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Cojawfee posted:There was a guy on a car forum years ago who was asking how to mod his car so the reverse lights were always on because he thought it would look cool. When told it would piss off anyone who drove behind him, he gave the typical "I don't care, it's my car, I can do what I want" Not only is that childish stupid, and just looks like something is broken or miswired, in most states it's illegal to have rearward facing white lights illuminated on the rear of the vehicle when it is not reversing. RE: rear fog lights: 98.6% of US drivers are not even aware that such a thing as a rear fog light exists, let alone is on their car and is activated by turning on the front "driving lights."
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Darchangel posted:Not only is that childish stupid, and just looks like something is broken or miswired, in most states it's illegal to have rearward facing white lights illuminated on the rear of the vehicle when it is not reversing. Better tell GM, the reverse lights come on when you unlock the car with the RKE in much of their current product line.
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Aug 30, 2018 00:13
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Midjack posted:Better tell GM, the reverse lights come on when you unlock the car with the RKE in much of their current product line. ... annnnnd we’ve come full circle.
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Darchangel posted:Not only is that childish stupid, and just looks like something is broken or miswired, in most states it's illegal to have rearward facing white lights illuminated on the rear of the vehicle when it is not reversing. When I was in high school, it was a thing for street racers to rig up a switch to their reverse lights - flashing them signaled to a car behind you that you were down to race. There was also a dumb trend of swapping the brake and signal bulbs and harnesses so their signals would be red and their brakes lit up amber. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Aug 30, 2018 04:36
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dphi posted:When I was in high school, it was a thing for street racers to rig up a switch to their reverse lights - flashing them signaled to a car behind you that you were down to race. There was also a dumb trend of swapping the brake and signal bulbs and harnesses so their signals would be red and their brakes lit up amber. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And were they crashed into a lot? I knew a guy who got his tail lights tinted so much that I couldn't even see his brake lights during the day and I almost rear ended him.
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Aug 30, 2018 04:44
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It all doesn't matter as long as american cars still use the red brakelights as indicators.
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glyph posted:... annnnnd we’ve come full circle. You do know that GM cars turn on their backing lights when you lock the door. 
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Aug 30, 2018 13:42
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SEKCobra posted:It all doesn't matter as long as american cars still use the red brakelights as indicators. What drives me up the walls about this is that the German brands, which have amber turn signals in other markets, make their US market cars with a combined brake/turn indicator with mixed results owing to the fact that the lamp cluster hasn't been modified beyond changing the lamp color. Some turn out fine (most BMWs and Mercedes) while others looked half assed. (Some VAGs) The worst implementations are the Tiguan, which visibly still has the amber indicator but it isn't wired up, and Audis with the scrolling indicator so if you're indicating to turn, the brake lamp blinks and the scrolling indicator scrolls at the same time.  Really, the absolute worst things about those lamps is that you can't just replace the bulbs or the lamp cluster to have amber turn signals since the car has been wired to be a combined indicator.
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Aug 30, 2018 14:19
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If you want to talk about cheap poo poo with taillights, I hate when manufacturers mix LED brake lights with incandescent brake lights since the incandescents take longer to come on. It just looks messy and mismatched. Honestly, LED brake lights should be mandated since they do come on quicker.
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Aug 30, 2018 15:06
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bull3964 posted:Honestly, LED brake lights should be mandated since they do come on quicker. 
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Aug 30, 2018 15:29
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In the flip side, that very reason is why every advantage possible should be given.
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Aug 30, 2018 15:45
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Led brake lights suck because I was blinded while sitting behind an Audi in a drive thru.
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Aug 30, 2018 15:48
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Edward IV posted:What drives me up the walls about this is that the German brands, which have amber turn signals in other markets, make their US market cars with a combined brake/turn indicator with mixed results owing to the fact that the lamp cluster hasn't been modified beyond changing the lamp color. Some turn out fine (most BMWs and Mercedes) while others looked half assed. (Some VAGs) The worst implementations are the Tiguan, which visibly still has the amber indicator but it isn't wired up, and Audis with the scrolling indicator so if you're indicating to turn, the brake lamp blinks and the scrolling indicator scrolls at the same time. The Audi ones are interesting from a regulation standpoint. Each individual LED is counting as a light since they’re sequential, and they aren’t large enough by law. Thus the large one blinking. If the little LEDs weren’t sequential then it would be large enough but not cool.
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StormDrain posted:The Audi ones are interesting from a regulation standpoint. Each individual LED is counting as a light since they’re sequential, and they aren’t large enough by law. Thus the large one blinking. If the little LEDs weren’t sequential then it would be large enough but not cool. lol They'd be a maintenance pain too; if I remember right a lot of state inspections will fail for a single brake light out regards of how many still work. Not that LEDs fail all that often but a lot of people would be stuck replacing the whole unit since soldering is a lost technology these days.
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Aug 30, 2018 17:01
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I remember for a brief period the industry was poised to go with neon. A few cars had them, never realized the Mark VIII had them.
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bull3964 posted:Honestly, LED brake lights should be mandated since they do come on quicker. Totally with you. It's been what, 20 years since they started appearing on cars? I'm pretty sure late '90s Cadillacs are where I first saw them. It's not like they're untested new technology that anyone can reasonably be hesitant about. They're cheap, objectively better at everything, and allow more flexibility to the designers because they don't have to leave room for huge reflectors and/or can combine elements like "switchback" DRL/turn signals. The only reason halogen signal bulbs still exist is shithead bean counters trying to cut single-digit dollars from a five-digit price tag.
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Aug 30, 2018 20:38
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I can remember at one point I was at an auto show ages ago and the Cadillac booth had a whole presentation on how LED brake lights can lead to faster reaction times.
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Aug 30, 2018 20:43
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And in given GM/Cadillac fashion, the 3rd brake light had about half of them burned out.
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Aug 30, 2018 21:10
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I'm fairly certain that in automotive applications, the LED never fails, it's always the drivers. If only there was a dedicated 5v or 3.7v system for them instead of discrete 12v->5v drivers for each bulb node. This assumes I know what I'm talking about.
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Aug 30, 2018 22:15
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Oh I'm sure your right. But I'm talking about GM here so...
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Aug 30, 2018 22:34
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GM LED tail lights strobe in the low hundreds of hertz and it’s terrible.
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Midjack posted:Better tell GM, the reverse lights come on when you unlock the car with the RKE in much of their current product line. I’m aware. The laws I’m speaking of generally only apply while driving on the street.
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Darchangel posted:I’m aware. The laws I’m speaking of generally only apply while driving on the street. Pity, I want to gently caress with a chainsaw the GM choad who had that idea.
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Platystemon posted:GM LED tail lights strobe in the low hundreds of hertz and it’s terrible. They make my eyeballs jiggle
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PainterofCrap posted:They make my eyeballs jiggle So did their ignition switches.
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Colostomy Bag posted:So did their ignition switches. Yeah, but thats only when they're hanging out of their sockets after the car stalled, you lots most of your power brake assist, and slammed in to whatever immovable object is in front of you.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Oh I'm sure your right. But I'm talking about GM here so... Good point. GM can't even make 12v go reliably from a 12v battery to a left front headlight without loving up the voltage and burning the bulbs out super fast. It's like every other dickhead night driving with his brights on because a headlight is out is in either an Altima or a Malibu.
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https://i.imgur.com/G8sitMU.mp4
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dafaq? Did the hub come unbolted from the knuckle, resulting in the axel being the only thing holding the wheel on? Braking must have been interesting....
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I see one of the bolts for the hub still there. I'm gonna just guess the caliper bracket and caliper were the only things even holding that mess on. 
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Brigdh posted:dafaq? Probably started as a shot bearing, driver got used to the rumble and the sound didn't change much or changed slowly enough to not be noticeable once the axle ate its way through the bearing race and into the spindle.
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Geoj posted:Probably started as a shot bearing, driver got used to the rumble and the sound didn't change much or changed slowly enough to not be noticeable once the axle ate its way through the bearing race and into the spindle. I'm sure it rode smooth over train tracks and speed bumps.
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BloodBag posted:Good point. GM can't even make 12v go reliably from a 12v battery to a left front headlight without loving up the voltage and burning the bulbs out super fast. It's like every other dickhead night driving with his brights on because a headlight is out is in either an Altima or a Malibu. We live in an era where Lucas can thrive in providing reliable lighting solutions.
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That's a pretty impressive example of zero fucks given/clueless/no attention span.
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Hardest working CV axle in the world.
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I'm gonna guess that came into the shop for something like an ABS light being on. I had a car come in with something not quite that bad. It was sketchy as hell driving it through the parking lot, it's terrifying they drove it on the highway. It came in for the ABS light... That's it. Not bad sounds, not handling like it's gonna break, the ABS light.
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Undershadowed just a little bit by the insane wheel of death above, but I have a little content from work today Nice job making access panels accessible  A couple million dollars buys you these rivets  gently caress  WHAT THE gently caress
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I feel your pain on the broken screwdriver bits... In a former job, all we had were cheap ones. That combined with older Business Jets guaranteed a minimum of 1-2 broken bits per week. Per mechanic.
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Thank god for annual mandatory inspections...
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