Had a bit of a brainwave.. [Sequential turn signals]

"Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart) 02/26/2014 at 04:20 • Filed to: None

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Something randomly came about to me today..

I'm thinking of making a custom sequential turn signal for the car I'm willing to get, (either a 90's Celica, or a MX-6 of the same era) like the ones on the 1967 Mercury Cougar and the new-ish Mustang.

I've seen Sci-fi like LED bars which flash however you want, but that's not what I'm looking for. I'm just considering a conversion so all rear lights flash sequentially, instead of only the amber. I could paint the amber red, and figure out a way to make them flash that way.

This is the light that's on the MX-6.

This is one is on the Celica.

Suggestions? fire away.

OkCars- 22k Crossroads > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 04:34

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Get a 2005-2009 Rustang and you get the Raxiom from american muscle

The downs to it
1 Price
2 Secuential when you brake. I dont like how that looks

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 02/26/2014 at 04:40

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Yeah.. it's hard to find a cheap '05 'Stang around here.

OkCars- 22k Crossroads > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 04:45

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Thats why i got 6 under the hood. Still a lot of fun as long as you have the stick

GhostZ > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 04:45

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I saw an article about a guy who made his own sequential tail lights a while back, but can't find it. He had a rotating electric motor that, when the turn signals were turned on, it would spin rotating blades would connect circuits for each individual bulb, like a camshaft for electricity! It was pretty cool and he just stuck the little motors in the corners of the trunk.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > GhostZ 02/26/2014 at 04:47

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So, like a distributor?

It's a fairly crude way to get it working, not so sure about reliability though. Since the cold may freeze the connections.

CRider > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 04:50

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Why not just... buy a Mustang?

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 02/26/2014 at 04:51

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Cheapest reasonable one I found was for $6000, with a V6 and a 5 speed. I don't have that kind of money just yet. It's also fairly clean.

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicle…

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > CRider 02/26/2014 at 04:53

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Not sure, man. I suppose it's because I like 90's cars.

CRider > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 05:02

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Well a 90s Mustang won't do. Unless you get a Cobra. You can go really old or really new with them. Otherwise, good luck with sequential lights that a. Work and b. are Legal.

. . > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 05:14

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Is that even legal? I know you couldn't legally do it in the EU since it'd make the homologation invalid.

GhostZ > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 05:15

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Crude, but probably cheap and simple.

puddler > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 06:15

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was gonna do this to a buddies mustang, but luckily talked him out of it.

AthomSfere > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 07:06

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Not to mention the contacts will likely erode from constant friction.

AthomSfere > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 02/26/2014 at 07:07

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Other cons:

Mustang, Pre-Fusion-Ford...

Mattbob > GhostZ 02/26/2014 at 08:02

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that is the most ghetto thing I have ever heard. You could use a microcontroller and some FETS and do it with about $5 in parts. You could upgrade to LEDs while you are at it as well.

Nibbles > GhostZ 02/26/2014 at 09:18

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That's actually how the old Cougars did it. Signal from the flasher system activated a cylinder with three contacts on it. As the cylinder rolled, the contacts met and lit each bulb independently.

1337HPMustang > AthomSfere 02/26/2014 at 10:04

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Get back under your bridge, troll

AthomSfere > 1337HPMustang 02/26/2014 at 16:15

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Troll. No troll, just such an uninteresting choice of car. Its the uninspired goto for a sports car when someone wants a sportscar but knows nothing about cars.

1337HPMustang > AthomSfere 02/26/2014 at 19:55

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I used to think the same way. I loved japanese cars (still do) and the FD RX7 was my automotive god (still is). Then a friend took me for a ride in his GT and I realized just how awesome mustangs actually are. Extremely tossable, the aluminum 3v is one of the best sounding v8s, and it's so easy to get power out of them. If you're going to argue this is the go to for casual car guys, then you have to say the same thing about wrx's because those are dime a dozen too. Have you ever considered they're the go to because they're great, reliable cars with a massive aftermarket and they're easy to work on?

AthomSfere > 1337HPMustang 02/26/2014 at 20:02

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Not arguing any of those points. In fact, I almost bought a GT... almost.

2008 GT, 6 speed, white with red racing stripes.

I would argue the WRX does not fit the same bill though, you have to have at least some interest in cars to justify driving manual (they don't make auto WRX's last I looked) and the other odd quirks of the WRX, turbo, Boxer engine warble, less than great reliability.

I just have too many small gripes with the Mustang, one of the biggest being the typical Mustang driver that isn't a car person.

If you really want to get into my thoughts, I hope to release an Oppo post in a few days titled "Why I hate fox bodies, and I want them back"

I_AmDeath > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/26/2014 at 21:22

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You can also do amazing stuff with LED's

1337HPMustang > AthomSfere 02/26/2014 at 21:56

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yeah well the typical person who buys a ferrari isn't a car guy either, just a ostentatious rich dude, and I would want one anyway. If you're going to use that as the basis for choosing a car then I pity you.

Also the first s197s GTs came with 5 speeds only, and wrx's have had slushboxes since at least the bugeye. Just an FYI.

Just out of curiosity, what do you drive instead of that 08 GT?

AthomSfere > 1337HPMustang 02/26/2014 at 22:36

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LOL, the least Mustangy car that fell on my list, an 07 Civic Si. The practicality of the sedan proved too much to resist once I test drove one on a whim.

WRX with a sluchbox? I can't find one! I don't want one, but on Subaru.com (just checked, only the 5 speed manual is available.

1337HPMustang > AthomSfere 02/26/2014 at 23:54

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the wrx always had a automatic, in fact the majority weren't bought as sports cars anyway. They took out that option when they went widebody sti wannabe recently. You consider yourself a car person but you don't know these things? No surprise you drive a civic; in fact I find it hilariously contradictory of you for despising a mustang because the typical owner isn't a car guy when the Si crowd is probably the worst for that kind of stuff.

AthomSfere > 1337HPMustang 02/27/2014 at 00:17

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The Impreza has always come with auto, but the WRX I have never seen one. I have even taken some effort to find one, and nada. And if it is "always" how come you can't build one that way, right now?

And the Si is in every way a "car guy's car". Compared to a Mustang the Si is a rare car, it just happens to share the shell of a regular civic. It is a very different engine, very different transmission, different suspension.

Now maybe you don't like FWD cars? But if you haven't flogged an Si / RSX Type S etc., go do it. It might not be for you, but I think you would see the appeal.

1337HPMustang > AthomSfere 02/27/2014 at 01:16

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My neighbor has an auto wrx. I see them all the time, I don't know how you can have trouble finding one. Also you have to compare apples to apples dude. If the Si is a car guy's car, then so are mustang GTs, which have an lsd, rwd, and at least 100 more hp over the standard v6 mustang. And I'm 100% positive mustang GTs are more rare than civic Si's.

And it's that I don't like fwd but I've driven a friend's type S and compared to a 300 hp v8 mustang it is thoroughly underwhelming. Peppy, but it won't kick you in the pants the same way 300hp from 4.6L of displacement will.

AthomSfere > 1337HPMustang 02/27/2014 at 06:46

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No it certainly doesn't kick you in the pants the same.

And I give Mustang GTs credit where it is due. It is a car car guys car, but they are still the vanilla choice for a sports car. They are the cheapest way to get into a proper RWD car with a big engine, and that is a good thing. Bolt ons are cheap and everywhere as well as internals.

On paper, the only two real gripes I have with the current generation Mustang: No IRS and they got too big. But on the emotional side, I see them everywhere. I see most non car people who know nothing about cars but want something fast buy Mustangs, whether its the 6 or GT and auto or manual. In my area, I see the GT at least 3:1 on the Civic Si.

I am excited for the 2015 Mustang, and I may finally buy a Mustang. At the same time, the Camaro and Challenger fit into the same slot, check all the same boxes and much more interesting.