Flashin Brake Lights

[bensyer]

Hi , im looking at converting the fogs to work with side lights and brakes, seen a lex in flesh the other day and it looks so much better than pics,, now im looking at installing a brake flash unit from this site http://www.3rdbrakeflasher.com/index.php?m...products_id=181

in theory i have now 5 brake light 2 norm 2 fog and 1 middle in window, how many flash units would i need to get all five to flash

ive chosen this kit cos i wanted a rapid flash that only lasted 2secs max and took 40secs to reactivate

thanks

[jay_russell]

3 units

one for the brake(left) and fogs i take it you connected it to the left brake

one for the other brake (right)

one for the center

plus you will need to replace all the bulbs over to leds

yer i like the ones i got.... but each to there own

[bensyer]

thanks jay appreciate it, yep new about the leds, just trying to locate them now and the load resistirs?

[jay_russell]

if i were you do like i'm doing and just do the brakes and fog... might give the guy behind a Epileptic fit

[bensyer]

its only 1 more light dont think it would make tht much of a diffrence to his siezure, hence why i wanted a short fast blast, dont want a disco going on, just wanted to grab the attention and have peopple think did that happen? im just going to see what its like im fussy so if it does look like a live tour of the prodigy , ill reduce the amount of flashing lamps then

[jeffrosie]

Will this be legal to use in UK??

[jay_russell]

yes. i believe that some new cars come with flashing brakes and it's not a problem. we have this one a while back and it's not a fail

[Tango]

yes. i believe that some new cars come with flashing brakes and it's not a problem. we have this one a while back and it's not a fail

I had to take mine off the IS200 as the MOT tester decided the LED's were not bright enough.

[jay_russell]

what ones did you get?

[Tango]

what ones did you get?

From this group buy. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...c=32995&hl=

TBH they've been on the car over three years and this year is the first time it was commented on.

[bensyer]

brighness of l.e.d was concern for me to, as ihad them on my camero, but like anything a good huntin you find sumint better from the usa,, ive been looking at the tube shaped ones that are just covered all over with super bright l.e.ds, but they dont come cheap

[jay_russell]

just got mine in the post today..

[The Swede]

yes. i believe that some new cars come with flashing brakes and it's not a problem. we have this one a while back and it's not a fail

It should indeed be legal as long as the brightness etc is OK. The brakelights on my Merc start flashing if I brake really hard and here it's not just a "2 seconds flash" but they keep flashing as long as I keep hard on the pedal.

The question I got here though is whether the system described above is sensitive to the power used to brake, i.e. only the normal brakelights are activated under gentle braking and if you brake hard, the fogglights come on too??

[bensyer]

no these units would flash as soon as power is applied but if you took foot of brake then pressed again they wont flash they would require xx seconds of no braking to reset so u dont go peeing everyone off, ive seen cars here that when heavy braking they hazzard lights flash

[bensyer]

jay that one on the left looks serius!!

[jay_russell]

yer there the brake ones and the other on the right are for the fogs.... planning on it being bright

[nedsram13a]

Jay.

You only need one pulsing unit for all the brake lights, you simply use one unit and tap all the other brake lights into it!!

[jay_russell]

well put in my new bulbs and wow there bright

[bensyer]

Siily bright or just WOW hope your going to upload a vid when u done it all

[jay_russell]

yer.... and wow bright. better that originals but not that bright you can see them from space.

[bensyer]

Ok can some one help me with this I cannot grasp it, if i convert all 5 lamps mid brake fogs and tail lights to LED would i need 3 load resistors and 2 diodes for the fog conversion or is the load resistors and diodes the same thing

thanks

[jay_russell]

no there not the same. you need the load resistor to stop the warning light on the dash and the diodes to let you use the fogs as brake and still as fogs.

you can find load resistor on eBay for a few pounds each

and you will need 2 load resistor for the brakes and 2 diodes for the fogs. the others don't need them

[bensyer]

thanks Jay , sorry to be a pain... but jsut to clariffy if all the bulbs are LED i only need 2 load resistors? i thought id need them for each side behind ech wire .. IE 1 for the side light and 1 for the brake but on both sides so a total of 5 including the mid brake,, or do they get put somewhere else in the car and thats why its only 2.. sorry for being so dorky, im ordering the stuff so i just wanted to make sure i got the correct amount :)

[sparkystav]

Why do you want all the lights to flash?

I just have the ones in my fog/brake conversion flashing the rest are solid. i think having them all will be far too much

[bensyer]

it might be to much I dont no yet i havent seen it, if it is I take them out and sell the units - no worrys

with that I think it might be ott with the 3rd brake going as well... so im going to leave that one normall