Don't want to totally derail this, but I do have a quick question:

How did you get all the brake lights to be on without anyone pressing the pedal?

Please enlighten me, as I am a car noob

Thanks!

Brick, or I use a windshield scrubber (like the ones at the gas station) put it on the pedal. Wedge it in front of the seat and move seat fwd to push on the brakes.

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I was going to be sending a parcel back, as it was faulty, and it was the right size to fit between the seat and brake pedal ;)

Ohh gotcha! Thanks for the response!

Wasn't sure if I was missing something and there was some way to enable all the brake lights without the pedal being depressed..which would definitely come in handy if I want to, say, check to make sure none of the lights are burnt out.

Guess I will stick to having a friend help out!

Basically done. Figured I would snap a few pics and show you guys can get some closure and I can stop feeling like there are guys dying to see what it looks like :P hope you guys enjoy it. I will post more pictures when it gets wrapped and fully installed.

People interested in brake lights may be interested in a recent project in "Silicon Chip" magazine. The project causes the brake lights to come on sooner if it detects your foot coming off the gas pedal hastily i.e. before your foot hits the brake pedal.

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@MemphisR it looks awesome!!! what did you use to make it? was it wood and how thick and did you paint it or wrap it in the carpet stuff or did you what did you use to secure it to the headliner?

I'm so exited about this, I can't wait to find a junk yard that has one of these to just pull out for cheap.

Thanks! I used a thin partical board, not sure how thick it was, 1/8"?

As for wrapping, I bought some nice, fake, but nice faux Alcantara. I plan on wrapping more, so thus my use of it on the brake light. I also used that to wrap my rear deck and cover the holes of the old brake light.

I mounted/centered it using the three clips at the back of the headliner and some double sided tape to fix it to the rear window.

Hope this helps,
MemphisR

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So the brake light will flash every time you change gear?

How simple would it be if you attached one of those l.e.d.s-on-tape strips across the top of the window? It could possibly have a 30mm strip of black plastic stuck on the underside OR be tucked just inside the roof lining for neatness and from inside you wouldn't see it when lit up.
Patent pending

I guess you are right come to think of it . I didn't see that mentioned in the article. It would soon bother the driver behind. Maybe it assumed auto-transmissions. Maybe, just changing gears, you don't come off the gas pedal suddenly as you would when emergency braking.

You could try that. I just wanted to design something that looked and functioned like a factory part, and the STS brake light has individual lenses for each led. I was also concerned about light bleeding through. But by all means, give it a go your way and let us know. My method was a bit tedious, so if you your way works better, there are Cleary many people that would be interested. 🙋

-MemphisR

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I'm actually ok with what I have. I removed the "space ship" as it effectively obscured the view to a height of about 120mm due to reflection in the glass. I took out the lights module, covered it with black felt and pushed it in at the base of the window. It does not reflect in the glass and only obscures about 30mm by 195mm of the view. The back shelf is covered with black felt to cover where the spaceship was. The original wiring goes through a tiny hole in the felt.