Third brake light, Increased safety. |
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Third brake light, Increased safety. |
914Toy |
Apr 29 2020, 11:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 721 Joined: 12-November 17 From: Laguna beach Member No.: 21,596 Region Association: Southern California |
Reacting to the awful rear end collision reported this week here on World, I think a third brake light install is a low cost serious safety upgrade, Here is a question for SPOKE, how about suggesting or better, supplying a "blinking" relay(?) to wire in series with a third brake light power supply? Thus always, but only making the third brake light "blink' when the brake light is on via the brake pedal, to get the attention of these idiot texting drivers.
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Spoke |
Apr 30 2020, 10:58 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,992 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
The unit I used was from Summit Racing in the 12in version. They also have 9 and 6.5in versions.
Brake LED Strip Using a small angle clip I mounted the light to the chrome trim on the roll hoop. The LED is only 0.625 inches tall and is not seen from the interior because of the roll hoop pad in the interior. I did have to file a little bit of the chrome strip for the angles to mount. Also had to make a wire chase by grinding a slot in the roll hoop but this will be covered by the chrome strip. It's a pretty easy install once the LED and wiring was determined. One thing I like about the wiring is none of the 914 OEM wiring was cut or spliced. One could also add a 3rd brake flasher in the wiring. |
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