3rd brake light LED questions

[Alero_1986]

Originally Posted by Kilroy

Secondly, what is the legality of having a third brakelight that does a "knight Rider" type of thing??

I am curious to know why you would go to the trouble to do this. Cool effect, but it's only going to draw attention. Like Vtolds said, perhaps a switch between modes if you would like to use the light for show. Otherwise for practical reasons, I wouldn't bother... The Alero is not knight rider...

[YALEROYNOT]

I had my 65 led third brake light wired in to the turns and did the chaser it was a pain in the ass to wire. i made the circut board to do it. then I got a short and tore it out (it was in for 3 weeks) here is the schamatic I went off of.




here is a pic of the one I built



and the led wires befor install (find a short ?)



just giving you a heads up. cool mod just a pain

NOTE: if you don't understand this drawing then research before you start building. I built the board on a 2" x 2" board so its small.

[Kilroy]

Originally Posted by Alero_1986

"Cool effect, but it's only going to draw attention."

Ya, heaven forbid you want your act of braking to draw attention!! Kinda the exact reason I want to do it!!