a fan of the firebird sidemarkers. just my personal preference.

 

thats pretty sweet. difficult to do?

 

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

 

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 vote that you keep it that way.

 

hm i might. only because i have the applique.

 

I personally dont like it. The blink too fast. And the tails not red all the way across, like a TA would be.

I dont think you'd be bothered by having a side marker out. If its not lite up you would know its supposed to be.

 

Nice work.

These guys make a nice LED set up
http://www.classicleds.com/camaro1982.html

 

not worth taking the risk. i dont think "it's supposed to be" would get me out of a repair order

 

installed red taillight film and an adjustable turn signal flasher to slow the cycle down.

next will be leds

new video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQnLrrTVbYM

 

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.

http://www.nulime.com/No-Load-Adjust...lasher/p194856

plugged right in, one wire you have to send to ground, but it had a ring terminal on it already so that was easy.

 

$48???? YIKES!

$50 do STS to my lights & $50 to slow the flash rate down? I don't like my slow lights, but don't dislike them THAT much!

 

Yes, expensive but worth it for me lol

also, where/how did you mount your module?

 

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.

night time video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJGm527LmVI

 

Did you get one from Me? From Lou? Or elsewhere?

Did you convert the outermost bulb to a dual filament, or do you only have the first 2 bulbs hooked up?

 

From Lou. just the 2 bulbs.

 

I didn't realize he was selling them......

 

very limited run

 

When was this? How many?

 

not sure how many.

 

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

 

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.

video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lW-4vIS7XA

 

What are you using for a flasher unit? Stock/stock replacement or aftermarket?

 

i remember your reaction at the price a few months ago

 

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.

 

Nice, but not $47 worth of nice, on a $55 STS system!

 

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?

 

lol stephen...i ordered another of the flashers to fix my hazards you probably think i'm crazy.

 

If you feel the urge to order 2 more adjustable flashers, my address is.......

 

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