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It's not factory, so you can get picked up for it.

But it'll take an asshole.

Throw in a small switch on your switch board (if you have one) which you can use to turn them on/off as you need. Turn them on for show, and off for general driving.

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It's not factory, so you can get picked up for it.

But it'll take an asshole.

Throw in a small switch on your switch board (if you have one) which you can use to turn them on/off as you need. Turn them on for show, and off for general driving.

Ah k yeah makes sense then. Will put a switch on it i think, good call dude. Cheers for advice :)

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I think it won't be illegal if you make it work like a brake light.

So it's dim when you have your headlights on but it goes brighter as you brake.

Also, it has to be red.

Yeah that makes sense. where would i be able to find out for sure?

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go and talk to the people who you are worried about getting booked by :thumbsup: highway patrol if you can...i dont see what wrong with it if it is working as a functioning brake light..but i dont know about having a blue light next to the red ones on the back of the car, they might not agree with that :glare:

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Blue lights on a car are illegal - emergency vehicle colour.

Any red lights can only point rewards - brake light colour.

Any white lights can only point forwards - head light colour.

Pretty sure that law is the same in any state of Australia. There are grey areas but we don't need to go into them for this.

So do it red and you will have no problem what so ever.

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Blue lights on a car are illegal - emergency vehicle colour.

Any red lights can only point rewards - brake light colour.

Any white lights can only point forwards - head light colour.

Pretty sure that law is the same in any state of Australia. There are grey areas but we don't need to go into them for this.

So do it red and you will have no problem what so ever.

F*** lol. i just siliconed the blue led on the car ! gunna be a pain in the ass to get off! but i suppose its worth it! Other alternative is to have blue and red and be able to turn em on and off wen i want. on separate switches tho.

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Blue lights on a car are illegal - emergency vehicle colour.

Any red lights can only point rewards - brake light colour.

Any white lights can only point forwards - head light colour.

Pretty sure that law is the same in any state of Australia. There are grey areas but we don't need to go into them for this.

So do it red and you will have no problem what so ever.

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Mine is red and only comes on with the brake lights.

I've had coppers behind me at lights many times. No problems so far.

If I do get pinged,

My argument would be, to remind drivers behind me :it's a Skyline so back off : you're only gonna lose anyway ! :action-smiley-069:

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Mine is red and only comes on with the brake lights.

I've had coppers behind me at lights many times. No problems so far.

If I do get pinged,

My argument would be, to remind drivers behind me :it's a Skyline so back off : you're only gonna lose anyway ! :action-smiley-069:

So urs comes on only when u press the pedal or its 2 toned, as in its dim and then goes bright on pedal press?

Haha fkn good arguement! hilarious!

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So urs comes on only when u press the pedal or its 2 toned, as in its dim and then goes bright on pedal press?

Haha fkn good arguement! hilarious!

No, not two tone, just comes on with brakes.

Two tone you'll need two sets of leds ?

I wouldn't do it anyway, cops might argue if it's on all the time people may mistake it for a brake light and brake suddenly.

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To make it bright for Braking and normal/dim not braking. Wire the tail light and brake light to the LEDs. Put an extra resistor (you'll have to determine how big yourself) and a Diode in series on the tail lighy wire and just a diode on the brake wire.

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No, not two tone, just comes on with brakes.

Two tone you'll need two sets of leds ?

I wouldn't do it anyway, cops might argue if it's on all the time people may mistake it for a brake light and brake suddenly.

Aparently u can do it with the method undearneath ur comment :) so i might give it a go n if its too hard il just put a switch on it!

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To make it bright for Braking and normal/dim not braking. Wire the tail light and brake light to the LEDs. Put an extra resistor (you'll have to determine how big yourself) and a Diode in series on the tail lighy wire and just a diode on the brake wire.

I shall give it a go n if i run into trouble sounds like ur the guy to talk to :P

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