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Old Jun 19, 2005 | 01:37 PM
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been thinking about doing an over ride swtich on my back up lights

i have no idea where too tap the wires into/ off of/ from, what ever

i would like to do this so ppl don't ride my bumper and get too close too me at the stop light

has any body done any thing like this before???
Old Jun 19, 2005 | 09:23 PM
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lol you could scare the crap out of some people on the highway. sorry but I'm not sure how you'd go about doing that.
Old Jun 19, 2005 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by hornet_on_flower
been thinking about doing an over ride swtich on my back up lights
i would like to do this so ppl don't ride my bumper and get too close too me at the stop light
The swith is located on the tranny, but I warn you, this mod is illegal. Flash your backup lights and get caught and you won't like the penalty.
Old Jun 19, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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well if that idear is down the drain i'd flash my hazards for a few seconds that'll keep 'em back i hope
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Not that this will help, 'cause the 'fog brake lights' would look pretty lame on an xA (or xB or tC), but I used to run the Hella halogen brake lights on the backs of some of my 4X4's.

They were switch controlled so that only the normal brake lights came on, usually, but when I felt it was necessary these Hella's could be added - it was like having a couple of red fog lights on the back of the rig (or like opening the door to Hell if you were on my bumper...).

(I also had white floods on the back for camping and for backing out of the 'nasties,' but I did NOT use them on the road...)
Old Jun 19, 2005 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomas
Not that this will help, 'cause the 'fog brake lights' would look pretty lame on an xA (or xB or tC), but I used to run the Hella halogen brake lights on the backs of some of my 4X4's.

They were switch controlled so that only the normal brake lights came on, usually, but when I felt it was necessary these Hella's could be added - it was like having a couple of red fog lights on the back of the rig (or like opening the door to Hell if you were on my bumper...).

i think i know what your talking about on this one

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(or like opening the door to Hell if you were on my bumper...)
Old Jun 19, 2005 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomas
Not that this will help, 'cause the 'fog brake lights' would look pretty lame on an xA (or xB or tC), but I used to run the Hella halogen brake lights on the backs of some of my 4X4's.

They were switch controlled so that only the normal brake lights came on, usually, but when I felt it was necessary these Hella's could be added - it was like having a couple of red fog lights on the back of the rig (or like opening the door to Hell if you were on my bumper...).

(I also had white floods on the back for camping and for backing out of the 'nasties,' but I did NOT use them on the road...)
i know exactly what you're talkin about...they're called f#@% off lights
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I know someone who wired there reverse lights up to a switch so that he could flash them on when he wanted to ..... needless to say he found out the hard way that by applying voltage he was also triggering his automatic tranny to shift into reverse... it ended up ugly lol.
Old Jun 20, 2005 | 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by MadMikey
I know someone who wired there reverse lights up to a switch so that he could flash them on when he wanted to ..... needless to say he found out the hard way that by applying voltage he was also triggering his automatic tranny to shift into reverse... it ended up ugly lol.
histarical damn that sucks!!! that won't happen to me

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