How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
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Stopped about ten feet from the other car. Took me a moment to go through "What the **** just happened? I've stopped! Oh, riiiiiiight. I'm not driving on ***** rubber." Just as the taxi that had been following me slid past me in the next lane, fishtailing wildly.
Splurge. Buy the good rubber. And don't be a lazy *******. That is all.
Splurge. Buy the good rubber. And don't be a lazy *******. That is all.
So, carrying on with the m.net style, I did this:
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Third brake light assembly, removed.
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Discard bulb and socket, (OK, save for later if you like) and cut wires.
Then install 48 LED panel with adhesive back side. Use a dab of hot glue to tuck wires away.
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Cut wires to the 1156 bulb socket adapter, retain plug, discard the rest.
That way you can unplug everything if you need to remove stuff.
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Here's the $4 LED flasher thingie.
Blue goes to LED +, black wires to harness - and red to harness +. Simple.
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This is everything, soldered and shrinktubed.
Tape wires, flasher neatly (m.net..) and tuck away nicely (m.net, again)
Nice and bright, and flashes in a way that GETS attention. Shortens the following vehicle's reaction time.
It saved me from getting hit more than a few times.
Last edited by Godless Commie; 04-25-2017 at 09:35 PM. Reason: kant spel
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And, here's the link to the LED panel, if anyone's interested.
Get the "warm white" option.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-...608.0.0.v1Jw0q
Get the "warm white" option.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-...608.0.0.v1Jw0q
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* not actual taxi.
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I had that happen to me a few years ago coming back from Vegas after a few days out there for work helping teach some schools. I'm glad they brought us back to the gate after beginning to taxi since there had been a hydraulic failure.
A night in a hotel was much better than crashing into the Rockies trying to make the connecting flight in Denver.
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i just went back from the xice-3 to the s-drives and promptly pulled 1g under braking the next day:
https://youtu.be/2Rbvktd7n_g
Even the camera does a little stutter. Lol
https://youtu.be/2Rbvktd7n_g
Even the camera does a little stutter. Lol
where was the excessive hornage? id have been honking from 0:04-0:10