What did you do to your mini today?
#351
05-17-2010, 08:41 PM
In your last picture that is how mine looked when the camera was positioned right. The problem with that is the driving beams were useless then. Did you do anything different than the instructions for mounting your bar to the bumper beam? That's the only other thing I can think of since my bar mounts are just as low as yours. 
Today I added some coolant, still mentally working up to removing the SC to replace the o-ring that's cracked.
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05-18-2010, 01:13 PM
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05-22-2010, 02:06 PM
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05-22-2010, 02:11 PM
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#357
05-22-2010, 02:53 PM
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The other two are on my to-do list as well.
Today's project is to add the jumpers necessary for the rear fog lights to act as extra brake lights. I have also procured some LED 1156 bulbs to swap in the rear fog spots, so that the extra current draw is minimal....
Should be complete within the hour, give or take a bit.... C ya,
Dutch
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05-22-2010, 02:54 PM
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05-22-2010, 03:55 PM
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Today's project is to add the jumpers necessary for the rear fog lights to act as extra brake lights. I have also procured some LED 1156 bulbs to swap in the rear fog spots, so that the extra current draw is minimal.... Should be complete within the hour, give or take a bit....
Should be complete within the hour, give or take a bit....Now off to the carwash to blast off the bigger chunks of dead bugs, so I can do the bug & tar remover on the nose and then hit the winders with some Stoner's. There's a club run tomorrow--gotta look spiffy....
C ya,
Dutch
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05-22-2010, 06:05 PM
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05-22-2010, 06:12 PM
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#362
05-22-2010, 06:20 PM
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This guy shows how it can be done without soldering. Simply put a few kinks in the diode leads so they wedge into the connector and stay put. That's how I did mine, since I have no AC power for my soldering iron out where I park.
The diodes can be purchased at Radio Shack or through Mouser or someone else via mail order. 3A, at least 50 PIV. The ones I used (UF3010s) are good for 1000PIV, simply because that's what I had lying around (I build guitar amps with vacuum tubes and ~500VDC inside). I scooped up a pair of LED 1156 replacements so that the extra lights wouldn't draw appreciably more current than the stock arrangement. It took less than an hour, including the 10 minutes or so it took to get off my butt, the 10 more minutes it took to find the diodes (I moved recently, and haven't fully unpacked my electronics workbench yet), and the 10 more minutes it took to find a roll of electrician's tape, so I could slap some tape on the diode to cover it up.
HTH!
C ya,
Dutch
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05-22-2010, 06:26 PM
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I'm trying to decide if the ceramic tint is worth the extra $$. You'll have to let us all know! I'm in Florida and my interior feels like I've walked into a swamp when I open her up after being at work all day!
#365
05-23-2010, 07:04 AM
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More brake lights is better, especially on a small car. I wedged my cheapo windshield shade in the brake pedal for a minute last night around dusk so that I could go around back and have a look, and the extra lights really make a big difference....
Since I'm using LED bulbs in there, I wonder if it is possible to adapt those 3rd-brake-light flasher thingies to flash the rear fog lights only. It looks like they're meant to hook up inline with both the power and ground, so perhaps if I hook the ground on both ends and stick the thing inline with the jumper....
Hmmmm.... I might have to see if I can talk with the guy who makes 'em....
C ya,
Dutch
Since I'm using LED bulbs in there, I wonder if it is possible to adapt those 3rd-brake-light flasher thingies to flash the rear fog lights only. It looks like they're meant to hook up inline with both the power and ground, so perhaps if I hook the ground on both ends and stick the thing inline with the jumper....
Hmmmm.... I might have to see if I can talk with the guy who makes 'em....
C ya,
Dutch
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05-23-2010, 07:06 AM
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#367
05-23-2010, 08:13 AM
but it rides like a caddy in comparison.
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05-23-2010, 10:40 AM
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Dunno about the pulsar hooked up to the fogs. It does go inline (as in cut wires) for the third brake light. It's a gominigo deal, got it from WMW. Might give them a call & see what they say.
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05-23-2010, 11:25 AM
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05-23-2010, 03:40 PM
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05-23-2010, 04:11 PM
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05-23-2010, 04:44 PM
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I'm sure they'd love to sell 3 of those things to ya if it'd work, so it behooves them to answer the question....
C ya,
Dutch
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05-27-2010, 09:54 PM
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