Stupid idea?

[Space Wrangler]

I used to have a "dead man" switch on my brake lights. It only work while it was held in. this way I could disable brake lights when needed any other time things were normal. I just wired it in the brake light switch wire.

[bauzer71487]

I also have a brake light disable switch. I don't you'd at all want it attached to the v1 alert sytem or any detector for that matter.

I just went to walmart and grabbed a switch. Used a broken fuse that I had - soddered the wires at the top of the highest metal part of the fuse and than I just ran the wire to the switch and voila its done. I think I was smart when I did this part though:

I got one of the LED switches - which says it requires ground - but it really doesn't. Anyway - so this way when the brake light DOESN"T go on but the brake is applied, the LED gets bright - otherwise its passive and no light goes on in the switch.

[carter840]

Well i have touchtronic in my car so i always thought that i could just down shift. Do you guys think that this is just as effective?
thanks

[SmaartAasSaabr]

Moderately effective, a downshift (particularly on a hydraulic torque converter gearbox) won't give the same kind of maximum deceleration as the brakes. But you might not need or want that much deceleration.

[Invasion1]

I have a similar system like the mod you asked about for your brake lights.

On the back of my steering wheel i have a momentary switch that when i hold it i dis-able the brake lights for as long as im braking and holding that button.

i use it for when i see a LEO and need to slow down and don't want my "guilt" lights to show when they pass me if im still braking.

don't use it often but sometimes its really handy

[Arashi666]

Well i have touchtronic in my car so i always thought that i could just down shift. Do you guys think that this is just as effective?
thanks

I do the same thing, even though mine isnt anything advanced like a sequential gearbox, but I can drop it into 3rd by capping off 4th and down to 2nd or 1st...........4 speed AT so gears are pretty wide (Minus 1st) so I can engine brake rather smoothly despite my cars soft suspension