The Tri bar LED / Sequential Indicator Sticky thread!

[John577]

God NOOO ! that's so ugly with the brakes flashing as turn signal ...

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[THISELDO]

That's the ugly system with the weird sequencer (2x red and 1x amber).. seems so illegal (did I mention ugly?)

illegal maybe but not ugly, its the best out there so far. i have been looking for something similar like our guys in the US and there isnt any unless you buy the rear units itself.
i am in the US in the next 2 weeks and will going looking for the real deal

 

[John577]

If I can advise you something, before you spend this amount of money for this thing, it worths a talk with [MENTION=20131]Manders Mustang[/MENTION] as he will do his rear lights with 3 REAL amber sequential bars in the UK

 

[THISELDO]

If I can advise you something, before you spend this amount of money for this thing, it worths a talk with @Manders Mustang as he will do his rear lights with 3 REAL amber sequential bars in the UK

thanks John, i will speak with him, cheers

 

[papinist]

illegal maybe but not ugly, its the best out there so far. i have been looking for something similar like our guys in the US and there isnt any unless you buy the rear units itself.
i am in the US in the next 2 weeks and will going looking for the real deal

Well, everyone has its liking, but in my opinion it's a sort of franken-light between US and EU If your turning lights flashes in amber seems regular, if flashes in red seems strange (in EU) and cool, but if it flashes in red AND amber it seems... weird?

 

[John577]

This is how it should look like at the rear !!

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[THISELDO]

This is how it should look like at the rear !!

ok i have already purchased the ones from AUS, so i will get a close -up video of mine and post it here for you to comment.
thanks for you comments on this topic. cheers:amen:

 

[DennisNL]

I have this set. I like it... somewhat.

The amber light at the end of the sequence is not that bad. But the brakelights are too bright.

I think it should be possible to change the wiring so not the brakelights, but the normal red lights fire up?

I presume the brakelights have a seperate wire in the connector and the normal light have this too. So switching wires could be an option.
Then replace the amber bulb to a red ons and 3 red lights light up. I think it can be done in an not too difficult way.

Too bad I am too busy now to open up the connector and test this all.

 

[Big_G]

Not really a ideal solution is it, and also illegal (certainly in the uk)

 

[John577]

I have this set. I like it... somewhat.

The amber light at the end of the sequence is not that bad. But the brakelights are too bright.

I think it should be possible to change the wiring so not the brakelights, but the normal red lights fire up?

I presume the brakelights have a seperate wire in the connector and the normal light have this too. So switching wires could be an option.
Then replace the amber bulb to a red ons and 3 red lights light up. I think it can be done in an not too difficult way.

Too bad I am too busy now to open up the connector and test this all.

Sadly it's not a 'bulb' in the rear lights but a complete LED panel. So not easy to remove the Amber to add a Red one ... :(

 

[Manders Mustang]

Indicators have to be 'amber/orange' in the UK. The only way to get a proper sequential in the UK is to replace all the bulbs with switchback bulbs, or light strips, blokes I got my fronts done with have created the rears, but are perfecting them at the minute, basically opening the rear lights, dropping switchback lightbars into the reflectors (where the current lights are) sealing them all up and running a sequential switchback device that'll control it to act with brakes/indicator etc.

Think for Europe you'd be able to rewire them all to red, but, I'd wait for someone 'more knwoledgeable' on this before effing with Wires, if you can make them all tick like the US version in red, then you're laughing and have a nice 'cheaper way' us brits, get shafted as always lol

@John577 would it be possible to just remove the wiring that 'tells' the board when to go amber, and instead tell it to go red for indicating (NO IDEA how hard that'd be, or if it's possible).
[MENTION=21182]THISELDO[/MENTION] see above for info on the sequential insert. It'll change it for us to go Red/red/amber when turning, which looks a bit weird to me, and not sure how legal, or illegal that'd be. But a modded version of that box is needed by the guys that're doing mine. I've just had the fronts done by them which was a bit simpler (Open lights, put in premade boards) but for this, to be at least legal and not a glaring slap in the face to police officers you'll need 3 ambers (Even then it requires a switchback wired into it, to swap back to previous mode...). Essentially having 'show lights' and an 'excuse' to pass an MOT/Tell a police officer you're 'sorry' lol.

Speak to Fortis Auto Design and they'll book you in/inform you when the rears are ready, I've been given a timeline of the next 2 months for them to be ready

 

[John577]

[MENTION=14834]John577[/MENTION] would it be possible to just remove the wiring that 'tells' the board when to go amber, and instead tell it to go red for indicating (NO IDEA how hard that'd be, or if it's possible).

I think it's possible to rewire it but we still have the problem with the LEDs :
Parking mode : 3 x RED LEDs
Brakes : 2 x RED LEDs
Turn : 1 x Amber LEDs

You can't connect the Aussie connector to the parking lights for the sequential or you'll have 3 x Parking LEDs + 1 x Amber turn (the last bar will light up 2 times in RED + Amber). And I think you will have other problems when you brake...

The easiest way would be to open the light and replace the amber LED panel for a RED one to have everything the same color.
But once opened, why not add 2 more amber bars for sequential ?

 

[Manders Mustang]

I think it's possible to rewire it but we still have the problem with the LEDs :
Parking mode : 3 x RED LEDs
Brakes : 2 x RED LEDs
Turn : 1 x Amber LEDs

You can't connect the Aussie connector to the parking lights for the sequential or you'll have 3 x Parking LEDs + 1 x Amber turn (the last bar will light up 2 times in RED + Amber). And I think you will have other problems when you brake...

The easiest way would be to open the light and replace the amber LED panel for a RED one to have everything the same color.
But once opened, why not add 2 more amber bars for sequential ?

Knew you'd know! And yeah, opening those lights is not an easy feat at all, they're a royal B1TCH to open, they're not as easy as the fronts, especially to get to the hubs and put new boards in. Amber switchbacks will be whats on mine, and hopefully super bright ;)!

 

[John577]

The front lights are also a bitch to open ... I fucked up one of my lights a year ago ... Never, I mean NEVER will try this again !! lol

I hope also for you that the switchbacks will be bright enough ;)

 

[papinist]

I'm speechless about the fact that nowadays, after 1,5 years of Mustang EU\UK\AU presence, there is still only ONE guy in the world with a complete ready-made solution for front\rear lights.
Speechless!!

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