3rd brakelight mod

titanic_081806 · 02-06-2007, 07:36 PM

hey guys check this out, my new mod to my toy. 3rd brake light flashes when you step on brake. really cool.

http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r...t=MOV01892.flv

AgTitan06 · 02-06-2007, 07:55 PM

You'll probably end up taking it out after a couple days...The clicking noise was too much for me, and all my passengers always would look to see if I had my blinker on because it made so much noise.

gabriel c. · 02-06-2007, 08:34 PM

at least where i live blue and red flashing lights are reserved for emergency vehicles.

**walleeme** · 02-06-2007, 09:55 PM

My mother taught me to stomp the pedal to alert following drivers. That was 25 or so years ago.

pi3yeargrad · 02-06-2007, 10:08 PM

maybe if u could fade it in and out

Hows that blinker noise that AG mentions? also real loud? Ive heard u can try insulating the blinker to reduce noise...

AgTitan06 · 02-06-2007, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by pi3yeargrad

maybe if u could fade it in and out

Hows that blinker noise that AG mentions? also real loud? Ive heard u can try insulating the blinker to reduce noise...

i insulated mine and it still was very loud.

AgTitan06 · 02-06-2007, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by gabriel c.

at least where i live blue and red flashing lights are reserved for emergency vehicles.

might wanna tell mercedes to stop manufacturing their SUVs like this then!

AgTitan06 · 02-06-2007, 10:23 PM

Flashing brake lights: effective against rear-end collisions

Stuttgart, March 2005; Future Mercedes-Benz will make a further contribution towards a reduction in rear-end collisions by means of flashing brake lights. The EU licensing authority has recently approved this technology, and it will now enter series production in the S-Class for the first time.

Research by Mercedes engineers has shown that driver reaction times are shortened by up to 0.2 seconds if a flashing red warning signal is given instead of the conventional brake light during emergency braking. At a speed of 80 km/h this reduces the stopping distance by approx. 4.40 metres, and at 100 km/h by no less than 5.50 metres or so. This means that flashing brake lights are an effective and easily implemented way to reduce rear-end collisions. The Mercedes-Benz S Class is now the first car to feature this innovative, adaptive brake light. It will shortly be followed by the CL-Class Coupés.

Specialists at Mercedes tested various warning light systems during their study. Brake lights which light up four times as quickly as the amber hazard warning flashers during emergency braking proved particularly effective in alerting following drivers to the danger of a rear-end collision. The Mercedes study also revealed that switching on the hazard warning system in a dangerous situation has no significant effect on the reaction times of other drivers.

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...06/004932.html

titanic_081806 · 02-06-2007, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by pi3yeargrad

maybe if u could fade it in and out

Hows that blinker noise that AG mentions? also real loud? Ive heard u can try insulating the blinker to reduce noise...

i have to check it out tomorrow, i had my radio on the rest of the day so i did not hear anything.

so guys are you saying that this is a bad thing on the highway? i just think its cool.

AgTitan06 · 02-06-2007, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by titanic_081806

i have to check it out tomorrow, i had my radio on the rest of the day so i did not hear anything.

so guys are you saying that this is a bad thing on the highway? i just think its cool.

you'll see what I'm talking about...If you have the radio off or dim, you will hear it....It gets annoying because when you have a friend or someone in the car, and you are having a conversation and you roll up to a red light or stop sign, it will start clucking like a blinker/hazards...and then your friend will look around trying to figure out what that noise is!!! It drove me crazy! lol - I removed it like 2 days after I installed mine.

titanic_081806 · 02-06-2007, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by AgTitan06

you'll see what I'm talking about...If you have the radio off or dim, you will hear it....It gets annoying because when you have a friend or someone in the car, and you are having a conversation and you roll up to a red light or stop sign, it will start clucking like a blinker/hazards...and then your friend will look around trying to figure out what that noise is!!! It drove me crazy! lol - I removed it like 2 days after I installed mine.

well i hope i don't have that annoying sound on mine when i drive it tomorrow.

AgTitan06 · 02-06-2007, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by titanic_081806

well i hope i don't have that annoying sound on mine when i drive it tomorrow.

you probably will..it will be the exact noise that you hear when you engage your turn signal..except it will make the noise when you hit the brakes!

Don't get me wrong - I loved the mod, but I could not stand the noise!

AgTitan06 · 02-06-2007, 10:37 PM

let me know if u hear it.

titanic_081806 · 02-06-2007, 10:45 PM

[quote=AgTitan06]let me know if u hear it.[/QUOT]

i am loving it too. yeah i'll tell you tom. anyway dude i'm still earning $$ for the exhaust, the volant that u have. i hope your friend will still give me that deal when he gave you yours. well thanks again!

titanic_081806 · 02-07-2007, 01:29 PM

eric i drove the the truck this morning and yeah it did have that ticking sound, but its not that loud to me, i think its becuz i have a crewcab and my radio is always running anyways so its only a bit annoying so I might keep it for now. when the wife says it annoying then thats the time it will be taken out. hahahaa!!!

guys I need some advice on what to do for mod, please give me some cheap mods that I can do to my toy. I can't afford expensive mods right now like exhaust intakes etc so for now just the cheap mods and if your kind enough share your steps to do it. thanks!!!